a soft launch of my new home

This is my first official notes from home note to you. And I am so excited to write it and to welcome you to this space.

I’ve been a blogger and a writer for almost 20 years now, but lately I’ve not been able to figure out where I want to write and how I want to document my life. Enter… notes from home.

Wait a minute. Let’s back up just a little bit first.

I had a blog from 2011-2025. I started it when I moved from the US to Sweden as a way to document my life. Over the years, it became my space for deep reflection and personal growth. It also was a space where I met people and expanded my world. But during the last two years, I gave more attention to my Substack and stopped posting all together on my blog. It was just a natural , unexpected process.

So, in the autumn of 2025, I saved all of my blog posts and deleted my account, thinking that I would focus on Substack. It felt so very right to close that long blogging chapter - and to focus on Substack instead. But, even Substack began feeling like a place I didn’t really want to be. I wanted that old school blog vibe and a sense of my very own space. Substack started to feel a bit too trendy and too socially-focused for me. So, I considered committing to writing that book that I’d been thinking about for 10-15 years, only to discover after I joined a writer’s group, that that was not what I wanted to focus on either.

Throughout the long, dark, cold winter, I just sat with it all. No old blog space of my own anymore. Not feeling the Substack trend. Didn’t want to write a book now. Feeling a bit lost, the silent wisdom of winter delivered. During those months of hibernation and rest, the seeds and roots that took hold became obvious, and by late winter it was clear to me what needed to be released and what was waiting to grow.

It turns out, I really just want to blog. Simple, nostalgic, old school blogging. Documenting my life - thoughts, places, adventures, reflections, musings. In my own space. Where whatever community I might build happens organically and naturally. And the digital space feels like coming home.

So, I secretly created a new blog. With a whole new focus. But, actually, a focus that has run through all of my writings and social media presence for years now. A focus that has actually been the passion and foundation of my whole life - home.

After I turned 50 a couple of years ago, I entered an era of coming home to myself in a way that I find hard to express in words, ironically.

On my 50th birthday I crossed over a threshold that feels like entering a deeper, wiser, truer version of myself. I carry all of the amazing adventures, memories, lessons, and moments from all of the years I’ve lived so far with me, as I turn toward a time in life in which I am meant to thrive and expand, while at the same time settle even more deeply into who I am and how I want to live. In other words, life is more grounded and stable, but also more inspiring and exciting.

In the midst of this personal shift into a new season of my own life, my wife and I moved to Stockholm in order to literally create the life that we have always dreamed of - filled with art, culture, diversity, nature, food and drink, community, creativity, and endless inspiration. We are just now coming close to the first year anniversary of getting our Stockholm apartment and making this city our home, so we have barely begun to scratch the surface and settle in. Which means, there is so much for me to explore and experience as I create a new home, both physically and emotionally. And it may just be the best move I’ve ever made in my life. I am stunned at how right this was - and how deeply grounded my soul feels .

Interestingly, all of this doesn’t feel like there have been huge changes in my life, rather it feels like the unfolding of coming home to something I have felt called to for as long as I remember.

As I thought more and more about this new season in my life, in a new city, longing for a place of my own where I can create and write and document my life, I knew that this secret blog space was meant to be all about coming home. Home to myself, to our little 1920s apartment, to my new bohemian neighborhood in the city center of Stockholm, to my ever-expanding place in this world.

And, so, here I am. Soft launching notes from home as my own digital sanctuary for reflection, sharing, and creating. A place where I write notes about life from my home - my soul, my hearth, my neighborhood, and those places around the world that feel like home.

So, welcome, my friend to the soft launch of notes from home. If you stumble upon this space, I hope you feel something warm and cozy and inviting and inspiring. I hope it is a space to which you will return many times, or just pop in whenever you need a little space for yourself.

There will be soft moments, gentle rituals, spiritual reflections, everyday moments, seasonal thoughts, interior decorating, cozy gatherings, city guides, and postcards from my travels. I intend to create a space that move in rhythm with the year, remains close to nature, and gives us lots to think about as we simply live our lives and become who we are meant to be.

Mostly, though, my wish you feel welcomed to simply gather here with me, in this space that I hope will feel like home.

xoxo. liz.