Book review: Crown & Country

September 30, 2011

My latest read is Crown and Country: A History of England through the Monarchy. (Excellent for reading while biking on a spin bike, by the way). The book goes from the time of the Roman times and its unification to current times.  It depicts the different rulers of the country, and the struggles they (and the [...]

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Want: Twinings Lady Grey

September 28, 2011

Maybe there is something about being a librarian… Most of the places I’ve worked, where there have been a large librarian population – tea breaks have been the norm, not coffee breaks. When I was out on work placement in the UK, I noted that my supervisor and colleagues were adamant that I take my [...]

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Weeding a library

September 26, 2011

As a librarian, from time to time, it is all about weeding the library. My lecturer would call it part of the collection management. It is essential, unless you have oodles of space. Books go out of fashion. (A number of management books that are immensely popular for a couple of years or so, and [...]

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Video: How to organize your bookshelves

September 25, 2011

I am rather fascinated by this method of organizing books. I have to admit that when I sorted my books… I went with the true and tried… the alphabet after much deliberation. I do like sorting the books by color, I also want to find the books again.

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Mutton in cabbage

September 24, 2011

 Mutton in cabbage, or Fårikål, in Norwegian, is one of the recipes that Norwegians view as traditional and Norwegian. It usually is made in the fall, and actually has a whole day dedicated to it. September 29. There are also groups dedicated to it, and friends will get together for dinner parties. It is about [...]

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Book review: Looking for Calvin & Hobbes

September 23, 2011

 I read a lot of comics growing up. One part of that comes from my Dad being a comic book collector, another one comes from going to the mobile library bus that came around to our neighborhood every week. One of the comics that I devoured was Calvin and Hobbes. There was something about the [...]

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Want: Temperance Brennan’s Jewelry

September 21, 2011

While rewatching Bones, I was reminded of how much I love Temperance Brennan’s jewelry. Since I first watched it, I have noticed that parts of my own collection tend to go in a similar direction. From the necklaces, which may be big and clunky or simpler silver, to an array of earrings – the jewelry [...]

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Rewatching: Bones season 1

September 19, 2011

I have been on a bit of a kick where I watch television and knit at the same time lately. I caught Top Gear, Idol, Cake Boss and a bunch of other things before deciding that it was the perfect time to watch some of my television box sets again. I started with Bones. Bones [...]

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Video: Medieval helpdesk

September 18, 2011

This one is rather amusing. It is in Norwegian, but subtitled in English. Essentially, its about making the technical transition from scroll to book.

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Milk chocolate sorbet

September 17, 2011

It may not be warm enough here for ice cream or sorbets – but it is always time for chocolate. I first saw this on Good Eats ‘n Sweet Treats; it  is part of the Tuesdays with Dorie project. Intrigued by the concept, and having a love of chocolate, I rummaged through my cupboards and [...]

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Book review: Sophia of Hanover

September 16, 2011

Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain, 1630-1714 by J.N. Duggan This is the story of Sophia, Electress of Hanover. Honestly, I have been rather curious about her for a while. Looking into genealogy and the line of the British succession, her name seems to crop up quite a bit.  Finding this [...]

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Want: Library from Beauty and the Beast

September 14, 2011

It actually has its own Facebook group, and is an absolutely magical place. I might be prejudiced because a) I am a librarian, b) I love books and c) at some point soon, I have to take books out of my shelves, in order to add more books. I could really do with a bigger [...]

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Ponderings on the Norwegian Municipal elections 2012

September 12, 2011

Today it is election day in Norway. We have elections every second year, alternating between parliamentary and municipality/county elections. This  time it is municipalities and counties that are up for grabs. As I mentioned in August, I have already voted electronically. I haven’t really changed my mind. The only thing that has vaguely tipped me [...]

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Chocolate and custard cupcakes

September 10, 2011

These are my mother’s chocolate cupcakes. Yummy and chocolatey, and the custard filling makes for a nice surprise inside. In my opinion, they’re also exceptional when eaten slightly frozen – when the custard is ice-cold and the chocolate is deliciously chocolatey.  I’ve actually frozen almost all of the cupcakes from this batch – it stops [...]

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Book Review: A throne in Brussels

September 9, 2011

I picked A Throne in Brussels by Paul Belien up in London this summer. I have been fascinated with Belgium and the internal struggle there for a while, and finding this seemed a great way to get a bit more thorough into the subject. The book deals with the history of the Belgian monarchy – [...]

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Want(ed): Sofa

September 7, 2011

 When my sister M and I first talked about moving in together, there was a lot of planning prior to the actual moving. A lot of the time was spent discussing how we were going to decorate the place. One of the things we agreed on was that we wanted a comfortable sofa. I watched [...]

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Elephant Parade

September 5, 2011

I noticed these elephants around in Copenhagen, and fell completely in love with them, thus taking the pictures below.  When I was in London earlier this summer, I noticed an elephant close by Oxford Street.   It is part of a project to get funds for the Asian Elephant, and the project is called Elephant Parade  [...]

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Video: Manic Monday

September 4, 2011

Growing up, my Dad had some summer tapes from the late 80s, maybe early 90s, in the car. I grew up listening to those, to the degree when there was a popular music poll in my 6th grade class, Manic Monday was on my favourite-list. This in a time when Gangsta’s Paradise and Boombastic were [...]

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Cinnamon and raisin bagels

September 3, 2011

Back in July, watching the television coverage from the Oslo bombings and the Utøya shootings. I was sitting in front of the television set the entire Saturday… and in the evening, I felt like I had to do something else. Being on the other side of the country, unable to help anyone on the Eastern [...]

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Book review: Young Prince Philip

September 2, 2011

Young Prince Philip: His Turbulent Early Life by Philip Eade The book’s prologue is the story of  the death of the Duke’s sister, Cecile, in 1937. From there, Eade goes back to the origin of the Greek monarchy, to give a bit of background, and to bring it out from obscurity, or so he says. He [...]

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A prickly September ahead…?

September 1, 2011

Picture from Kew Gardens earlier this summer

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Want: Umbrella

August 31, 2011

Summer hasn’t happened much in my part of Norway. As usual, it has been wet and fairly cold. And the umbrellas have been out in full force already. But for autumn, I like the design of this umbrella from Stormy Weather. It looks like fun, and a bit different than all the umbrellas that I [...]

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Video: Robin Sparkles

August 28, 2011

I love How I Met Your Mother, and Robin Sparkles is a good part of the show’s backstory. It’s very 80s, but then it is meant to be just that. Enjoy.

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Cinnamon rolls

August 27, 2011

I got this from Beantown Baker who remade a recipe from Pioneer Woman. I’ve adapted the recipe to metrics, and modified a bit as to what works for me. However, I do recommend taking a look at the other two to see what may or may work for you. I’ve made it twice, and the [...]

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Book review: The final curtsey

August 26, 2011

Prior to this release, there were a couple of articles in the Telegraph, about revelations from this book. I don’t know if it was just me, but the articles made it seem like it would be quite a substantial book in size. It isn’t. Just over 150 pages, the book is actually rather small. But, [...]

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Royal Media: Med Kronprinsparet på hytta

August 25, 2011

The second royal programme of the evening is on TV2, and the concept is that two Norwegian television evening-show hosts visit the Crown Prince family at their summer house outside Kristiansand.

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