I moved to Oslo last week. It’s a temporary move, six months. Unlike when I lived in Copenhagen, I am going to be a tourist here as well as living here. Which means, try to get in a museum or something fun or cultural (or both) every week. My first week was a trip to… Continue reading Vigelandsparken
Author: Anne
Anne is a librarian by day. By night, she reads. She knits. She watches movies and television shows. She enjoys board games. And posting on royal related forums.
Quotation Monday #45
“Remember tonight… for it is the beginning of always” ― Dante Alighieri
Amazon’s Recommended for you feature
Here’s something I wish Amazon’s “recommended for you” lists could do*: – Allow me to mark authors, actors, musicians, etc. whose publications I’d like to follow. And put the material from these on my list. Easy, and in one place. Not having to go everywhere to figure out when all the authors I like have… Continue reading Amazon’s Recommended for you feature
Norwegian phonebooth
Race: almost extinct.
Happy New Year
Picture from last year – for wishing you all a very happy new year! May 2014 be filled with good things for all of you!
Can 2013 be over soon? Really?
So, back in January I posted about my health I have serious doubt as to whether it really was Benign Positional Vertigo – because two weeks after that, when I was at the doctor, it was suddenly Sinusitis. So I got antibiotics for that. While I did seem to get slightly better, I still had… Continue reading Can 2013 be over soon? Really?
Mette-Marit and the royal dresses (#19)
Summer is traditionally the deadest period of Norwegian newspaper journalism. It is so dead that it is called cucumber season, because the stories of cucumber-growers (or other similar small pebbles of stories) suddenly become almost front page material. They therefore naturally all rejoice when something unexpected crops up. One of the big topics in the… Continue reading Mette-Marit and the royal dresses (#19)
Quotation Monday #44
“I think holidays create so much pressure because people feel they should be having a good time. But you shouldn’t. ” ― Craig Ferguson
Quotation Monday #43
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow