New headphones. I feel like I’m listening to every song in my library for the first time again. Seriously - whaaaat, how, eeerm… Jesus.

It’s so so so cool to finally find the courage to make something you’ve always LOVED getting at the restaurants. In my case it was the octopus. And let me tell you, this was an absolute success - we will make these again and again and again and again! Even in Spain, at the restaurant this portion would cost more than a 100€, we made this ourselves for 14,99€. Cray.

Calling all Showgirls!

Next week I’m visiting my kids school to talk about Latvia. I thought of bringing Kārums and sharing about the wonderful country we come from. Instead I might just have to say: “Kids, you know how hitting is bad? Well, in Latvia it might soon be totally ok!” #IstanbulConvention

Feels like I’ve gone full circle with social media. Started with a journal on the Latvian LiveJournal, spent years tweeting, and now I’m back to long posts on Substack. Word on the street is I can string a sentence or two together. Subscribe here: substack.com/@austra