tiistai 24. toukokuuta 2016

A moment of blossom

It’s been shamefully long – again. Making excuses is never good but I just started a summer job. I also try to write my master’s thesis as much as possible (which isn’t very much right now; I don’t work that many hours a week but there is quite a lot of preparing to do at home before each day). I’m also stuck with Faerie Queene. I’ve only read a bit more than 100 pages and am completely in love with it. Whether I’ll ever finish it or not I know not but it’s a wonderful book, as difficult as it is. The language is lovely and the Spenserian stanza really sinks into your spine after a while. I hope some day I’ll be finished with it – not anytime soon, though.


Those three or four days are here though passing already – those days when apple trees and cherries are in their full blossom. There is no fairer thing in our spring if not the fresh and verdant mornings.









perjantai 6. toukokuuta 2016

Summer chaos

It’s summer and it’s holiday. I can’t wait for both of them to be over.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing bad about summer (apart from the heat, of course). I love the greenery only just starting to shine; I love the misty mornings, fresh waters and sweet winds. It’s also great that I can spend more time in the countryside. It just seems that summer is about to become a proper chaos. Well, I knew that. I’m very, very pessimistic, and yet the past couple of days exceeded all my expectations. Lovely.


Hopefully I’ll make some progress with my master’s thesis, that’s my one comfort right now. Dear Tolkien, thank you for existing.