A Burning Horse

Hello from my home in Helsinki! This is NordLetter #129, a weekly newsletter on living and walking in Finland. To follow the series, you can subscribe here. A new NordLetter will land in your inbox every Sunday. Not a fan of newsletters? No problem! You can read previous editions here. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed. You can reach out to me by replying to this mail. I am also posting on Mastodon. The route that I take every day takes me past the highway to a nature trail next to a large body of water. The trail sways, meanders. You cannot see to the end, or even the water, the first time you get on the trail. The trail is dark - it has gotten darker now. There are lamps overhead, but it's dark when we go out to walk. And it's quiet. You may see one or two people walk past you, or walking some distance ahead of you. Usually, cyclists pass us by. A bend On Friday, I had gone for the walk alone. Prerna was tired, Savya looked sleepy. So, I went alone. I had walked past the big…