Tar, Sweat and Tears
– Mom! I can’t tighten these. Can you press here, so I can tie the knot? The new Pro Champ Kobobol ice hockey skates are black leather with brown reinforcements. On the bottom of the […]
Avainsana: music
The youth center called Spittoon
The reason why the youth center of the Tapiola parish, officially named Olotila, started being called Räkälä – in English, it might have been Spittoon – is unclear. The name, however, perfectly suited the large […]
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. […]
The Band of Dreams
I was four inches taller than Matti. That was the only upper hand I had compared to him. We were classmates in elementary school, but our friendship was born and grew some years later. The […]