I can’t ask her about it. My maternal grandmother died more than forty years ago. At age twenty-five, she was admitted to a Copenhagen Hospital called Oeresund Hospital. I have always known about it, but not the exact location. The diagnosis was severe, bleeding stomach ulcer. I have often wondered what was the cause of this. She worked long hours […]
A heartwarming gesture in the dark winter. An act of spontaneous helpfulness
I lived for many years in Copenhagen but was oblivious to these masterpieces of beautiful architecture. Frederiksberg is an independent city surrounded by our capital, Copenhagen. These four churches are from the same time period, the late nineteen hundred and were built because of population expansion in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Unfortunately, the linked homepages are only in Danish and are […]
Shortly after the arrival of German occupiers in Riga in July 1941, the synagogues were destroyed; only one in the old city of Riga remained intact. A German institute was close to the building, and the invaders were afraid to damage their building. As always, the beautiful Art Nouveau building was taken for its own purposes. The same thing happened […]
Working on his art, Carl Larsson went through a period of mourning his son's untimely death
It's challenging to look into history when your citizens have taken part in killing your Jewish population.
It was unforgettable because of the staff, particularly one young man, Levs, who was a living lexicon of whatever subject we wanted to know about in Riga. He recommended a local restaurant where we could taste a speciality: Sojanka soup with vegetables and smoked sausage. We returned to get the same menu again one of the other days. While on […]
My good friend blogger paolsoren asked me the following question on my last post about the roosters in Riga: Now I would like to ask you paolsoren how I should understand the following: By the way, when I was in the Australian Army our Army house was in Riga Court I am working on a post on the dark side […]
Being close to our new hospital doesn’t seem flattering as it seems dark. From further away, it looks a lot lighter. Not having any proper photos of the hospital I have praised so much finally let me climb some hills to get an appropriate view. The photos are all from a few days after my broken arm incident in June. […]
My children have teased me that I love our new hospital and should become a patient there. Last Sunday, I returned home after an intensive week in Copenhagen. I was so thankful for running around everywhere with my grandchildren and running many 10K and Half Marathons even though my age goes upward every day. A week ago, I experienced a […]
From one Heart to Another 