Nearly half a lifetime ago I moved overseas to Sweden, to a town only an hour away from where one branch of my family tree has roots. But about a century ago, that branch joined millions of other Europeans in setting out for America. And now, here I am back in the same neck of the woods, as it were. From my summer road trip through Sweden, this is my visual ode to the country that so warmly welcomed me many years ago, to the country I now call home. Having only lived in a few distant parts of Southern Sweden, most of this road trip was through areas new to me. But when rolling into a little village or small town, several times I was struck by a sense of home, as if not only had I been there before, but I had spent much time or even lived there before. This led to discussion of birthplace, home, moving, settling, and ultimately the notions of place & self. This series is truly Parallel Life, taken on the same Sweden road trip as numbers 31-45 of This Current Life - 0xeEFa3B67E2B1C17cAbbFa4C24d2131AbD3208B30 – but very different, not least in that they are digital rather than film. The associated series are Series 3: Somnia du Nord – hallucinogenic digital pictures from way up North in Sweden, upon completion of this Series 2. Series 1: Southbound & Down - warm 1/1 BW photos on film - the titles and descriptions continue the world-building 0xeEFa3B67E2B1C17cAbbFa4C24d2131AbD3208B30 - c41shawn