The Age of Aquarius
Räkälä, as the church’s youth club was called, had burnt to the ground and Heikintori’s disco didn’t even have a B-license. Teenagers on the verge of adulthood could smoke cigarettes publicly – if they dared. […]
Kuukausi: syyskuu 2023
Peruskiven päällä
”Osana KAMU Espoon kaupunginmuseon valtakunnallista Adoptoi monumentti -toimintaa on Jorma Kajaste ja antikvaarinen kirjakauppa Tessi adoptoinut Tapiolan peruskiven. Tapiolan peruskivi on muurattu 5.9.1953 osoitteessa Mäntyviita 4, ja kiven muurauksesta alkoi Tapiolan puutarhakaupungin rakentuminen.” Heinäkuun viidennen […]
On an Autumn Day at the Cabin
The start of the autumn day is translucently clear. As the mornings can still be in late September – at its best. The slow turning of the season towards a few-hour-long, sunless, gray days is […]
Summer Falls to Autumn
The door swishes closed behind me and the carriage jerks into motion. I managed to catch the earlier train after all. I sprinted the last hundred meters at full trot; it was worth it. Waiting […]
Thieves Like Us
Theft is a regrettable occurrence. Both stealing and being stolen from – most of us have experiences of both. Usually, it’s over some trivial thing, not a bank heist or a train robbery. One can […]
Burrows, Shelters and Dugouts
I’m not sure about girls, but at least for boys, there’s a certain age phase when an irresistible urge develops to squeeze into all possible holes, cracks, and crevices. Possibly this instinct, combined with a […]