Author Archives: lydia

Spelträff i Grillby

By lydia | Published: September 23, 2012

On Sunday I had my first spelträff (play date) with Alice, the buttonbox player we met at the Byss-Calle stämman last month. She is, it turns out, the only woman riksspelman on durspel (two-row button accordion) today. When someone asked me recently what’s been the most fun thing that’s happened since I got to Sweden, […]

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Settling in

By lydia | Published: September 16, 2012

Who should appear for the weekend but our friends Thomas and Ingrid from Borås! I knew Thomas was coming for some course weekends, and that there was a course happening this weekend, but I hadn’t put those bits together. Successes: Phone bill deciphered! Ingrid made the whole thing behave. It turns out there is detail […]

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Week 37

By lydia | Published: September 15, 2012

Noteworthy this week: Surprise visit from Genticorum on Monday afternoon, which of course entailed their all trying their hands at nyckelharpa. Hasse Gille came in as our guest teacher on Wednesday. His playing manages to be both rough and polished, somehow, and full of joy. Banking report: it turns out we aren’t eligible to open […]

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Karlholmsbruk & Jernbergs

By lydia | Published: September 9, 2012

Two sets of adventures on Sunday: Leif was planning a trip to visit Harry (who built my nyckelharpa) on Sunday morning, and I had a couple of repair requests for Harry too, so Andrea and I joined the party for the ride up to Karlholmsbruk. We had a nice visit, of course including fika. I […]

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Kulturnatten

By lydia | Published: September 9, 2012

On Saturday, Andrea and I went into Uppsala for Culture Night, which is kind of like having a First Night celebration on the first weekend of school (in a university town) instead of on New Year’s Eve, and wasn’t as much warmer as one might have hoped. Lots of street food vendors (more candy than […]

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Lighted trail in Tobo

By lydia | Published: September 6, 2012

Do we have these in the US? Sweden has illuminated woodland trails (elljusspår is short for elektriskt ljus spår) where you can go jogging (or walking or skiing) safely when it’s dark out. Which I am assured it will often be. Ours is an evidently standard 2.5 km loop. And the electric bulbs weren’t on […]

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