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Ancient Games of Daldøsa. How did an Islamic Game Travel to the North?
Editors note: this is an updated version of an article I published here nearly three years ago. Ancient Games Go North Here’s a study I stumbled across that combines three of my favorite things: The...
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SEND ME BACK TO FINLAND! The Lake of Bothnia and Finland Ecotourism Project
My first crowdfunding campaign is under way! This is my very first attempt at crowdfunding one of the numerous projects I have in mind. It probably will not be the last. Please help me set this...
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Helsinki at Night – My Shot(s) of the Day – August 5, 2014
That is the Tuomiokirkko, the Helsinki Catherdral. While it is one of the most photographed buildings in all of Scandanavia, I’ve never been terribly impressed with it. I’m not sure why, I guess it is...
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Fried Muikku!!
Finns are going to laugh at me for this post but I don’t care. I LOVE fried muikku! In English we know this little freshwater fish as vendace, Coregonus albula. In Finnish it is muikku. A member of...
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Norra Kvarken Sunset – My Shot of the Day – August 12, 2014
The Finnish name Mustasaari literally translated means “black island” but as an ancient word Mustasaari holds more meaning that just the literal translation. Since the glaciers rolled away some 9,000...
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The Bodvattnet at Bodback – Kvarken World Heritage Site
It is a humid mid-morning and the pond is glassy. Dragonflies pass over the muddy flats marking the edge of the water. A Red Admiral butterfly rests on a golden point of grass. A fat and roly-poly...
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A Finnish Photographer – My Shot of the Day – Aug 20, 2014
I have no idea who this woman is. Just another Finnish photographer. I REALLY hope she doesn’t mind that I took this picture. After a meal of fried muikku I went down to the the Söderfjärden Meteor...
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Kvarken Project: VOTE for the Photograph You Want & See the Faces of the...
So. I’ve made my way through a significant chunk of the photographs I took in the Kvarken World Heritage site last month and feel prepared enough to offer the following four photographs to choose from...
View ArticleSome Recent Articles You May Have Missed
Not wanting to deprive you of other articles I’ve written the past few months but didn’t post on my website…. I kindly offer a few that were published here and there on the innertubes recently that you...
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Valsörarna Lighthouse – Kvarken World Heritage Site – Finland
There is a little island out in the middle of the Gulf of Bothnia that feels like it is a thousand miles from anywhere. The mainland to the east is just out of view behind the curve of the Earth or...
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