Palupohja Holiday

Date: 29 okt – 1. Oct. - 1 nov 2009 Nov 2009

For anyone who has found this site , people have been, have wanted to go, and people who long to go back
there is a volunteering holiday coming up in Palupohja at the end of this month


From what I can make out is that you may help clearing autumn stuff such as leaves , branches, trimming things up and the like.
Of course that can all change but I am sure you will be helping out in a way that will be appreciated.

Also you will be having fun

and I recommend singing as one of the fun activities... or maybe just the listening :o)

in Estonian

and via google in English:


photo by Michelle

Ma tulen lõpmatusest / I come from infinity

Ma tulen lõpmatusest
i come from infinity
ja lähen lõpmatusse
and go to infinity
ma mõtlen olemisest
a thing of being (alternative translation is "i think of being")
kaon olematusesse
disappear into nothingness


Ma udumerre lähen
i go into sea of fog
piimvalge niiske soe
milkwhite damp warm
ma taevast võtan tähe
i take a star from the sky
ta sakid kokku loen
and count its points (Original translation was "and count its tabs")

Kuu hõbevalgust valab
moon pours silverlight
ja kõlab yxik ulg
and sounds a lonely howl
on olematus aland
nothingness has started
ja peatub aja kulg
and stops the course of time


Nii olexin veel kaua
so would i be yet long time
eikeegi kusagil
nobody nowhere
kus tõelus leiab haua
where reality finds its grave
ja lahtub tusagi
and the bad mood goes away


sest nyyd ju pole miskit
'cause now there is nothing
mis ootaks ära viix
that would wait would take away
on haihtund viimne piiskki
has vanished the last dewdrop too
ja langeb viimne tilk.
and falls the last drop


Katrin 13.04.1993

p.s. Poem and translation by Katrin... slightly edited by Ian...

photo by Robert B

Recipe 1 :Glamorgan Sausages

As these were mentioned on the trip by myself.. and wanted to big them up again ... and was told it would be nice to have some recipes on here then here is a first. (hopefully not the last, as I hope for the special mushroom pie recipe :))

Glamorgan Sausages

are made from a mixture of
breadcrumbs, finely chopped spring onions/leeks and Caerphilly crumbly cheese
You can substitute the spring onions for leeks depending if you like them or indeed for normal onions. Also you can substitute the Caerphilly Cheese for Lancashire crumbly cheese to make them Lancastrian! Or whatever cheese you like :) The mixture uses egg and milk to keep it all together.
Dipped in egg and then fried they taste great. Well I think so. Especially with an onion gravy and possibly some potato mash.
For more details on Glamorgan Sausages here is one recipe:
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/512915

And of course I like them because I have links to both Lancashire and Glamorgan


Enjoy!!!

recipe by Ian
photo by Robert B

algus -x-x-x- beginning

Te andke mulle algus
You give me a beginning
sest lõputu on kõik
because everything is without ending
kas elu soojust valgust
whether life's warmth light
mul' keegi anda võix
can anyone give me

Kuis tahaxin ma naerda
how would i want to laugh
ja samas nutaxin
and in the same time i would cry
kuid nutux-naerux aega
but time for cry-laugh
mul pole kunagi
i never have


On elu ainult olek
is life only a state
kas tahke vedel gaas
either solid liquid gas
mul vastust sellel pole
i don't have answer for that
ja alguses ma taas
and in the beginning i am again


Kas olen Kuu või Päike
am i Moon or Sun
kas Mars või Põhjanael
Mars or Northern Star
kas olen suur või väike
am i big or small
kas tuleraud või tael
steel or tinder


Ma ringi torman karjun
i run around yell
ja istun vaixelt maas
and sit silently on ground
ma valedega harjun
i get used to lies
ja tõde otsin taas
and look for truth again


Te andke mulle algus
you give me a beginning
ehk seda polegi
maybe there is no
ei ole soojust valgust
there is no warmth light
ka lõppu pole siin
and neither is here any ending


Ma olen Kuu ja Päike
i am Moon and Sun
nii Mars kui Põhjanael
both Mars and Northern Star
ma olen suur ja väike
i am big and small
nii tuleraud kui tael...
both steel and tinder

by Katrin
15.04.1993 in Estonian
August and September 2009 translation to English

photo by Michelle