We’ve been back in Duluth two-and-a-half months. I was never sure if I would or should write a post-script upon returning to Minnesota. ...

I’m checking myself how much I need of everything, every time I go to the grocery store. Years past, I would go to the S Market in...

For our family, the sauna at Mimmu’s dad’s mökki—lake cabin—is a hallmark of our relationship with Finland. The sauna and guest room at...

The great winter of skiing really helped me realize how much I need to exercise all the time. I got relatively fit from near-daily...

We didn’t know where this year would lead. And I really mean that. Throughout this adventure, friends and family on all sides have...

Anyone moving to a foreign country, even if that country is pretty familiar, is bound to miss some things from home. We are attached to...

Klister is an amazingly awful wonderful substance. It’s a sticky mess you can’t seem to get rid of. For those not skiers, it's a type...

I think for every word spoken, at least two words get thought. Probably more. Some scientist somewhere probably knows. If you know me...

These posts have gotten very ski heavy, partially out of ski racing taking over my entire brain this time of year, but equally due to...

This move has been many things. The physical distance from where we considered home is massive. The cultural distance, even more so. It’s...

"Sankarit." Heroes. Cold but relatively livable temperatures. Snow. Lots of fluffy white snow. It’s been a really nice winter here. ...

Click on logo for link When you have some time to get modern, you inevitably will. My age is starting to show in my own perceptions of...

Something special happens in our bodies when our lungs take in frozen air. It isn’t the same as warm air. I can’t explain the difference...

Below is the space in which I could lay out all sorts of analysis of the troubling stuff in this video that would then be challenged by...

We were finally going skiing as a family. The kids have been alpine skiing a bunch and Mimmu has gone a couple times on the gear she got...

When you grow up idealizing Finland as one of the ultimate places to cross country ski or be a cross country skier—where winter is...

Americans Rosie Brennan and Jessie Diggins have taken the 2021 Tour de Ski by force. Photo, US Ski and Snowboard Association Yesterday...

Photo lifted from Helsingin Sanomat A culture’s music, like its food and design, are windows into it’s soul. What is popular is largely a...

When everyone everywhere is being affected by a global pandemic, including us hunkered down in my wife's homeland, I certainly wondered...

December. The darkness has descended. Daylight by sunrise and sunset is under 5 1/2 hours now, but we are in the final stretch to the...