The photographs were taken on December 30th.
Today the temperature dropped to -13 °C. Depth of snow is 32 cm. Feels like winter.
(Posting title is from the poem A Psalm of Freudian Life by Franklin Pierce Adams.)
The photograph was taken on November 11th.
(Posting title is from the poem Leviathan by Clare Pollard.)
The photograph was taken on April 15th.
The weather forecast for the next week looks promising: dry and sunny weather, 5 °C in the morning and 15 °C in the afternoon. Commuting by bicycle should be a pleasure.
(Posting title is from the poem A Red Tricycle in the Belly of the Pool by Karyna McGlynn.)
The photograph was taken on January 7th.
I repaired the bicycle yesterday evening, and commuted by bicycle today. It was slippery, and the studded winter tires were crucial.
(Posting title is from the poem Chaplinesque by Hart Crane.)
The photographs were taken on January 6th.
I commuted by bicycle today, and got 2 hours 15 minutes of riding. Snow was melting, and the narrow tire in the back cut into the snow, and this made riding hard and slow.
(Posting title is from the poem Should the Wide World Roll Away by Stephen Crane.)
The photographs were taken on January 3rd.
I did some repairs to the bicycle today. I replaced and tweaked the brake pads, cleaned and oiled the chain, and replaced the broken bell with a new one.
(Posting title is from the poem "I saw a man pursuing the horizon" by Stephen Crane.)
The photographs were taken on January 2nd at Petikko.
I went for a walk this morning, wearing tall rubber boots, and when walking downhill an icy road I fell down. Luckily neither I or the camera in my hand got hurt, but still it was a reminder to be careful out there.
(Posting title is from the poem Crane by David Yezzi.)
The photographs were taken on January 1st.
This morning I drove the car to a repair shop. In the afternoon I talked with the auto mechanic, and it turned out there was nothing wrong with the motor, just a piece of metal loose and making noise against the exhaust pipe. However, the car window that was stuck in the down position required some work for the old motor to be replaced.
(Posting title is from the poem Wind, Water, Stone by Octavio Paz.)
The photographs were taken on January 1st, 2018.
I commuted by bicycle today, but it was slow going because there was 5-10 cm of new snow on the road. It took 65 minutes to get to work, and the same time back home.
(Posting title is from the poem Water Water Water Wind Water by Juan Felipe Herrera.)
The photograph was taken at Odilampi on December 25th.
Today we got rain and warm weather. The depth of snow went from 21 cm to 4 cm. I didn't commute by bicycle, using car and train instead. Tomorrow seems to be a good day for riding the bicycle, even though the roads may be quite muddy.
(Posting title is from the poem How sweet I roam'd from field to field by William Blake.)
The photographs were taken on December 9th.
Depth of snow is now 21 cm, and it feels like winter. I didn't commute by bicycle today, using the train instead. The weather forecast promises a little bit of new snow for tomorrow, but I'm planning to commute by bicycle anyway, hoping that the paths are okay for riding the bicycle.
(Posting title is from the poem Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought by William Shakespeare.)
The photograph was taken at Vaakkoi on August 19th.
This week has been wet. Luckily today I didn't get soaked while commuting by bicycle.
(Posting title is from the poem The Storm Is Over by Jason Guriel.)
The photograph was taken on June 16th while visiting Timmermalmi.
Today is a clouded day, but there shouldn't be much rain. The bicycle is still in the repair shop, but it should be ready today.
It is terrifying to follow what happens with the Trump kakistocracy. A democracy works only as long as people #resist.
(Posting title is from the poem You Love, You Wonder by Brenda Shaughnessy.)
The photograph was taken on June 16th while visiting Timmermalmi.
Here are some happy things:
(Posting title is from the poem Wonder as Wander by Sharon Olds.)
The photographs were taken at Timmermalmi nature protection area on February 21st.
(Posting title is from the poem Torment by Daisy Fried.)
The photograph was taken on February 18th.
The snow started melting today. I remembered to check bicycle tire pressure. It was at 3 bar, and the recommended minimum is 3.5 bar, so it was a good thing to check the tires.
(Posting title is from the poem the new rumbón by Tato Laviera.)
The photographs were taken on February 5th, after snowfall. We are getting some more snow today, but for the middle of next week the weather forecast promises warmer weather, and even rain.
I wonder if Canada is making plans to build a wall to keep away the people trying to escape the maelstrom in south? I know, this joke is already dated, but I just can't understand what is happening in the USA.
(Posting title is from the poem Canada by Billy Collins.)
The photographs were taken on January 6th.
In January I got 442 km riding the bicycle. This morning there was black ice on a downhill slope, and I slid for some distance, but stayed upright. Once again the studded winter tires proved their worth.
The baby-carrot fingers (controlled by Bannon) are again and again proving disastrous. How long can this continue? On the other hand, a lot of great people are showing their worth by the skill and will to #resist.
(Posting title is from the poem A Romance by Lucia Perillo.)
The photographs were taken on January 5th.
We got a little bit of new (and very wet) snow today. Tomorrow the weather is getting colder, which means slippery roads, once again.
The amount of stupid and insane things started by the baby-carrot fingers in ten days must be a record of some kind. Is there a category in Guinness World Records for this?
In any case, #resist. And support the people who are doing admirable things, showing their love.
(Posting title is from the poem Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine.)
The photographs were taken on January 4th.
Thomas Wilhelmsson, Chancellor of the University of Helsinki, wrote on Twitter: ”US and UK researchers, welcome to Finland! Finnish people still believe in science and real facts”.
Welcome to Finland – WTF for short – sounds rather good.
I can’t believe what is happening in the US, which has become a dictatorship with an easily lead narcissist as the frontispiece for unscrupulous fraudsters and all kinds of evilness. Science – including humanities, liberal arts, etc. – is no longer open or to be relied on because of political control, and access to information is being drastically curtailed.
The blindness to facts (and preferring “alternative facts” and putting forward the big lie) will lead to suffering and dying people. All this will be blamed on “the other”, as it is impossible for a narcissist to acknowledge that he is to blame. And thus there is need to hide the real facts, such things as global warming, unemployment statistics, public health, etc. Otherwise people would see the emperor having no clothes (and tiny hands).
What will happen unless plenty of people #resist?
Here are some scenarios: Collapse of the educational system. Shipwreck of research institutions. Large-scale economic misery and unemployment, except for some of the wealthiest robber barons and baronesses. Extreme weather destroying property and killing people. Bankruptcy of health care, and manifestation of diseases that had almost been vanquished.
What can be done? The Women's March which was organized on January 21, 2017, showed the way. One needs to #resist, and it helps to have plenty of humour on the way.
And coming back to WTF. We do have problems here in Finland as well, including some populistic politicians who are doing hateful and unlawful things and fermenting trouble. Still, I trust in the sanity of the Finnish people.
(Posting title is from the poem Husky Boys' Dickies by Jill McDonough.)
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