When we heal the Earth, we heal ourselves.
Camping with a newborn can seem like a bit of a challenge, but I want you to know it can actually be a wonderful experience, not that much more stressful than staying at home. But let’s be fair, I must admit we ended up more like glamping than camping 😉 Remember, the baby just need …
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Here’s a little throwback for you! This year I’ve not been able to go skiing, both because of our little baby, because of lack of snow and because we’ve been so busy. This will change tomorrow, as we are about to pick up a baby sleigh for cross country skiing! We call it a “pulk” …
Every year when the temperatures turn chilly enough, I bring forth my long winter hats. I’m like a real Norwegian nisse, a folk creature often depicted with long pointy hats, they are like a gnome/elf/pixie of the North, for the lack of a good translation. They represent our ancestors and the spirits of the Land. …
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The winter is coming to an end, and we are ready to welcome spring! At least when Easter is over, we can all surrender to that spring feeling. I recently published a blog post about how we celebrate Easter in Norway, as one of the many new blog entries for the launch of this new …
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I’m saying goodbye to autumn and getting ready to embrace the winter with this blog entry about mushrooms. These amusing little creatures are a huge part of my life, but I write about them far too rarely. I’m a mushroom expert, me and my boyfriend run a mushroom farm and sell our produce for a …
Easter is one of the most important holidays in Norway, and is basically a time where countries in the northern hemisphere celebrate the arrival of spring after the long dark winter. Norway however, spend this time clinging to and honoring the last of winter, because even after half a year of snow we are still …
Some times you just long for lots of snow, and birches, spruce and pines covered in heavy layers of white. Visiting my grandmother has always been a guarantee for winter wonderland experiences, living with endless forest and wilderness at her doorstep and in a cold area of Norway. I just love winter, and while many …
After driving up the impressive Troll Road (Trollstigen), you’ll arrive in a green beautiful valley called Valldalen. We camped our van up by some mountain cabins for the night, and the next morning we ate breakfast and went for a stroll up one of the valleys. In Norwegian we call this “sæter”, an old style …
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Vi tilbrakte 17. mai pÃ¥ samme sted i Ã¥r, et yndet sted i skogen ved fjorden. Jeg feirer alltid denne dagen i vakker norsk natur iført ekstra fine kjoler, det er liksom den eneste dagen i Ã¥ret det er tillatt, og da mÃ¥ man jo benytte sjansen. I tillegg synes jeg det er den vakreste …
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(English translation further down) Plutselig har det gÃ¥tt omtrent et halvt Ã¥r siden jeg pupliserte noe her pÃ¥ bloggen. Selv om det tidligere ofte har gÃ¥tt tid mellom blogginnleggene, har det aldri gÃ¥tt sÃ¥ lenge. Det utrolige er at omtrent like mange mennesker fortsetter Ã¥ titte innom bloggen hver dag, og jeg mÃ¥ bare beklage …
