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.
Linguistics
Random thought I had: in Norwegian you typically say, I take the train. (Jeg tar toget.) But you can also, albeit very informally, say: Jeg toger. It directly translates to: I am training. However, where it in Norwegian it is understandable what you’re doing, it completely changes meaning in English and has nothing to do… Continue reading Linguistics
Birkebeiner ski race
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Prince Frederik will both be skiing the Birkebeiner race this Saturday – so of course the newspaper have titled it the duel of the Crown Princes. The Birkebeiner ski race is 54 km long, and goes from Rena to Lillehammer. It commemorates the rescue in 1206 of the young Håkon… Continue reading Birkebeiner ski race
Quotation Monday #146: Everyday
“What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while.” ― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
Quotation Monday #145: Screwing up
“It’s okay to screw up. It’s what we do afterward that defines us.” ― Susan Mallery, Barefoot Season
Prince Oscar, Duke of Scania
In a council of state, the king revealed just now that Victoria and Daniel’s son will have the names Oscar Carl Olof. He will be called Oscar. He will be the Duke of Scania (Skåne) in Southern Sweden. The last royal duke of Scania was King Gustaf Adolf, who died in 1973. The name Oscar…… Continue reading Prince Oscar, Duke of Scania
A baby boy for Victoria and Daniel
Victoria had her second child, a boy, at Karolinska hospital in Stockholm at 8.28 PM today March 2. According to Prince Daniel at the press conference, it happened very quickly. They did not know in advance that it would be a boy. Princess Estelle hasn’t been told that she is a big sister yet, as… Continue reading A baby boy for Victoria and Daniel
Pictures of February
Wasn’t it just Christmas? Where did February go? I ate pancakes for dinner. Not just on pancake day. Let’s not count how often I had it, after I found the perfect recipe for one… And there was cream-filled buns in the work cafeteria. The poor little bush in my yard was blown down… Continue reading Pictures of February
Quotation Monday #144: The potential
“It is pure potential. Every ball or skein of yarn holds something inside it, and the great mystery of what that might be can be almost spiritual” ― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Knitting Rules!