When is a pretty new article series here in Journeys of Life that we attempt to develop into something much bigger. The stories here can entail most anything, and is really about creative writing – as opposed to some other article series here. The When can be a beginning of a question sentence, or a story that follows. These stories will typically be short ones, but can be long-reads as well.

So we always start with When, and go on from there. Guest writers are particularly welcome in this series! Here is one story, and albeit short, very universal and very current:

When I was a child, and I was really afraid of something, I would climb up to my bed, stay under the blanket and try to be really quiet.

Now as an adult, I would like to believe that there are no bogeys, orcs or any other frightening figures out there, or anywhere.

Then all we are left with - to be afraid of - is war and corona. And I feel like sticking my head in a bush.

By Sinikka Lehtilä