Juhani Aho kirjoitti lastuja. Minä ajattelin yrittää lumihiutaleita. Sitä miten talvikokemukset kirjallistuvat pieniksi tarinoiksi. Nämä ovat talventuntoja kansatieteilijän näppäimistöltä.

Otsikkokuva on arkinen ja arki on kansatieteen tutkimuskenttä. Tämän ikkunan takana raottelin lastenhuoneen verhoja kymmeniä vuosia takaperin - josko maa olisi jo valkoinen.

maanantai 16. helmikuuta 2026

DISTANCES

rollin slowly on fresh fallen snow,
tyres moun out loud

          journey's on (-23°C)

Landscape breathless and still
reminder of eternity - evighet 

tiny water bird dips
at Ferry dock open

          ...to the other side, we glide

          Isle beyond medieval Borgå, Pellinge 
          Avalon, the Island of Apples

Funeral

breth's steam
snow cries
birches shine

graves
...parents
... ...brothers
a new commer joins the crowd

children
cousins
elderly

brought together,
by death of a one

          skydd i hembygdsgård: 
               vem kan ro utan åror, 
               vem kan segla för utan wind 
                         ...fri anda på sjös kan
                                 segelkälke på öppet is där ute

floating conversaly...
unity reborn
          in hearts
...so narrow a sound

moon on snow covered fields
the gloaming glows
          ...there's no day or night

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Distances vary between dimensions - dimensions can melt together. While open water isles are achievable by boat. As solid ice comes isles and mainland grow together and isles are achievable by foot or ferry chanel through ice. In between it is trickier. Distances slide also between spiritual and physical, they even appear side by side. The length of day and night decrease and decline: moon and sun can bee seen the same time. In Finland swedish is spoken in archipelago and coast regions. Swedish speaking minority is medieval origin as is Borgå town (Porvoo in finnish). I have a swedish family name - Nyman - my fathers father was a swedish speaker.