On The Far Side Of The Sea

This has definitely been a season when I have learned to seize the moment. Midst in storm, rain, family losses, illness and terror on Norweg...

These past weeks life has been a bit too much to all of us. My mother severely injured after a nasty fall , my aunt and uncle dead within a...

Ephesians 5:16 was one of my father's favourites and has also become one of mine. Particularly the words about "redeeming the t...

One late summer evening last week there finally came some hints of blue on the sky. We immediately saddled up for a local photo safari, arm...

The composer Harald Severud had a nephew, who for a while was teaching piano in my home-town Sauda back in the early sixties. Once his famou...

This poem (it's not actually a hymn) and this very scene melted my frozen heart. I needed that special song to get my ice converted to t...

Goodbye Norway's roses May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed itself Where lives were torn apart. After Elton Jo...

A warm and heartfelt thank you, for the mails and greetings on my blog these last tragic days in the history of Norway. My inside froze t...

For a Daughter who leaves A woman weaves her daughter's wedding slippers that will carry her steps into a new life. The mother weeps alo...

Our Queen Amidala isn't happy at all. She has given birth to five beautiful kittens this spring. After 8 weeks of struggling to become a...

Exodus 14:14 The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. (Hebrew Bible in English.) It takes great self-control to unwillin...

Somehow the lavender has had a good summer. Maybe because it's a late bloomer? The chives are still alive and kicking, even after the ha...

This June we had 200 % more rain than the average Junes. July doesn't seem to become better. These pictures were taken on our terrace at...

Till recently Norway had but one TV Channel, the NRK. Anybody owning a TV set in Norway still has to pay tax to the National broadcasting. T...

I read a post by Steve E "Alone and Loneley". I think many of us can relate to that feeling; being alone midst in a crowd. One of ...

We haven't had much of a summer so far. About averagely 50 Fahrenheit degrees in June and 200 % more rain than normal. We normally have ...

Bob Dylan , 70, rocked 14 000 Bergeners, one sweet girl from Finland and yours truly from here to eterity. I've never heard him better, ...

This evening we went out to revisit places from Serina's childhood. The pictures are fresh from the oven. Shot just two hours ago. I can...

Some rare day a person does get me out of the blue, catches my feelings and gives them a name. Like this busy home nurse I called out today ...

After having had several broken bones incidents due to my osteoporosis, amongst other two compression fractures in the spine, I felt like my...