Picked this up from the exchange shelf of the Library of Sipoo.

Alzheimer, here I come! I had NO idea I had registered this myself. I thought I'll pop in here and make somebody happy saying this was not at all what I thought it would be, but I like these zany short stories. They are a bit dangerous as while reading, MY OWN bizarre family keeps creeping in and feeding me ideas of what I could write about them. 😨
I'll be off to York in a week's time and will probably meet Apechild there - this is one of her oldest wishes.

Yikes! This book IS about my family! 😦😦😦

Edit: And this was my Starlite B&B in York.

On Apechild's wishlist. Will see her in York on my Ambassadorial visit.

Edit: Hadn't realised my visit was so widely known...

Thank you so much for bringing this - I have wanted to read it for A LOT of years. I didn't realise it was about a Finnish family though.... =)

I just loved this. It's not often I can say this, but this book actually made me laugh out loud. It was the story about Bailey White and the other primary school teacher, Mrs Boatwright. They were sent to computer evening classes to learn how to use a computer so that they could then teach the other teachers at the school how to use the computer. But the course tutor completely missed the point and decided to run a course on the history of the computer. So the two ladies decide to bunk off, teach themselves. And for the remaining evenings they find something else to do. Mrs Boatwright!

These are more short articles about Bailey White's family, friends and life experiences. She's a primary school teacher living in Georgia in the USA. Although considering this book was published in 1995 - 20 years ago!! - she might be retired now. Who knows. I just love her writing. It's like chatting with an old and slightly eccentric family. And appreciating the little, simple things in life, whilst realising that just because they're simple, doesn't mean that they are insignificant. There are just so many wonderful snippets in here. Her chapter on the "do not..." signs (made me think of the park keeper in the Moomin books); her batty elderly female relatives, the old guy running his little fruit and veg stall, Red the Rat Man, and her cousin who was so desperate to see the family chairs reunited.

Kirjakko, if this is your family, I think you need to write about them. I certainly think you could do a few chapters on your little log-dog as well.