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https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/08/fashion-post-from-me.html?showComment=1251391678074 Helena Halme Author: A fashion post from me I'm a fashion addict, but I fully accept that I don't know enough to blog about it, so I usually don't. But I could not help pointing out th... helena halmeauthorfashionpost https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/rare-meme.html?showComment=1276166964969 Helena Halme Author: A rare meme As you must know by now, if you read my blog, that although I'm always incredibly flattered and elated to be selected for one of these blogl... helena halmeauthorrarememe https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/01/frozen-brain.html?showComment=1263326911282 Helena Halme Author: Frozen Brain OK, so moving my office from the small but cosy room upstairs to The Room With A View possibly wasn't such a brilliant idea after all. At le... helena halmeauthorfrozenbrain https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/05/justin-cartwright-givaway.html Helena Halme Author: Justin Cartwright giveaway Justin Cartwright has written seven novels; he's a winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and he's been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ... helena halmeauthorjustincartwrightgiveaway https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-awards.html?showComment=1254325765535 Helena Halme Author: Blog Awards While I was away in Rome , I was blessed with not just one, but two awards. Many thanks to Wildernesschic and A Life Reclaimed for nomina... helena halmeauthor blogawards https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/03/finns-are-different.html?showComment=1268142055132 Helena Halme Author: Finns are different One explanation why we Finns are so odd must be the language. It's been cited as the second hardest language to learn after Cantonese. Havin... helena halmeauthorfinnsdifferent https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/rare-meme.html?showComment=1276025645939 Helena Halme Author: A rare meme As you must know by now, if you read my blog, that although I'm always incredibly flattered and elated to be selected for one of these blogl... helena halmeauthorrarememe https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/wheres-mother.html?showComment=1277294485351 Helena Halme Author: Where's Mother? Do you find that if you are the one who usually takes the family photos there's a dearth of images of you? Having downloaded a recent crop ... helena halmeauthormother https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/07/plot-thickens.html?showComment=1279725877013 Helena Halme Author: The plot thickens On Sunday as we were preparing to spend the last night of our mini break in the Babington Bubble, as Daughter called it, we had an email, co... helena halmethe plotauthor https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/that-old-thorny-issue.html?showComment=1275122784325 Helena Halme Author: That thorny old issue The point of view (POV) in a novel has been something of a hobby horse of mine since I took an MA in Creative Writing a few years ago. Wheth... helena halmeauthorthornyoldissue https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2012/11/five-ways-to-do-52-diet.html Helena Halme Author: Five tips for the 5:2 diet I've never been a great dieter. I've tried a few of the popular ones in my time, like the no-carbs Atkins, but the only one that ever has... helena halmefive tipsfor theauthordiet https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-awards.html?showComment=1254283677577 Helena Halme Author: Blog Awards While I was away in Rome , I was blessed with not just one, but two awards. Many thanks to Wildernesschic and A Life Reclaimed for nomina... helena halmeauthor blogawards https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/03/beckhams-in-finland.html?showComment=1268912257527 Helena Halme Author: The Beckhams in Finland The biggest news item on TV and the various plasma screens in trams and the metro last Sunday in Finland was the arrival of Mr Beckham to Tu... helena halmethe beckhamsauthorfinland https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-10.html?showComment=1248895703320 Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 10 I had never felt as numb as I did waiting for my flight at Heathrow on 31st of August 1981. There were just a handful of us sitting outside ... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/talking-of-obsessions.html?showComment=1259430384540 Helena Halme Author: Talking of obsessions.... I was reading a post by the incredibly talented Thatgirl39 (talented because she wrote a post when feeling under the weather which inspire... helena halmeauthortalkingobsessions https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/03/finns-are-different.html?showComment=1268139443094 Helena Halme Author: Finns are different One explanation why we Finns are so odd must be the language. It's been cited as the second hardest language to learn after Cantonese. Havin... helena halmeauthorfinnsdifferent https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/yet-another-wardrobe-dilemma.html?showComment=1274364129800 Helena Halme Author: Yet another wardrobe dilemma We've been invited to a good friend's party in London this weekend. I know it'll be a trendy crowd, so I want to wear something that won't h... helena halmeyet anotherauthorwardrobedilemma https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/something-so-right.html?showComment=1273415732014 Helena Halme Author: Something so right I thought I'd embarrass everybody by crying my eyes out at Son's Oxford University graduation ceremony, but I managed to control myself. W... helena halmeauthorsomethingright https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/07/finland-in-bun.html Helena Halme Author: Finland in a bun I was greeted with a lovely smell of baking when I came home tonight. As evidence that daughter is truly on the mend, she's been making cinn... helena halmeauthorfinlandbun https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/yet-another-wardrobe-dilemma.html?showComment=1274336061109 Helena Halme Author: Yet another wardrobe dilemma We've been invited to a good friend's party in London this weekend. I know it'll be a trendy crowd, so I want to wear something that won't h... helena halmeyet anotherauthorwardrobedilemma https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/12/convenience-too-far.html Helena Halme Author: A convenience too far? Inspired by my wonderfully funny blogging friend, Wildernesschic , I had to share with you some of my toilet observations while in Helsinki ... helena halmeauthorconveniencefar https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-big-fat-birthday.html?showComment=1271965428013 Helena Halme Author: My Big Fat Birthday Against all odds I survived the day of my big birthday. I'm not usually bothered about my age. Obviously I'd like to be 25, or perhaps even ... helena halmebig fatauthorbirthday https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/wheres-mother.html?showComment=1277152498191 Helena Halme Author: Where's Mother? Do you find that if you are the one who usually takes the family photos there's a dearth of images of you? Having downloaded a recent crop ... helena halmeauthormother https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2013/01/burns-night_25.html Helena Halme Author: Burns Night I'm over at The Englishman blog today talking about Robert Burns. Go and have a look and have a nice weekend! helena halmeauthorburnsnight https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/09/sunflowers-in-london.html?showComment=1315942631161 Helena Halme Author: Sunflowers in London I've been feeling a little down lately. A few months ago I had a minor 'Big C' scare and six weeks ago I had to have something called a Con... helena halmeauthorsunflowerslondon https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/whats-this-rubbish.html?showComment=1272459867262 Helena Halme Author: What's this rubbish? This question has now become a joke in our house after years of being a real one posed to the children and later teenagers lounging in front... helena halmeauthorrubbish https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-35.html?showComment=1267047842463 Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 35 Espoo Old Church stood at the end of a country lane, set aside from a newly built shopping centre. In the distance lay high rise blocks to o... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-41.html Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 41 I sat and waited on the orange plastic seat at Liverpool Street Station for over three hours. It was a chilly February day in 1984, and as t... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/11/thoroughly-modern-jerry.html Helena Halme Author: A thoroughly modern Jerry Our little dog, the border terrier needs regular hand stripping. That may sound exciting, but I promise you there's no music involved, nor i... helena halmeauthorthoroughlymodernjerry https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2013/12/quality-books-for-only-99-cents.html Helena Halme Author: Quality Books for Only 99 Cents! If you're looking for critically-acclaimed contemporary fiction ebooks, a number of them are on sale now until the New Year... helena halmequality booksauthorcents https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/changes.html?showComment=1272814070503 Helena Halme Author: Changes I've just read a post by one of my blogging friends North West London Girl in the Country about moving from the city, a life she knew, to a... helena halmeauthorchanges https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/11/to-kindle-or-not-to-kindle.html Helena Halme Author: To Kindle or not to Kindle? Even though I love gadgets and can only be described as an interweb addict, I've always been a book kind of girl. I love the feel and tacti... helena halmeauthorkindle https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/something-so-right.html Helena Halme Author: Something so right I thought I'd embarrass everybody by crying my eyes out at Son's Oxford University graduation ceremony, but I managed to control myself. W... helena halmeauthorsomethingright https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-31.html Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 31 It was raining when the plane landed at Helsinki airport. The goodbye at Heathrow with the Englishman had been even more difficult than usua... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-book-club.html?showComment=1276794982998 Helena Halme Author: My book club I've been running the monthly Babington book club for a couple of years now and even though I try, I can never predict the number of peop... helena halmemy bookauthorclub https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/02/trench-coat-shopping.html?showComment=1350628866586 Helena Halme Author: Trench coat shopping Befitting the weather in London today (rain and more rain) I'm lusting after a proper mac. It's not that I don't own one, I just down't have... helena halmetrench coatauthorshopping https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-have-nothing-to-wear.html?showComment=1272457262574 Helena Halme Author: I have nothing to wear Further from my post about serial multi-buying , I now have a situation which anyone could have predicted: I have nothing to wear. I do hav... helena halmei haveauthornothingwear https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/04/book-review-summer-without-men-by-siri.html Helena Halme Author: Book review: The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt Siri Hustvedt is one of my favourite authors; if she chose to write a book about watching paint dry, I'd be riveted. I know not everybody... helena halmebook reviewthe summer https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/11/its-all-just-game-of-battleship.html Helena Halme Author: It's all just a game of battleship Image from Google images I do sometimes wonder if I should give up this writing lark. I keep asking myself if I'll ever get publishe... just a gamehelena halmeauthor https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/rare-meme.html?showComment=1276257156324 Helena Halme Author: A rare meme As you must know by now, if you read my blog, that although I'm always incredibly flattered and elated to be selected for one of these blogl... helena halmeauthorrarememe https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/08/true-story-me-as-mission-control.html?showComment=1313981319234 Helena Halme Author: A true story: me as mission control Last night I got a call from Son, 'Have you got mummu's (Granny in Finnish) telephone number?' I was in London, he was in Sweden, with my... a true storyhelena halmeauthormissioncontrol https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/03/finns-are-different.html?showComment=1268225829763 Helena Halme Author: Finns are different One explanation why we Finns are so odd must be the language. It's been cited as the second hardest language to learn after Cantonese. Havin... helena halmeauthorfinnsdifferent https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2012/11/five-ways-to-do-52-diet.html?showComment=1352718944877 Helena Halme Author: Five tips for the 5:2 diet I've never been a great dieter. I've tried a few of the popular ones in my time, like the no-carbs Atkins, but the only one that ever has... helena halmefive tipsfor theauthordiet https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/05/eurovision-2011-with-twitter.html Helena Halme Author: Eurovision 2011 with Twitter First time the Englishman and I watched Eurovision after I moved to Britain was when I was heavily pregnant with our first child. Because I ... helena halmeauthoreurovisiontwitter https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/02/small-hours-at-hampstead-theatre.html?showComment=1297608392888 Helena Halme Author: Small Hours at the Hampstead Theatre My marathon week of theatre-going started tonight with a one-woman play at Hampstead Theatre. This play, starring Sandy McDade and written ... helena halmesmall hoursat theauthorhampstead https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/03/happiness-is-new-waitrose.html?showComment=1269624470994 Helena Halme Author: Happiness Is a New Waitrose Those of you who have been following this blog know that we are midst of a house refurbishment . Still. I won't go into the promises made to... helena halmehappiness isauthornewwaitrose https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-think-they-saw-us-coming-at-ritz.html?showComment=1290455773340 Helena Halme Author: I think they saw us coming at The Ritz... I'd been planning the long weekend my mother and her husband spent with us in London for a while. It was their first visit to our new place... helena halmei think https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-have-nothing-to-wear.html?showComment=1273212314510 Helena Halme Author: I have nothing to wear Further from my post about serial multi-buying , I now have a situation which anyone could have predicted: I have nothing to wear. I do hav... helena halmei haveauthornothingwear https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-i-can-never-wear-animal-print.html?showComment=1258972591004 Helena Halme Author: Why I can never wear animal print Meet my grandmother, the first fashion addict I ever got to know. Now, she wasn't actually my grandmother, she was my mother's aunt. My moth... helena halmei canauthorneverwear https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/something-so-right.html?showComment=1273520292396 Helena Halme Author: Something so right I thought I'd embarrass everybody by crying my eyes out at Son's Oxford University graduation ceremony, but I managed to control myself. W... helena halmeauthorsomethingright https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-big-fat-birthday.html?showComment=1271876526533 Helena Halme Author: My Big Fat Birthday Against all odds I survived the day of my big birthday. I'm not usually bothered about my age. Obviously I'd like to be 25, or perhaps even ... helena halmebig fatauthorbirthday https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-37.html Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 37 I was lying face down on my bed, with my head spinning, trying to make sense of what had just happened, when I heard the front door slam shu... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/no-im-not-that-helena-halme.html?showComment=1270579768136 Helena Halme Author: No, I'm not that Helena Halme I think I have a real life double. I've never met her, but I keep hearing about her. Last night on Twitter I was asked if I free-lance as a... helena halmeauthor https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-book-club.html?showComment=1276790497261 Helena Halme Author: My book club I've been running the monthly Babington book club for a couple of years now and even though I try, I can never predict the number of peop... helena halmemy bookauthorclub https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-43.html?showComment=1273126241963 Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 43 The Padre wore a dark suit with a white dog collar. He was a tall man and his dark form loomed large over the door of the terraced house ... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-becoming-bag-lady-future.html?showComment=1288618154950 Helena Halme Author: Is becoming a bag lady the future? Shopping for food has become a bit of an issue in our new London household. Or rather the lack of any such shopping. As the person who's at... helena halmebag ladyauthorbecomingfuture https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/something-so-right.html?showComment=1273690524869 Helena Halme Author: Something so right I thought I'd embarrass everybody by crying my eyes out at Son's Oxford University graduation ceremony, but I managed to control myself. W... helena halmeauthorsomethingright https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2014/06/happy-midsummer.html?showComment=1403271175200 Helena Halme Author: Happy Midsummer! Tomorrow all over the Nordic countries people will be celebrating Midsummer Eve. In Finland this means that good food and drink will b... helena halmeauthorhappymidsummer https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/01/frozen-brain.html?showComment=1263394356335 Helena Halme Author: Frozen Brain OK, so moving my office from the small but cosy room upstairs to The Room With A View possibly wasn't such a brilliant idea after all. At le... helena halmeauthorfrozenbrain https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/06/life-can-be-hard.html Helena Halme Author: Life can be hard... Sometimes it attacks us all: desperation. You cannot but ask yourself, 'why me?'. The answer could lie in the words of some great woman or... helena halmeauthor lifecan behard https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/due-to-popular-demand.html?showComment=1270933795923 Helena Halme Author: Due to Popular Demand.... Since I wrote the last episode of How I Came to be in England I've had lots of requests to carry on the story. I even had a Bring Back... helena halmedue toauthorpopulardemand https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2011/02/small-hours-at-hampstead-theatre.html?showComment=1297337039848 Helena Halme Author: Small Hours at the Hampstead Theatre My marathon week of theatre-going started tonight with a one-woman play at Hampstead Theatre. This play, starring Sandy McDade and written ... helena halmesmall hoursat theauthorhampstead https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-big-fat-birthday.html?showComment=1271873807966 Helena Halme Author: My Big Fat Birthday Against all odds I survived the day of my big birthday. I'm not usually bothered about my age. Obviously I'd like to be 25, or perhaps even ... helena halmebig fatauthorbirthday https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/12/finnish-guilt.html?showComment=1260497130652 Helena Halme Author: Finnish guilt I had a wonderful time in Helsinki last weekend. (You may have noticed...?) Although my family now live elsewhere, this city was home to me ... helena halmeauthorfinnishguilt https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/08/it-was-all-about-pants-last-night.html Helena Halme Author: It was all about the pants last night Photo by Johan Persson When I sat down at the Donmar last night I suddenly realised that I knew absolutely nothing about the play we wer... helena halmeall aboutauthor https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/09/falling-in-love-with-rome.html?showComment=1253223717684 Helena Halme Author: Falling in love with Rome I can't quite believe that this is my first trip to see the Eternal City. Just as well, younger and hungrier I would've never left this plac... falling in lovehelena halmeauthorrome https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2014/06/david-morrissey-and-my-commute.html?showComment=1403289638105 Helena Halme Author: David Morrissey and my commute I do love London, where else would you regularly bump into celebrities on the streets or when commuting on the famous double decker buses o... helena halmeauthor davidmorrisseycommute https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/01/tagged.html?showComment=1262893536233 Helena Halme Author: Tagged! Yesterday started with an amazing and utterly delightful discovery. The world-famed blogger, LibertyLondonGirl (French Vogue calls her blog... helena halmeauthortagged https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-i-can-never-wear-animal-print.html Helena Halme Author: Why I can never wear animal print Meet my grandmother, the first fashion addict I ever got to know. Now, she wasn't actually my grandmother, she was my mother's aunt. My moth... helena halmei canauthorneverwear https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/03/beckhams-in-finland.html?showComment=1268940019077 Helena Halme Author: The Beckhams in Finland The biggest news item on TV and the various plasma screens in trams and the metro last Sunday in Finland was the arrival of Mr Beckham to Tu... helena halmethe beckhamsauthorfinland https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-33.html?showComment=1262918340259 Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 33 The Englishman and I took our first ever flight together from Helsinki to Stockholm on the day before Christmas Eve in 1983. Though there ... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-z-blogging-challenge-h-is-for-helsinki.html?showComment=1365542046778 Helena Halme Author: A-z Blogging Challenge: H is for Helsinki My theme: Writing and the business of writing What has Helsinki got to do with writing, I hear you scream. Well, OK, absolutely nothing, a... helena halmeblogging challengeauthorz https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/same-old-same-old.html?showComment=1272204606735 Helena Halme Author: Same old, same old... Some of the presents for my birthday were envelopes containing hard cash. I have absolutely nothing against this, even if it smacks of tee... helena halmeauthorold https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/09/englands-lane-books.html?showComment=1283551090408 Helena Halme Author: England's Lane Books Picture by The Bookseller I've written here before about my love for small, quirky independent bookshops. Such as Mr's B's Emporium in ... helena halmeauthorenglandlanebooks https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/02/am-i-in-love-with-writing-or-is-writing.html?showComment=1266785079811 Helena Halme Author: Am I in love with writing or is writing in love with me? Writing a novel is like a love affair. When at first you get the idea for a novel you are attracted, not able to think about anything else, ... in love withhelena halme https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-year-that-was-2013.html?showComment=1388434181428 Helena Halme Author: The Year That Was 2013 2013 has been quite a year for me. I'm not sure I can recall a time when so much happened in a mere twelve months. First of all, I finally... the year that washelena halmeauthor https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/changes.html Helena Halme Author: Changes I've just read a post by one of my blogging friends North West London Girl in the Country about moving from the city, a life she knew, to a... helena halmeauthorchanges https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/10/swooning-over-dominic-west-and-growing.html?showComment=1256499902254 Helena Halme Author: Sacred Made Real at The National Gallery My day in London turned out to be all about bodies. My good friend and I started the day off at the 'Sacred Made Real' exhibition at the Nat... helena halmeat theauthorsacredmade https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-42.html?showComment=1272373131843 Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 42 I I spent most of the spring of 1984 alone in the house in Southsea, studying for the final exams I was to take at the Finnish Embassy in Ch... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/05/something-so-right.html?showComment=1273433465281 Helena Halme Author: Something so right I thought I'd embarrass everybody by crying my eyes out at Son's Oxford University graduation ceremony, but I managed to control myself. W... helena halmeauthorsomethingright https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/02/am-i-in-love-with-writing-or-is-writing.html?showComment=1266156467220 Helena Halme Author: Am I in love with writing or is writing in love with me? Writing a novel is like a love affair. When at first you get the idea for a novel you are attracted, not able to think about anything else, ... in love withhelena halme https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-42.html?showComment=1272320650277 Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 42 I I spent most of the spring of 1984 alone in the house in Southsea, studying for the final exams I was to take at the Finnish Embassy in Ch... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-was-born-wearing-denim.html?showComment=1271231478776 Helena Halme Author: I was born to wear denim helena halmei wasto wearauthorborn https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-year-that-was-2013.html?showComment=1388434870111 Helena Halme Author: The Year That Was 2013 2013 has been quite a year for me. I'm not sure I can recall a time when so much happened in a mere twelve months. First of all, I finally... the year that washelena halmeauthor https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-raining-its-pouring.html Helena Halme Author: It's raining, it's pouring... For the first time ever, due to the low levels of rainfall, there's a hose-pipe ban in the UK this early in the year. The summer isn't even ... helena halmeauthorrainingpouring https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/11/its-all-just-game-of-battleship.html?showComment=1289249939286 Helena Halme Author: It's all just a game of battleship Image from Google images I do sometimes wonder if I should give up this writing lark. I keep asking myself if I'll ever get publishe... just a gamehelena halmeauthor https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-i-came-to-be-in-england-part-36.html Helena Halme Author: How I came to be in England - Part 36 The Englishman and I set the date for my move to England for 25th February 1984. I'd take the train through Europe, and then cross the Chann... helena halmehow i https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/exams-and-hangover.html?showComment=1244734438415 Helena Halme Author: Exams and The Hangover The house is gripped by exam panic. Today, at this very moment, it's English (Lit or Lang...I should know). I'm meant to be getting on with ... helena halmeand theauthorexamshangover https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2010/03/pappas-girl.html?showComment=1267898496519 Helena Halme Author: Pappa's Girl Tampere 1971 Perhaps it was the violence, perhaps the unpredictability of the event, to me at least, that afterwards totally coloured my... helena halmeauthorpappagirl https://helenahalme.blogspot.com/2009/09/that-awful-expression.html?showComment=1253849623385 Helena Halme Author: That awful expression I'm told what I'm going through is called 'Empty Nesting'. But I'm not a bird. 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