Det Vokser a Tre i Mostamägg by Britt Karin Larsen Translated by Ranae Lenor Hanson All rights reserved A wanted child comes into the world, born under the tree of love. Another child comes into the world, born under the tree of solitude, for it was not wanted. It should never have been born, and […]
On Saunas and Silences
April 22, 2024
My great-grandparents may never have said they were Swedish. Perhaps they said nothing more than that they came from Värmland County in Sweden and, standing back in silence, let others assume. The others were the ones who told me my grandma was a Swede from Värmland. None of them mentioned that Värmland was the forest […]
Dreaming toward the 49th Generation
February 15, 2021
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” -Percy Bysshe Shelley In the winters of my fortunate childhood, snow gleamed under bright sun. After stormy days, it blanketed the woods and splattered in clumps from fir tree boughs. On the snow surface, tracks marked out paths—generations of voles and moles and mice rising up in […]