Confessions of a displaced hedgehog

A displaced hedgehog is a figure - or rather an image - from Tove Jansson's Moomin books. This is how I can best describe myself. This blog is mostly about being displaced.

Saturday, 13 September 2008

Pursuing hobbies

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For restoration of my doll house I need, among other things, lolly sticks. They are very practical for many purposes. I brought an ample...

Friday, 12 September 2008

Keyed

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In the old country, when I first got keys to my office I had to go to Security, fill out forms, the key number was registered and what not. ...

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Join the club

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The Guardian had a column yesterday with advice to new students. I like this passage best: “You need to join something – a society, semi...

Bike boxes and other useful things

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Today I was really, really brave and biked on my own for the first time. I only took one wrong turn and realized it at once; and there was...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Independence day

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Today I ventured to drive on my own for the first time. Yes, it has been over four weeks now, and I hadn’t been out with the car other tha...

Saturday, 6 September 2008

Along the river

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I have promised myself that in my new life I will not work on weekends. Today we went biking on the old towing path along the river. In five...

Thursday, 4 September 2008

Social space

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At my old work place in the old country we had a coffee room. Here at Homerton we have social space. It is a large mezzanine with inviting...

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