ANOTHER WORKING YEAR IS DONE Vacation came early this year - yesterday, to be precise - and I celebrated its arrival by winning a fun, long-running game with a long-running title - Ni no Kuni: The Wrath of the White Witch . A review will hopefully be up on the blog this weekend. It was in the nick of time because very soon, come monday, I will leave home for a few weeks in the country, and I will bring none of my consoles. I'm going to a special place I visit every summer and have for as long as I can remember - my dad's birth home on the coast of northern Sweden. It's roughly an hour and a half drive away from my apartment, hidden in plain sight right outside a nature reserve and tourist spot. The occasional tourist just drive by, doesn't wave and is none the wiser. You could not wish for a more picturesque, serene and invigorating place on the face of this planet. I grew up taking it for granted, but have matured to truly appreciate it for being a home ...