I spend so much time also wandering, as you know, so reading your beautifully written observation land deep within my wandering soul. Absolutely wonderful Susie. Thanks
I spend so much time also wandering, as you know, so reading your beautifully written observation land deep within my wandering soul. Absolutely wonderful Susie. Thanks
Thank you for reading this winters tale my wandering friend, so different from what your own would depict in snow covered landscapes and forestsтАж
If only our wandering would pay a wage I would happily make it a full-time occupation! In French we are called тАШfl├вneursтАЩ, tell me, what is the word in Swedish?
Ha! I love this :) Firstly, yes, being an wandering observer should be a well paid job! A proper wage for we wanderers!
So, as you well know my French speaking amie, there is quite often no direct translation of any word from one language to another, although weirdly enough the French word fl├вneurs actually derives from the Norse word "Flana", which apparently means to wander without purpose, which as we wanderers know is strange because there is always a purpose to wandering, even if that purpose is just to wander :)
I want to tell you a Swedish word that is positive about the fl├вneur lifestyle, but alas I canтАЩt think of one, thereтАЩs always some negativity attached to the philosopher of the road. But there must be one because there is a tradition in Scandinavia of loving life for life sake, think of Tove JanssonтАЩs character Snufkin in Moomintrol as the perfect example.
How strange you should mention Tove Janssens Moomintrols, my son and daughter and I were discussing these stories over supper tonight, I was explaining the etymology of the wordтАж a delightful story тАЬto deter the young Jansson from taking food from his pantry, the uncle told her that it was inhabited by "cold moomintrolls", which would come out of the corners and rub their noses against Jansson if she came to steal food.тАЭ which IтАЩm sure you already knew but is one I have used to deter my son from sneaking into the pantry for years - it never worked but he loved it!
Fl├вneur means exactly that in French too, another coincidence, although here the word is now used more widely for all wandering souls whether they have purpose or not. I didnтАЩt know its origins, and certainly never would have guessed but perhaps we can start a petition titled тАШwages for wanderersтАЩ thoughтАж? ;-)
I spend so much time also wandering, as you know, so reading your beautifully written observation land deep within my wandering soul. Absolutely wonderful Susie. Thanks
Thank you for reading this winters tale my wandering friend, so different from what your own would depict in snow covered landscapes and forestsтАж
If only our wandering would pay a wage I would happily make it a full-time occupation! In French we are called тАШfl├вneursтАЩ, tell me, what is the word in Swedish?
Ha! I love this :) Firstly, yes, being an wandering observer should be a well paid job! A proper wage for we wanderers!
So, as you well know my French speaking amie, there is quite often no direct translation of any word from one language to another, although weirdly enough the French word fl├вneurs actually derives from the Norse word "Flana", which apparently means to wander without purpose, which as we wanderers know is strange because there is always a purpose to wandering, even if that purpose is just to wander :)
I want to tell you a Swedish word that is positive about the fl├вneur lifestyle, but alas I canтАЩt think of one, thereтАЩs always some negativity attached to the philosopher of the road. But there must be one because there is a tradition in Scandinavia of loving life for life sake, think of Tove JanssonтАЩs character Snufkin in Moomintrol as the perfect example.
How strange you should mention Tove Janssens Moomintrols, my son and daughter and I were discussing these stories over supper tonight, I was explaining the etymology of the wordтАж a delightful story тАЬto deter the young Jansson from taking food from his pantry, the uncle told her that it was inhabited by "cold moomintrolls", which would come out of the corners and rub their noses against Jansson if she came to steal food.тАЭ which IтАЩm sure you already knew but is one I have used to deter my son from sneaking into the pantry for years - it never worked but he loved it!
Fl├вneur means exactly that in French too, another coincidence, although here the word is now used more widely for all wandering souls whether they have purpose or not. I didnтАЩt know its origins, and certainly never would have guessed but perhaps we can start a petition titled тАШwages for wanderersтАЩ thoughтАж? ;-)