I woke up this morning to see the sun forcefully squeezing its big fat self round the edges of what is supposedly a blackout blind, which, along with the wagging tail belonging to the body, belonging to the big brown … Continue reading
Despite having spent the better part of two decades writing about technology and the benefits of its application, I´m not the brightest button in the box when it comes to using it myself – I am all fingers and thumbs, … Continue reading
I have been testing out my new phone today, to see just how smart I need to be to make use of all its new fangled bells and whistles and to ascertain the extent to which said bells and whistles … Continue reading
I´ve been dreading today for a while now. Not only for the upheavel it was going to cause, not to mention the cost (brrr), but for the disruption, logistical challenge and sheer apparent waste of time when I could have … Continue reading
It snowed yesterday, quite a lot actually, the first real barrage of the stuff we have seen so far this winter, which is unusual really, this being Norway and all that. Funny stuff snow, it totally transforms the environment, allows … Continue reading
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This is going to be a short post, because after a weekend with friends in the mountains where the days were stretched to the max at both ends, my laughing muscles and eyelids are pretty tired and I´m ready to … Continue reading
The problem with Norway and gardening is that whenever the weather is decent enough to want to do it, this means it`s usually sufficiently warm and pleasant to sit, lounge or slob in the sun and enjoy doing that instead. … Continue reading
For a summer-, sun- and sea-loving person, who, some 20 years plus since graduating, still hasn`t come to terms with not having the freedom of a student´s three month summer holiday and who starts wearing flip-flops at Easter, July in … Continue reading
The weird thing about summer in Norway is that when it comes, it´s often so good it really does function as nature`s thoughtful way of helping obliterate the mental and physical slog of surviving the interminably long cold and dark … Continue reading
First impressions of Norway…
…Norway through the eye of a first time visitor who happens to be a dab hand with a camera! It´s so much fun showing people around the place – not least so they can see that Norway is much more … Continue reading →