Tag: autobiography
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Chapters from the past
I took these photographs yesterday on a quick bike tour. They represent places that I write about in connection with my childhood. Most of these locations will eventually be a decor in my book and the photos work as reminders in the process. The rail road bridge, or what’s left of it, used to be […]
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فندق تايتو وذكريات الرائحة
بنى فندق إتيغوي تايتو في عام ١٨٩٨ وسمي على اسم الإمبراطورة تايتو بيتول. إنها جنة صغيرة لأولئك الذين يحبون الأوقات الماضية مزيج من الهواء النقي والرطوبة تخترق الأنف بالفعل في الصباح الباكر. من اللوبي، يبدأون في الاختلاط مع التبييض. مدبرات المنازل يتزلجن مثل راقصات الباليه الخرقاء مع الخرق على أقدامهن على الأرضيات القديمة. في وجبة […]
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My Baby Steps In The Wonderful World Of DNA
I took a Y-DNA test and found out about my ancestry. My haplogroup is represented in Western Siberia and Finland but I was surprised to see red dots also in Turkey and in the Caucasus. The dots on the map represent the earliest known forefathers of other people who took the test and with whom […]
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Miss Helen In The Bath
For a very short time Johanna was my best friend. She was a Jewish girl, we were between seven and eight years old at the time when I did not really understand what Jewish even meant. Her family lived very close and they had a piano. Her grandmother could play it and sing, I was […]
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Hands Up!
From what I remember, our house was always full of people who would often sit in our only bedroom and play records and drink, or play cards and drink. Happy youth! I passed out once when I had emptied, unnoticed, a large glass of Long Drink, a local gin. Among these people there was also […]
Jarmo Pikkujämsä 