Equipage

Just finished up a story for Equipage, my fav Swedish horse magazine. Will let you know when the issue hits the newsstands!

LOVING Montana

So, I know I said it would be hard to get people to talk about the wolf. Turns out, it wasn't. Also, people were more than willing to chat to me about everything from Sarah Palin to horseback riding via religion and gay marriage, without getting angry or being crazy or anything. Yey Montana!

Made it to gardiner mt

BLIZZARD! Took me three hors to drive instead of one and a half.

Saw a bunch of elk and moose and deer!

Linnea at 6 AM on the bus: Hm, someone smells like HORSES here! *shakes head* How inconsiderate of the people who are allergic!

Linnea at 12.25 PM on the plane: Oh what? Here is that smell again! *looks down* Ohh....

Grabbed the wrong sweater in the morning and went for the one I used in the stable yesterday, instead of the clean one I had picked out and put on the chair. Great work, once again.

And for those of you who think journalism is glamorous: My work tonight will consist of me walking up to random people in Gardiner during a blizzard, asking them if they are here to look at wolves or what they think of them. My guess is half of them will say no, and the other half will think I am crazy and just leave.

Sequim Gazette article

The journalist I met with last week at the Sunshine Café has finished his article about my favorite Sequim moment - you can find it here

Late night class

I am in charge of a coaching a group of students at Tallbacken in how to make radio. We are aiming to go on air in February and it is super exciting. We have classes via Skype and because of the time difference, I am ready to go to bed when we see each other and they just got up.

Horses, radio, big foot and Ljusdalsnytt

Its been a while, and I have been super busy with things. It seems as though no matter how much I say I am going to do absolutely nothing, the day never turns out like that... Weird, huh?

So what, more pricisely, have I been up to?


1: big foot


This weekend, I was invited to come to a meeting with some people who have dedicated their lives and most of their savings into find the sasquatch in the Olympic Peninsula. They needed help setting up a website where their data, video and audio would be collected. I told them I was not a believer, but they said they were looking forward to convince me! However, after looking at my new schedule with courses and stuff, I realized it was not possible for me to do it... Super sad, but hopefully I can still help them out in some way.

2: Ljusdalsnytt

My wonderful ex pupil, now broadcaster extraordinare Iris Ash wrote an article about me for Ljusdals tidning - but she wanted some shots from Washington and our new place, so I managed to put some together and sent them to her. I really hope she picks this one with Jon, it is so wonderfully cheesy.

3: Radio x 2

First of all, I am coaching some bright young students from Tallbacken in the art of doing radio shows. We meet on Skype, and together they are hopefully going to have a show on Radio Ljusdal, our community radio station.

Second, a group of dedicated people in Port Townsend are in the process of starting up a radio station there. It is going to sound a little bit like NPR, a lot of talk, a lot of good music, it is all super exciting and they needed someone who had done a bit of radio before. Well, I have some time on my hands, and I love doing this stuff, so I am volunteering there and will help them train DJs and board operators and set things up in general. You check check them out here. A little warning though - their website has some music playing in the background.

4: HORSES!!

Today, I got the best phone call - it was our neighbor across the road, who wanted someone to go riding with. Two minutes later, I was there, and we went for a wonderful ride around the area. The sun was shining, I had to learn how on earth Western riding works... It was great. Being someone who has only done English ridning, it was a little bit tricky, but I am sure I will figure it out. I rode the horse on the left in this pictures, Abby. I hope this becomes a regular thing, it was so wonderful and our neighbor is soo sweet.

Wolf video

Here it is - you have to select HD on the player yourself, for some reason...