Lady Aurora came to town.

In recent years many wrote me wishing to come to Särna and see a Northern Light (Aurora borealis). I always answered "Nope, this isn't the place you can rely on an Aurora and plan a trip on it. Here it is quite a rare event. I myself saw a single one, and very weak." In my last book I wrote, with some reason: "Let me have the hope of a Northern Light paying me a visit where I live".

She came (I can't help thinking it like a “she”). Last night wasn't just visible from Särna, but rather it was above Särna. A crown, zenithal Aurora, extended from horizon to horizon. Not intense, but with special shapes and dynamism: instead of the classic dancing veil, puzzle's tiles instantaneously turning on and off, like light bulbs. And pulsating glows which ran all over the drapes that stood still all around, the feeling of a huge, silent deep-sea creature crossed by waves of light. The winter to come will be a winter of Northern Lights, as the experts say (and that of 2012 will be even better).
I am ready.

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