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Friday Night Fever

True story: Several weeks ago I ran into Eppu Salminen at the Sauna.  Now I do not know whether it was because I was getting into the Baltic through the ice (it was -2 C) or whether it was because I then went and rolled around in the snow, but I guess something got his [...]

The Oulu Museum of Art

The vision to see something new combined with the talent to meld that vision into a physical reality is a rare and wonderful thing.  And so it is that at every possible opportunity, Cody and I make art museums a part of our life here in Finland.  Our most recent trip to Oulu included time [...]

Art in Oulu

I keep getting drawn back to Oulu for art, culture and science.  Really. Last fall I traveled to Oulu with my friend James Balog where he was going to be giving a lecture on climate change at Oulu University.  And following that lecture, I stayed on to be a part of the U.S. Embassy-sponsored Hip-Hop [...]