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Autumn has arrived.
@MAREDERIA
Presence
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I take you everywhere
where?
when going home with the last bus
staring into the dark you touch me
when leaving home in the morning
hoping the day will bring me a piece of you
when having a warm shower
your look brings shivers on my arms
holding you dear but not too tight
the presence of yours
immaterial and yet so heavy
please lay on me and let me feel
but now you are weightless
so I take you everywhere
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FREE ILMAINEN
MUST:see,eat,read,listen
Nieve de Limón
SEE: 
What we do in the Shadows (2014) by Jemaine Clement
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and Taika Waititi. I owe this recommendation to our very own
Seuraavanlainen. I cannot stress enough how amazing and
funny this movie is. If you love mockumentaries this Kiwi one will
climb up to the top of your list.
The whole premise of the mockumentary is “the life of vampires
in 2014 living together as flatmates” and all that comes with it.
Salarakas, “secret lover” in Finnish, is a zine humbly inspired
by The Secret Admirer from Philadelphia.
We’re here for the weirdos, the outliers, the misfits. We like
speaking finglish, our little corner of Hel, making friends, and
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The soundtrack is also a great one and it begins with “You’re
Dead” track by Norma Tanega, which fits perfectly with the film. random acts of kindness.
(Do not confuse the movie with the series that came later on.
The series is ok but not even close to the original thing.)
EAT: HELLO LOVELIES,
Two amazing dishes from Ravintola Kabuki Places to go in the grey:
(Lapinlahdenkatu 12, 00180 Helsinki)
This one is a bit magical for me as the numbers in the menu
The words and phrases that have stuck in my mind these weeks: ~ Helsingin talvipuutarha (Winter Garden)
degrowth, pleasure craft, pleasure activism, commodification,
for both are 5 and 55, and yes, you’ve guessed it, 5 is my polarized, color deficiency. Include, exclude, conclude. Valuation ~ Kamppi Chapel (Silent Church)
favorite number. (because of course there is such a thing as a
favorite number) . I found the number coincidence by accident,
and conservation. Self-sufficiency. Self-sustaining. Self-reliance. ~ Yrjönkadun uimahalli (Indoor Swimming)
Dissidence. Hedonism, sowing oats, oat-based. Awareness,
which makes this happenstance a lovely one. It’s not as if I go consideration, learning, facilitation, collaboration. ~ Allas Sea Pool (Outside swimming)
everywhere and ask for the “5” related dishes in the menus, trust
me I don’t. It’s the time of year that nothing quite sticks, my mind races
~ Arkadia International Bookshop (Cozy)
5: SHAKE TO AVOCADO (Raw salmon with avocado) around in an attempt to make sense of the cold and the calendar ~ Musiikkitalo (HKO and RSO concerts)
This is tangy and yummy.
55: TEMPURA UDON (Udon noodle soup with
changing. More time in the dark leaves more time lying awake
at night thinking in circles. When was the last time I worked?
~ Kino Regina (Movies at Oodi)
tempura prawn and vegetable). Ask for this one with UDON When was the last time my skin felt warm? Where did everyone ~ Orion Cinema (Movies downtown)
noodles, as there is also an option for soba noodles. Sorry but go? I have a harder time keeping eye contact, piecing together
Udon > Soba. This soup will be the best thing for cold days or for thoughts, and making sense of priorities. I’m startled by the ~ Tartine (Vegan French pastries)
days where you need a “pick me up”. I recommend increasing
the spiciness with a lot of Shichimi powder.
weight of the grey and the neon dead leaves. I think of ways ~ Lloyd’s Cafe & Bakery (Bagels and soups)
to make the season pass, to keep myself alert and stow some
surprises along the way like a little squirrel. ~ Kahvila Sävy (Almond croissants and good wibes)
READ:
The Story of Stuff by Susannah Walker
~ Tenho Restobar (Pizza and jazz and DJs)
Consume some brain food, write your friends letters, wear all the
Susannah writes a memoir about mourning loved ones that colorful layers, help people in the grocery store. Keep your head ~ Metka Kirpputori (Fleamarket)
circles the broken relationship she had with her mother. She
manages this by focusing on objects in her mother’s home. She
up from keeping your head down. The dark is also limitless.
~ Galerie Forsblom (Paintings)
is honest as she cleans her mother’s battered home and tries Love always,
to find out who she was as she wasn’t able to learn that when Long-winded Mary and Salarakas
she was alive. While you read this, you will notice how mourning
through objects is a universal story. This one is for those of us
who see objects as more than things but as contact with our
past, our loved ones, and our hope for the future.
LISTEN:
The Marias is an American band with a dreamy indie-pop sound
that will engulf you and accompany you while you are in bed
daydreaming. They are based in California and have tracks
in both English and Spanish thanks to their lead singer María
Zardoya who although was raised in the US, was born in Puerto
Rico. She is the only María though, the rest of the band consists
of Josh Conway, Jesse Perlman, and Edward James.
((Watch the “Ruthless” video on Youtube and wish you could
have Maria’s ensemble.)) Scan the QR code to find our Patreon, with a link to the monthly Youtube playlist.
Find @salarakashel on Instagram,
Email salarakashel@hotmail.com for conversations, inquiries, or contributions.
Text 0452510121 for love notes. <3
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The world changed dramatically when the dinosaurs came. No Farsi// (by Seuraavanlainen)
4. Mindchatter - Trippy
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5. Fatima Yamaha - Love invaders
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Power dynamics collapsed and shifted completely. For those resilient, some one who can endure a lot
7. Lewis Ofman - Attitude
who were used to living in prosperity and being safe had it the Finnish//Suomi (by Yökiitäjä and Han Lei)
8. Peggy Gou - Starry night
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9. Kygo - Hot stuff
were the true survivors in the new world. They were tough and Se on niin kun pulun nussiminen : It’s like fucking a pigeon; it’s
A d v i c e / N e u v o j a 10. Folamour - ABBA moment
creative enough to survive and thrive and they became the new impossible and useless
11. Gala - Freed from desire
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I have been struggling with uncertainty lately. I have a clear 14. Paradis - Toi et moi
there was a lot of strength and safety within bigger groups there Spanish//Español (by Nieve de Limón)
vision of what my near future looks like, but the path there still 15. The Blaze - Places
was also a risk of being a more visible target for the dinosaurs. ¡Está papita! : It is a little potato!
seems obscured. The road is dark and foggy, brambles and 16. Sevdaliza - Oh my god
¡Es pan comido! : It’s eaten bread!

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We took our chances in the outlands and forests and the only branches block my path. 17. Otha - I’m on top
times when we went to the villages or towns was when we ¡Está cañón! : It is a canyon! (nicer version of cabrón)
Honestly, I just want to get my bike to the shop to fix my flat. 18. Joji - Gimme love (Channel Tres remix)
needed to exchange goods for equipment. Everything and Latvian// Latviešu (by kamillathefruit)
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anything could be currency - your time, body, food, clothes, tools, Kā divus pirkstus apčurāt : Easy as pee on two fingers
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Dear Shiny, 22.Chlobocop - Narcotics
specific tools (that we couldn’t get anywhere else) we were It’s ok to walk through the forest blindly sometimes. It can be 23. Agar Agar - Sorry about the carpet
attacked by the dinosaurs.We were at an old shopping mall difficult to know where the perimeters of our abilities are, but I’m 24. Sevdaliza - Gole bi goldoon

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which had become home for many and the biggest market place confident that you are a capable bike owner.
where you could find anything you might need. The market Just one foot in front of the other, young grasshopper.
was also the power center for the new world - anyone who is Tread carefully but boldly,
someone was there. The market was guarded well and it was a Sunny Dae
place for peace, violence was not allowed and competing tribes
had to tolerate each other and forget their fights. H o r o s c o p e s
Suddenly the peace was interrupted and one huge glass wall
Jim P. Stone
was shattered into pieces when one enraged dinosaur stormed
into the marketplace. Many guards got killed when they tried to Scorpio: hippity hoppity hoop. Boop someone.
kill the dinosaur. It was a furious battle and me and my father Sagittarius: Call them. They’ve lost the plot too.
tried to find a hiding place. Finally the dinosaur was defeated Capricorn: Remember the pay-it-forward principle.
and it fell several floors down to the bottom of the building. It was Aquarius: Find a new romance to give your rose to.
a day of horror and victory. Pisces: It’s just a flesh wound.
Aries: Don’t get distracted by the details.
R a k a s S a n a t Taurus: Carry your concern to the finish line. You’ll make it.
Monthly pick by Seuraavanlainen Gemini: It’s just puppy love.
Cancer: FOMO is a byproduct of boredom.
I worry for the broccoli’s sake Leo: Someone else’s secrets are not yours to share.
that it works too hard in this bad weather, Virgo: Dramatic change is no more meaningful than regular drama.
is too anxious to please me, or that it has seen Libra: Skip the last step. Go straight to the woods.
the eggplant and cucumber expand easily
in lascivious shade and has watched, as I have, ACROSS 51. When it really rained 21. Town near Riihimäki,
how those vegetables love only themselves, 1. Swedish pop band 52. Italian grandma which is almost 1/3 water.
hoarding their seed until it would fall free 5. Idyllic gardens 54. Another term for bitter 22. American hate group C r o s s w o r d / /
10. Reject, as a law 57. Sunny-side up 25. Tonic ingredient, Finnish
of their dark skin. 14. Liar, in Jamaican Patois 59. Très élégant 28. Indie Finnish skatewear R i s t i s a n a t e h t ä v ä
15. Saarinen and Aarnio 60. Canvas, French anagram brand
I want the broccoli to learn the ethic of busy-work, 16. Mrs. Aalto
17. Early- and Mid-Career
61. Response of reluctant
agreement
29. U.S. desert festival
30. School, abbr.
#2
the ramshackle shantytown of green beans, Researchers, abbr. 63. Noguchi 31. Brass punk genre Long-winded Mary
where piece-work is sweet and profitable, 18. What Blue Collar Junkies 64. Money paid to ride HSL 33. Suction, Finnish
and the tiny delicate, blue and white flowers, are doing this month 65. Sisters’ husbands, abbr. 35. Ugly, Spanish
Answers are in english except when they denote translation
19. Tragic Scottish King 66. Where Tukka Rask is 36. Metro to New Yorkers
with lavender pistils, are like the soft faces 20. Youngest Nobel Prize categorized when he isn’t 37. English suffix used with in () or a specific cultural term. Umlauts and accents should
of infants about to be baptized. Laureate Malala Yousafzai playing, abbr. element, honor, secret, etc. be ignored.
22. The Kiss painter 67. Aykroyd and Deacon, 38. Arm regenerator
Such is my vanity when I look at the garden 23. Little Miss _____ backwards 40. Ride a rail or pulverize
that I think I can influence the destiny of plants,
K o t i b a a r i s t a 24. Location of Vanhankau- DOWN 43. Do you believe aliens The puzzle is shamelessly Helsinki and foreigner
Hogo Hammer punginlahti 1. War-stricken city 2012-16 ___ ____? inspired.
could instruct them, or tell them, with my tending, 26. How a Spanish hello 2. How postcards come 46. 28 pounds of wool = 1
about the justice that lies everywhere in the world, JACK-Ö-LANTERN sounds 3. Very old board game 47. Language sayings
27. First artificial satellite 4. Type of queen 49. Soft bunny wool
as in the spade I will use this evening 29. 615 Lentoasema 5. When Helsinki is 3 hours 50. If you ride public trans-
to turn under the row of peas whose leaves burn 30ml Ö Dark Rum 34. An indefinite and very ahead of UTC portation in Hel, you should
with fireblight, brought on by frequent rain 30ml D.O.M. Bénédictine long period of time 6. Eerie nostalgic feeling be ______
and evening mist, and the disfigurement 20ml freshly squeezed orange juice 35. James Brown genre 7. Green gemstone named 51. Unit measuring 4.2333
36. Sheep, pigs, dogs, etc. after Ireland mm or 1/6 inch
we recognize as judgement in everything. 10ml freshly squeezed lemon juice 39. Fela Kuti’s home country 8. Common agreeable 53. Eggs, French
2 dashes Angostura bitters 41. Hole, French Finnish palindrome 54. Abbreviated slogan from
1 dash orange bitters 42. American slang for that’s 9. US military rank, abbr. the BLM movement
a; “___ boy!” 10. Frankie of “Sherry Baby” 55. Spiced tea
“Consider the Garden” by Michael Collier (Poet Laureate of 44. Arnold likes to pump 11. No no, Finnish 56. Currency of Iran
Maryland). Reprinted from The Clasp (1986) with gracious Stir with ice and strain into cocktail coupe. 45. First name of Atlas 12. Vie____, country 58. Hebrew last month of the
permission from Wesleyan University Press. Garnish with orange zest. Shrugged author 13. ____ Cloud, the most Jewish year
46. Empress of Russia distant region of our solar 60. Element Sn
48. “I think, therefore ___.” system (#1 - issue solution)
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