Welcome to my Notes

In my new blog I'm offering you a peek inside my notebooks; at the writings, stories, poems, essays and lyrics that fill up my diaries and phone notes. I hope you enjoy my notes on life, love, music and everything in between. Thank you for being here.

Mar 20, 20232 min read

Put hands on my body and you give me chills, one touch I am down and baby it’s your kill Your fingers, they linger (long after you’re...

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Our initials are carved on a bamboo somewhere in India In the archives we smile and wave in a vacuum of youth and euphoria And I know it...

Mar 6, 20231 min read

I've been keeping this faith for so long it's getting heavy (heavier by the day) I've been waiting for the ship to come but it's never...

Dec 6, 20224 min read

It’s 6 AM on a Tuesday. I know for some people, for the high-achiever-entrepreneurial mindset-self-growth and discipline -people, this is...

Nov 16, 20225 min read

For most of my life, I’ve enjoyed a spectacular privilege. And yes - before you get to it – as a white, Finnish woman I enjoy many great...

Oct 23, 20223 min read

Dreamers against the world: The new music video by Petra Jasmiina is an ode to the resilience and imagination of independent artists...

Oct 23, 20224 min read

September 19, 2022 Dear Ex Lover, Last night I put myself out there. I went out on a limb and laid myself open. It’s been four years....

Jan 6, 20225 min read

In the sea of this season’s joyous festivities, there is an annual tradition, as global and popular as Christmas itself, yet utterly...

Dec 31, 20214 min read

And so it has come. The last day of 2021. It feels like only yesterday I sat alone at home, too tired and depressed to leave my...

Nov 28, 20215 min read

Window with a tree outside, cat lying on bed, teapot and cup on table in front. Today I looked outside and the tree right outside my...

Nov 28, 20212 min read

Hey there! I’m Petra Jasmiina, a writer of songs, stories, poetry, and an all-around lover of words and language. I’m originally from...