Welcome

This blog is about 12 months old, so why are there no earlier stories? Where are all the posts, photos and videos between beginning of this blog (March 2007) and today?

After my sisters wedding last weekend In Finland, meeting some of my family members and friends first time in years, I wanted to make a fresh start with this blog. Archive, all my old stuff, was deleted, so that I don´t have to think to whom I could tell about this blog. From now I am writing only about stuff I think is harmless to everybody to read and see. By doing this I can tell about this blog to everybody. My mother and sister, her new family, my brothers and cousins. And of course all my friends, old and new.

Earlier version of this blog was normally read only by 4 guys. It was more of a diary than a blog, communication between friends going back more than 20 years. When Peter, my oldest and dearest friend died last year, there were only three living souls sometimes checking in to my life by reading this blog. That´s how I wanted it. But things change, life changes. I´m getting old, the big five-oh is only a year away. I´ve been living abroad, long away from my family, so many years now I thought I do not miss anything from Finland. How wrong that was! I miss everything: my mothers smoked fish and pastries, real sauna, Venla & Aino, Pekka & daddy, Heinon Grillikioski, Iltis in Kesoilin baari with kahvi and munkki, pizza in Rosso and Iso Kolmonen in Assan Pub.

Opening my blog to everybody helps me to think I am closer those important to me. Friends around this globe, family here and there.

Welcome.