Words Over Borders

American living in Stockholm, Sweden focusing on transnational creativity. Native: English, Target: Swedish.

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Cold as it is, it's worth taking a walk down Strandvägen. (på/i Strandvägen)

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Gotta love these views 😍❤️ (på/i Skinnarviksberget)

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Ordlista: Allt jag inte minns

Kapitel 1 – Huset

rykte -t, -n: – rumor

att påstå — to say, claim

att släppa in – to let in

att sträcka – to stretch

oundviklig – inevitable, unavoidable

envis – stubborn

att svälja – to swallow

att resa sig – to get up, rise

att smyga – to sneak

smidig – smooth

björk -en, -ar – birch

att trösta – to comfort

att hälla – to pour

frasig – crisp

att harkla sig – to clear one’s throat

spinkig – spindly

fördom -en, -ar – prejudice

slöja -an, -or – veil

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Time to tackle my first Swedish novel. 😳 Chapter 1 vocabulary to follow. 🤓

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The days are getting noticeably shorter and shorter. ✨

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Self-portrait in tags: #wordsoverborders #student #expat #expatlife #stockholm #livinginsweden #stockholmare #swedishlife #stockholmlife #visitstockholm #wanderer #wunderlust #traveler #explorer #vegetarian #vegetariansofig #design #designer #style #mystyle #mensfashion #fashion #gay #gaystagram #writersofinstagram #writer #writerscommunity #photooftheday #picoftheday #instapic #me #picofme #selfportrait #followfriday #follow #followme (at Södermalm)

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“The good life is a life well-designed. Considered with intention and purpose, infused with the principles of both logic and aesthetics, the life-worth-living could only spawn from the thought and appreciation of design; and thus, one might be considered a "good designer,” so to speak, if they possessed the ability to place all the pieces together…“ excerpt, The Family Portrait. (at Stockholm, Sweden)

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"It seems to me then as if all the moments of our life occupy the same space, as if future events already existed and were only waiting for us to find our way to them at last..." W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz (at Stockholm, Sweden)

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Colors and textures in random places.- Apartment chandelier / metro escalator

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“I am made and remade continually.” Virginia Woolf, The Waves 🌊 - These Vintage Classics covers featuring artwork by Aino-Maija Metsola are on point. I can’t wait to dive into another Woolf novel.

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Just two royals hanging out at Drottningholm.

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"What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies." - Jack Kerouac, On the Road. - #stockholm #visitstockholm #stockholm_insta #stockholmcity #sweden #visitsweden #stadshuset #travelquotes #travelphotography #traveling #ontheroad #jackkerouac #quote #quoteoftheday #travelgram #inspirationalquotes #wordsoverborders (at Stockholm, Sweden)

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Finally, I'm enrolled in an actual Swedish course (as opposed to strictly learning through apps and other auxiliary materials), and I can't wait to crack these books open and get started. Notes on chapter 10 to follow.

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"The National Romantic architecture impressed itself upon my own conceived 'Dream of the North,' with its distinguished eclecticism, drawing inspiration from its proximity to water, much like Venice, with a Romanesque arcade that hinted to the intrigue of Gothicism." - - #stockholm #visitstockholm #stockholm_insta #sweden #visitsweden #stadshuset #travel #travelphotography #sunnyday #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #writersofinstagram #writing #writersofig #writer #creativewriting #creativewriter #personalwork #mine #wordsoverborders (at Stockholm, Sweden)

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The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald 📚

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Stroll along Söder Mälarstrand...🚶🏻⛅️⛴🏙 - #stockholm #visitstockholm #stockholm_insta #sweden #visitsweden #kungsholmen #södermalm #cityscape #citywalk #travel #travelgram #travelphotography #boat #water #picoftheday #dailypic (at Stockholm, Sweden)

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In many ways I see #Stadion as the defining station for Stockholm's subway art, or at least one of the most photographed. I finally stepped off the train to check it out for myself. - #stockholm #visitstockholm #stockholm_insta #stockholmcity #stockholmmetro #metro #streetart #urbanart #travel #travelphotography #citywalk #cityscape #wordsoverborders (at Stockholm, Sweden)