Helmet 2026
It's been a year, and now it's another. Let's see how far I can go, literally speaking. Helsinki library has released its yearly reading challenge, and I will partake. Besides being home with Baby, I will read and enjoy the luxury of the Nordic welfare state and my rights as a 21th century woman and mother, since parental leave can be up to one year. How perfect then, that I won't be returning to work anytime soon, so I can do what I love: 1. Mothering 2. Read. Dear imaginary reader, my life is not perfect. Don't be jealous, my friend. I know you won't. Because I now own over two thousand books, most of which are Western classics, orthodox literature, such as the Filokalia series and Synaksarion, together with a plethora of wonderful second-hand finds in both fact and fiction, my need to visit the local library has significantly decreased, year by year. It's not that I don't enjoy the library, quite the contrary, I love it. It's one of my favorite...