SUNDAY, July 16:I'm currently sitting in the corner of a courtyard of nude white people, hiding from the stimulants. Julie joined me minutes ago. We're a few moments shy of collapsing into shivering lumps of unresponsive body mass, cowering from the crowds. Maybe a bit dramatic. We’re just south of the land of the midnight…
Scandinavian Soiree, ep 5: July 14-15 – Stockholm
I so enjoy listening to the Nordic languages. Though I didn't grow up with the opportunity to hear my great-grandparents speaking in their native tongue, it just feels like home: the way words are held in the mouth and gently rolled about, the sing-song prosodic rise and fall of speech lending itself to the clucking…
Scandinavian Soiree, ep 4: July 13-14 – Oslo Outdoors
Thursday morning offered some blue sky views, a promising change from the forecast of rain all day long. We took a tour of Oslo City Hall and pretended we were laureates as we stood in the grand hall where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded each December 10 at 1:00 pm. Then we were off…
Conversations on El Camino 