Category Archives: Norway

Lille Julaften

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Do you know that in Norway the day before Christmas Eve is a holiday? It’s called Lille Julaften – Little Christmas Eve. We, the lovely Bookfayries Siri & Selma, asked our dear Dina to explain this funny holiday and  her response was simple, “It’s the day we celebrate the start of celebrations!”  This sounded like …

Solitude

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“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.” –  Honore de Balsac Night at Hvaler, Norway August 2013 I miss my beloved one and our bookfayries Siri and Selma…

A true summer dream – Hvaler, Norway

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‘Summer is the time for dreaming, and then you have to stop. But some people go on dreaming all their lives, and cannot change.” – Knut Hamsun, Dreamers For as long as I can remember and even longer I have spent every summer at the Hvaler archipelago just outside Fredrikstad in Norway. (for all photos: click to …

“North of the Wall”: A Photographic Trip to the Far North

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I’m very proud to present the fine work of Stefano Crosio today. Many of you know him already from Clicks & Corks and Flora’s Table, if not, please give him a visit and say hello! Nikon D2x   200 -400mm f/4.0    f/9     1/250    Iso 400    400mm Canada, Hudson Bay: Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) and tundra vegetation This first …

In the Wonderland Woods of Norway

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One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire Cat in a tree. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” was his response. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.” Text: Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland”, 1863. Foto: Hanne Siebers, …

Early Summer in Fredrikstad, Norway

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Normally the summer in Norway deserves a speeding ticket, but not so this weekend… 🙂 “Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic…” ― Van Morrison (link to youtube) “The cure for anything is saltwater – sweat, tears or the sea.” –   …

Congratulations, Klausbernd!

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Liebe Freunde, heute hat Klausbernd seinen Roman, “Tantes Tod” veröffentlicht. Glückwunsch von unseren Buchfeen Siri & Selma und mir! 🙂 Die ersten 30 Seiten könnt ihr bei Neobooks kostenlos betrachten oder es bei Amazon, Weltbild, Thalia etc. als eBook bestellen. Ist das nicht ein schönes Cover? Und eine schöne Landschaft, etwas weiter als der äußersten Norden …

Vindings Spiel – Ketil Bjørnstad

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Rezension von Jargs Blog, Illustrationen von Susanne Haun “Mittagessen im Grünen. Eine stille Mahlzeit, als seien wir alle müde. Wir sind die einzige Familie, die sich hierher verirrt, zwischen Erlengebüsch, Birken und hohen Fichten. Die anderen sind nach Bogstad gefahren oder zum Østervannet, den großen Seen. Aber hier ist der Platz der Familie Vinding, wo …

Scream – Der Schrei nach Edvard Munch

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    ♦♦♦ “I was walking along a road one evening – on one side lay the city, and below me was the fjord. The sun went down – the clouds were stained red, as if with blood. I felt as though the whole of nature was screaming – it seemed as though I could …