What do knitting socks, rosehip soup, and biofuels have in common? Me!
My name is Finley and this is my blog. I come from the U.S. but now live in Uppsala, Sweden. I try to divide my time as evenly as possible between studying, crafts, and outdoorsy adventures. After having completed a bachelors degree in physics in the U.S., I’ve recently begun studying Energy Systems in Uppsala. My hope is that I can share with others both my passion for science as well as my passion for exploring the world (whether by moving to another continent or by taking part in a nature walk/mushroom picking extravaganza).
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a little bit about my program, Energy Systems. Now I’d like to take the opportunity to write about my favorite thing about the program so far: field trips. This first term I’ve been spoiled by the amount of fascinating, inspiring field trips we’ve Read more…
In a somewhat Swedish-Halloween style, I’ll take this opportunity to say Happy Thanksgiving! a week late. Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November, which means that last week on November 28th, the population of the U.S. took some time to chill with family, eat delicious food and be thankful for Read more…
It is my strict belief that school work is for school days and that weekends are for all the other kinds of learning that I don’t have time for during the week. Sometimes I have to break this rule if finals are coming up or if there’s a big project Read more…
This month on Womengineer, we’ve decided to write a little series chronically a “normal” week. If you haven’t already seen the posts for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday—here’s your chance (they’re in Swedish, so if you don’t understand Swedish then you’ll just have to be satisfied with hearing about Friday). Read more…
I’ve only been writing for Womengineer for a few weeks, but already I think I’ve written more blog entries than I wrote during an entire year in Germany. Despite that fact, I haven’t really said anything about what I’m studying or what I’ve studied and perhaps it’s time to introduce Read more…
Quite recently I was asked about the differences between studying in the U.S. and studying in Sweden. Being such a diverse topic, I didn’t know exactly how to answer the question and ended up mumbling something very vague and only quasi-understandable. Thinking about it a little more, I realize that Read more…
Halloween is a wonderful time. My favorite part of Halloween was always being able to run loose with my friends at night without any boring adults there to dampen the atmosphere. Few people were such avid trick-or-treaters as I. I even trick-or-treated right up until I was seventeen, the year Read more…
By this point, we’ve talked about making sourdough bread and the science behind it. Slowly, slowly, my readers are beginning to suspect that I am some sort of sourdough maniac who thinks of nothing else. Not to fear, we will soon wrap up this fascinating topic, but not before discussing Read more…
Sitting at home, revelling in an after-finals serenity the likes of which is usually only possible in a Buddhist temple, the scent of freshly baked sourdough wafting through the apartment, one may ask oneself: “What is the origin of this wonderful bread? How does nature produce such incredible, scrumptious delight?” Read more…
Something about living in Sweden makes me want to create things. I noticed this especially last Christmas when I came to visit after having been living in Germany. No sooner had I arrived in Uppsala than my fingers began to itch for a knitting project, I started designing a solar Read more…