Monday, December 17

Silje is famous


Silje's first album is out. It is already celebrated by critics all over Europe. Today, the advent calendar of Sogn Avis' window no. 17 displays the budding artist's face - this is hard proof of her rising fame. Applause!

For more links to reviews, see framtidsfylket.no

Thursday, December 13

Catholic Weekend


Little altar girls and boys on their way to Sunday mass in Oslo


Mischievous Maria, alias Crazy Dutch Lady calling Hotel de Lutece in Paris to test Samuel's customer treatment and patience


Swedes apparently can't eat breakfast in the Norwegian way. Samuel receives training, including lessons such as "Jam goes on top of the bread" and "You really can't mix caviar with ham"


Samuel flirting through romantic, personalized Christmas decorations


Samuel hiding behind 1) a documentary featuring his younger sister (now a nun) and a book he has translated from French to Swedish


Love birds near Maria's school and the Catholic church


Love birds again!

We all make our pilgrimages. At Vår frelsers gravlund, I found my hero - Ivar Aasen, the Father of Nynorsk.

Monday, December 10

Be nice to the birds


Follow the example of my wonderful colleague Eva Marie!

Bergens Tidende, 10 December 2007

Wednesday, December 5

Antropocentrical discovery


Apparently dogs can be allergic to cats, and cats to dogs. Why did we never think of that..?

Visitors to the nest


Lukas & Olai (and their mummies)


Hogne, cold


Moose-eaters


The big-mouthed kitchen wolf


Strangely, it has become customary to leave offerings in the nest

Everyone needs a nest


This is mine!

Sogndal is a small place by most standards. Its insignificance, however, is compensated for in many ways - it is surrounded by beautiful mountains, it has plenty of academics, students, sporty GoreTex people (obviously a minus) and places to drink beer (now we're back to plus).

My nest is smack in the middle of this tiny town, five minutes from the stores, the coffee shop, the bus station, work and the gym. Its pluses are plenty: you can watch TV while peeing (given that you are a girl or a gentleman, of course). It has eight and a half rooms plus a corridor and an outer corridor. It has nice, elderly people on three sides, which makes for considerable heat transfer.

The bedroom, which used to be a doctor's office at some point in the early 1900s, leads directly to a walk-in closet (I assure you, the closet of your dreams). The marvellous little kitchen is big enough for you to cook comfortably with at least three people and a normal-sized wolf in it. There is a stove in the livingroom AND outside it is a huge big verandah with stairs leading to a garden and a large orchard. Most importantly, as a moose-eating guest remarked yesterday: It's so cosy!

Truly my nest.

Sunday, December 2

Testing - testing

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