One thing that makes coming back here more pleasant is the weather. During the time I spent in Finland, a new record of warm temperatures was made. Last december was the warmest ever recorded, and the files go 160 years back, so there was no snow, just rain and darkness.

It's funny how something this trivial can really trigger a deeper awareness of the power of climate change. I mean, everybody knows that the development has already started and that there have been floods, hurricanes, mass extinction and what not. But to really see it with your own eyes, not just in the newspapers... Frightening.

Well I'm better now, because I took the aeroplane to UK where the weather is really lovely, kind of like Helsinki in April.

The warm wind smells like spring. That makes me more lively and energetic. Maybe even happy, perhaps. (Supposing that this is the normal British weather. It could be that I'm worshipping the false god of an abnormal English December.)

P.s. The newspapers in Finland have already been writing about how nice it is that Finland will become more efficient in agriculture now that our new weather conditions allow better crops. How brilliant is that?!