Blogging Anniversary - 10 years

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A while ago I checked when I did my first blog post, in order to celebrate with an anniversary post. Well, that day came and went without any reaction from me. Better late than never, so here a reminder of my very first blog post from 24 October 2012.  The book was New Finnish Grammar  by Diego Marani. Marani is an Italian novelist, translator and newspaper columnist. While working as a translator for the European Union he invented a language ‘Europanto’ which is a mixture of languages and based on the common practice of word-borrowing usage of many EU languages. It was a suitable book to start with, being a book about letters, languages and memories. With a beautiful prose, the novel went directly to my heart.  "One night at Trieste in September 1943 a seriously wounded soldier is found on the quay. The doctor, of a newly arrived German hospital ship, Pietri Friari gives the unconscious soldier medical assistance. His new patient has no documents or anything that can ide...
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Catching up

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A while now since my last post. I don't know what is happening, but time seems to go very fast. We are still self-isolating, although we do venture out a little bit more. Being careful and keeping distances. It is quite comfortable to have no demands on you because there is not so much you can do in comparison to normal times. I recently asked my husband how we will be able to cope with all the things to do, once we are back to normal. These days I am only capable of concentrating on the few daily tasks that we have. I do long for normal times, misunderstand me right, and hope that the lack of energy I feel now, will come back. It is heavy to think that we might have to stay like this for another year. We are continuing our walks in the area and have discovered a lot of nice national parks and areas to walk or bike. If this situation would not have occurred, I don't think we ever would have had time for these discoveries.

I read 11 books in May. Many of them very good. So far so good for my personal challenge of reading 7 books from my shelves every month (from April). I have done well so far; 8 in April and 7 in May. My other personal challenge of reading more non-fiction books this year is not looking that good; only 4 books this year. Well, there are times to come. I find that easy-going thrillers are the best books to read during these times.

Today is a new month and new efforts. I have, as usual, several options to choose from. I have also started listening to the first book in Lucina Riley's Seven Sisters series. Fascinating from the first sentence. I will try to listen through it fastly, so I can download the e-books from the library.

I have four books on the go, which I hope to finalise this month. All from my own shelves. They are: before we met by Lucie Whitehouse, Laterna magica by Ingmar Bergman, Inheritance (The story of Knole & the Sackvilles) by Robert Sackville-West, and Nattens historia (The history of the night) by Gunnar Broberg. Three of them are non-fiction. Hopefully, they can occupy my mind for a while.

I hope that you are all safe and using the time to read and exercise.

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  1. Jeanie2 June 2020 at 16:10

    You h ave read far more than I this past month. I've been writing a lot, walking, some painting but less reading than usual and I have to get back on the stick! "Inheritance" sounds especially interesting to me.

    I feel OK with the quarantine/lockdown -- more so than with the opening up, which our state is doing. I think it will be quite awhile before I don't have a mask in my pocket and back up if someone gets too close.

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    1. Lisbeth 6 June 2020 at 15:44

      It was a month of more books than usual. June has not started at the same pace. I enjoy reading about families like the Sackvilles.
      I agree with you concerning the opening up. We are still very careful and are not lingering around too much. It will take some before we behave as normal again, I think.
      I am enjoying your posts, such beautiful photos. You manage to catch nature very well. I find it difficult, since nature and animals are always moving.
      I see you are keeping yourself busy with your projects. It is good to have them I think. I have also done more than usual, and finally got rid of some of the backlashes of putting my memorabilia into a proper book.

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  2. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz20 June 2020 at 15:23

    We are spending lots of time in nature during this quarantine time. I have learned so much about birds and about the plants in our garden.

    I would love to have you join in for the Sunday Salon. There are no rules or requirements. It's a nice way to connect with others in our reading community.

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    1. Lisbeth 28 June 2020 at 15:27

      Nature is indeed showing itself from its best side, of which I am grateful.
      I will try to join in for the Sunday Salon. I do enjoy the various posts on this subject.

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