For new readers and scholars, I'm sharing the structure of my abstract, which according to @sarajaaksola.bsky.social
(the brain behind the coloring) and many others can be useful to study when writing your own.

Hard to believe it’s been 7 years since this book came out! 🎉 Still being read and cited worldwide – and it’s open access for everyone! doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Just started analysing the fascinating language portraits and life stories of our multilingual retirees in Norway and Japan. This is "Olivia". 😍

My two best tips for dealing with academic (and other) disappointments are 1. walking in nature and 2. laughing, preferably simultaneously! 😀

A one-week writing retreat in the north is balm for the soul.

YESSSSS! Our article is out and ready to be read by the whole world! 😀It's about how a teacher and teacher educator can collaborate in ways perceived as beneficial and sustainable for both. Open access! Link to the article: doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...

75% of the editors for Mindsets in Language Education (2025) met in Tokyo today to talk and eat strawberry cake!

We’ve arrived in fascinating Tokyo and have already conducted our first interview—with a very engaged 77-year-old language learner! #multilingualism #motivation #withpermissiontoshare

Within the last 24 hours, I’ve turned down three peer reviews and a co-editor role for a special issue. Not because these aren’t important—I love supporting others—but because I need to take care of myself and do well in the commitments I’ve already made. Say no sometimes and go for a walk instead!

I just received this book in my mailbox. It is so timely and relevant! Thank you so much, editor Vander Tavares and all the authors! 🙏

I am so excited to announce that there will be more walks with Camilla Spaliviero! We just got the news that she has won an MSCA postdoctoral grant to join us in Bergen to work on her project LATECO: Fostering Multilingualism through Language Teacher Collaboration. 🥳🥳😍

Soooo happy to be notified about this important study together with @theresetishakov.bsky.social! Will be out in one of my favourite journals very soon - stay tuned!

🤩I was starting to wonder if my books had gotten lost or had been shipped to Bergen by sailboat. But finally, they’re here—so beautifully green and tempting!

Is H. (88) our most inspiring student ever? 😍With 11–13 languages under her belt and currently doing a bachelor in German (with Chinese next on her list!), it was an enormous privilege to hear her share her lifelong passion for languages. (Photo with permission to share.)

ANSWERS wanted from fellow academics who like to walk: Why do you walk?
Where do you walk?
How often do you walk?
(Photo from today's evening walk)