The month of August got its name around 8BC, when the Roman Senate wanted to honor their Princeps and Emperor, Augustus. They choose the eighth month of the Roman year, because they wanted to highlight the fact that most of … Continue reading
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Sweden is right now in a severe drought, with large areas not having had rain since early May. Combined with a – for Swedish conditions – heatwave, with about a month of temperatures around and above 30C, or 86F, trees … Continue reading
Thursday 21:st of June, at 12:07 pm local Swedish time was the summer solstice for this year. From now on the warmest period of summer will come, while the days get shorter until December 21:st. This is also the time … Continue reading
The Summer Sale this year is from 2018-06-01 throughout 2018-08-31. The discount is 20% off on all compositions, and 15% off on all arrangements. Take the chance to buy some exciting charts and get a kick start for the band … Continue reading
In the Nordic countries there is a tradition of burning large fires in the late spring, to usher in the arrival of summer. Where this tradition comes from, and how old it is, is unknown to me as I write … Continue reading
From today, Past Masters, the third movement of the suite Guitar Pastime Suite, is available in the web shop. The work on this suite fell severly behind schedule due to much work and the disrupting loss of my computer, but … Continue reading
If anyone wonders about the last months silence on my behalf, on my site, it’s because I had my computer stolen some time ago. Besides the finacial hit of loosing programmes, licenses and the hardware, it was also a substantial … Continue reading
Today is the Automnal Equinox – after today, on the northern hemisphere the nights are longer than the days until December 21. In ancient times the apparent celestial movement of the sun was essential to people, and the various cycles … Continue reading
Today is – according to the calendar – the last day of the three summer months (on the northern hemisphere that is). By all accounts this would have meant that this year’s summer sale ends, but this is not the … Continue reading
I hope the midst of summer finds all you visiting my site well and relaxed from vacationing. For those hesitant to use PayPal, I have now added Stripe to the web shop as an alternative gateway for payment. From today, … Continue reading