Your Presence is Mandatory is about the futility and senselessness of war. Sasha Vasilyuk’s debut novel tells the story of a whole region and its people, ancestors […]
Booklist Reviews The Nansen Factor
“Displacement and the meaning of home, mourning, and memories are recurrent themes in the 16 stories in journalist Grabbe’s first collection. Emigrants from Russia and […]
Book in Hand
Oh, that rush of excitement at holding the first copies of a book you wrote! In my case, I worked on The Nansen Factor, Refugee […]
Wheelchair Travel
I suffered a mild concussion while in Sweden, so when I flew back to the USA this past weekend, I traveled through three airports in […]
My Grandmother’s Background
In the previous post, I wrote about the Grabbes. I don’t know as much about my paternal grandmother’s family, but it certainly deserves mention. Maria […]
My Father’s Background
My father was born in Saint-Petersburg in 1902. Russia is the country of his ancestors. They were members of the aristocracy. Some immigrated from Europe […]
Book Launch Scheduled
Belmont Books will host my book launch on June 18 at 7pm. Copies of my debut short story collection, The Nansen Factor, Refugee Stories, will […]
Tanums Gestgiveri
This building in Tanum may not look like much, but it was built in 1663 as a roadside guesthouse and restaurant. Sven took me there […]
Thoughts on ‘Lagom’
Lagom was new to me. Balance as a principle for society. The right balance between the individual and the whole. But the author of the Christian […]
What is Lagom?
Happy March! Today, a guest post … Seeking to learn more about Sweden, where my sister is laid up with a concussion, I found some […]