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.

Friday, 31 December 2010

Happy New Year

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I have written a long New Year post about all my past New Years, and I have deleted it because it became unbearably sentimental. I can just ...

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Thursday, 30 December 2010

'Tis the voice of a lobster

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I don't even remember when I did it first time, but it must be well before San Diego (our lives are divided into before and after San Di...

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Wednesday, 29 December 2010

A less known book by a great author

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The Arcadians by Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander has recently made a significant contribution to a rather demanding genre which can be cal...

Tuesday, 28 December 2010

Yet another gone

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Yet another of my beloved children's writers has died. Elisabeth Beresford was perhaps not one of those Really Great, or was she? I rem...

Farewell to an old friend

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I have just killed one of my darlings. I have taken down my homepage that I had since 1998. I started it when I was visiting chair in Finlan...

Monday, 27 December 2010

This year

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The label “This year” did not feature in the blog marathon, apparently because a year is too long a span of time for a young blogger to reme...

Sunday, 26 December 2010

There are books after Christmas

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Here is yet another old review. It is sad that so many wonderful books disappear so quickly. Do tell me if they are still read. The Mennyms...

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