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Hiking: Colors of Autumn

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Tomas

In this post, I’ll look back at three October hikes – the weather wasn’t always the most cooperative, but there was a lot to be seen anyway, so it’ll be a photo-heavy post.

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Posted in Hiking, Photography | Tagged Hiking, mountains, nature, photo | 2 Comments

10/2022 Summary

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Tomas

Another month is (almost) over, so let’s see what I’ve been up to in October.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged personal | 1 Comment

Book review: Rise of the Silvan

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Tomas

The fifth book in The Silvan series continues a sprawling fantasy story – and even the fall of one major enemy at the end of book four doesn’t make things much easier.

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Posted in Fantasy | Tagged book review, Fantasy | 1 Comment

Hiking: Autumn blues

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll look back at two hikes that were almost a month apart, with the weekend trip described last week between them. As with the weekend trip, this offered a lot of mushroom photos.

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Hiking: Mushrooms and castles

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Tomas

In this post, I’ll look back at an extended weekend trip from late September. Long post with lots of photos inside.

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9/2022 Summary

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Tomas

Another month has passed by, and this time things actually happened, so here’s my monthly summary again, after not making one for August.

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Hiking: end of an era

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Tomas

The transition from August to September had seen me go with a minor – but yet major – change when it comes to my hiking: replacing a backpack that served me well for quite a long time.

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Hiking: Sandstone and sandals pt.4

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Tomas

This post will be the last one depicting my week-long August holidays. The last two days still had a lot to see and I wasn’t willing to let anything just pass by if it was within reach, despite the piling fatigue.

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Hiking: Sandstone and sandals pt.3

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Tomas

After the fourth day, the halfway mark of my holiday, I’ve had walked around 100km. And I was nowhere near done…

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Writing: the curse of publication?

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Tomas

This will be a bit different post, focused on what changes when you become a published writer, and is mostly a reaction to a post by Ed White as well as a post by K.M Allan about releasing a hard-to-write book.

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