i love a town by Fighting Tiger.
Dear Adelaide,
as you might have guessed, I’m leaving you. Surely you’ve noticed the signs?
For the last couple of years, things just haven’t been amazing, not the way I want it to be in the long…
The last two months have been strange. Good though.
I arrived back in Finland one year to the day after leaving. And my plan at that point was to stay here for a month or so, to make some side trips…
On the windowsill of my room in Merihaka I have a temporary garden of lettuce, parsley and thyme in jars, mugs and reused plastic containers struggling to survive out of their traditional hydroponic environments.
At times I miss Adelaide horribly. I…
after almost a month of waiting and waiting and angry emails and cranky phonecalls…. the radelai.de domain is now actually working!
there’s nothing much up there yet - but soon there will be!
Since I’ve returned to Adelaide I’ve had opportunity to host a few guests as part of CouchSurfing, the program that introduced me to Sid, Ninnu, Ronja and a whole bunch of other lovely people. Regularly, conversation with my international visitors…
Over the last couple of years of drought, larger birds, more used to the Adelaide Hills and the outlying country areas have been moving into the leafy green/brown suburbs in search of water and food. Most importantly for this story,…
I had a feeling today that it would be snowing in Helsinki, and it turns out my intuition is right!
Hopefully the reflections off the snow help keep my friends happier through the scary dark month of November. And the fact…
Back in the sunless days when I lived in Finland, I started thinking an awful lot about how great Adelaide is. Then I realised that I only know a tiny bit about my hometown. I have my favourite parks, streets,…
I love catching public transport on those days when bike riding just seems like a bit of a chore. Sure there are the waits, the missed connections and the odd crazy person*, but then there’s also the opportunity to read,…
Next Wednesday Sorry, on Wednesday April 25 (the week after this) it will be ANZAC Day. Of all the public holidays we recognise, this is the only one that I feel is important to pay attention to. It relates to how…