Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on December 17, 2012| 3 Comments »
I’m being interviewed on radio Dei tonight (on program titled Elämänkoulu) on really important issues; a childhood spent bullied and outcast, scars of soul, healing and forgiveness… survival.
Here’s a little teaser, the full program will air tonight at 21.35, with reruns Saturday 22.12 at 18 – 19, midnight rerun 23.12 klo 02 – 03
Pls click once on the link, then another time another link that follows… I’m so very gifted with technology..
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Posted in Champagne, EverydayPoesie, Home on December 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Getting ready for my date with Santa…
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Santa had decorated my present with angels…
And this is what I got!
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Silk dress from Férrer – note the delicate lace adornments on décolté and sleeves, crochet lace on hemline. Over the knee suede boots Givenchy, silver and pearl earrings antique finds from St. Tropez. Hairband Accessorize.
We had the a real heartbreaker of a Santa…
Photo of Santa: Jari Laaksonen
Santa’s angels:
Pauliina Lindsberg, Niina Nuorivaara, Sirkka Siiskonen & moi.
Photo Mikael Hytönen.
A warm thanks to D’Oro Press and PR for offering us this evening filled with friends, good conversation, fishing for gifts (!!!), and the sweetest visit by Santa I’ve experienced… well, ever ♥.
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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on December 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
My first and deepest memory of Finland’s independence is from Zambia.
Every year, on December 6th, we’d gather around the radio, trying to hear any word, any sentence, from President Kekkonen’s independence day speech amongst the relentless static. And even though I was so little I hardly understood the meaning of independence, the President’s speech felt terribly important.
Although we had no phone lines, no newspapers, virtually no contact to Finland, we had that static and (with very good imagination) a word here and there.
We had two candles in the window.
It was enough to feel like home.
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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on December 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I stumbled upon this in Facebook, of all places, and loved it. Typos and all. Simple, real, perfect.
Thank you Fiona Timantti for inspiration.
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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home, tagged Cheek, Cheek vain elämää, Erin vain elämää, Jari Sillanpää vain elämää, Jonne Aaron Vain elämää, Kaija Koo vain elämää, Vain elämää on December 1, 2012| 2 Comments »
A man I don’t even know gave me a touch of that real Christmas spirit today – this one deserves to be shared.
You all know that show “Vain elämää” from Nelonen. Well, I’ve told you my 7-year-old son loves music… We’ve watched every episode together, loving it. And he really wants to see the concert also… But of course it was sold out before I even realised there would be a concert.
Now the tickets available on huuto.net are around 350-400 euros, for us two. As I don’t have work at the moment, it’s a serious investment. But he loves music so much…
So, I’ve been saving up.
I’ve tried betting for some tickets but the prices always rose beyond my means. Until yesterday when reasonably priced, great seats became available. I placed my bet. And sent a message to the seller, asking him if he had a final price for the tickets as I’d love to offer this to my son for Christmas.
This morning, I got mail. The man had taken the tickets off the market. He offered them to me at cost price – much lower that the bet I’d already made.
He said he didn’t want to sell the tickets to a broker, but rather give a little boy this experience.
Wow.
I was so taken aback by the kindness of this stranger, that don’t think I even thanked him.
Did I mention that he also sent us the ticket pdfs straight away, before I’d even paid?
Thank you, Dear Stranger.
Because of you, our December began with thankful happiness. That genuine Christmas spirit.
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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on November 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on November 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
the day of the first snow in Helsinki was the day when I rediscovered my innate tree hugger… in the national park of Nuuksio.
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This was something amazing. The thin rittle of ice made a superb sound, like a bird singing, when you’d throw sticks on it horizontally…
They’d slide across the lake and SING.
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Purrrrrrrrfect family day. With our Hanski. Who is family.
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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home, tagged Odd Molly coat on November 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
You know that moment… when the chill in the air tells you it’s about to snow? Autumn becomes winter.
This was it.
There’s something quintessentially Finnish, Novemberish feel to that moment… But still on that day, the clouds broke their relentless greyness for us.
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My favorite ever coat; Odd Molly. As you may have noticed, I wear it always. Soft old rosa lace skirt and blouse Férrer, necklace Soul of Maïa. Suede boots from Italy.
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These photos are by my wonderful friend Pipsa Lagus, whose recently discovered passion for photography has created so many funny and unforgettable moments between us two…
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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home, tagged Lauri Tähkä Savoy on November 25, 2012| 1 Comment »
we’ll be going to a concert with my son…
dreaming away at a friend’s house… with the most incredible view at the Uspeski cathedral.
We share a love for music, my 7-year-old and I.
The only applicance we have, however, for listening to music, is my laptop. The – kröhm – hi-fi has died of old age long, long ago.
So just the other day, I prepared a bath for my sons who were listening to music. As I tried to usher them in my 7-year-old professed earnestly:
‘”I can’t take a bath! I can’t live without music for so long!”.
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I carried the laptop next to the bath tub so there needn’t be any interruptions and sweetheart could go on living.
That’s what I call everyday poesie ♥.
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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on November 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
a glass of wine and some good conversation… perfect way to mellow into the weekend.
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Photos taken by my friend Pipsa Lagus at her beautiful home.
Lace dress Oona Farhi Paris from Férrer, suede ballerinas Repetto from Paris.
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