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The Week That Was…

I wrote most of the “The Week That Was” posts in 2009, when I was living in Oslo and feeling like my day-to-day life might seem somewhat exotic – involving, as it did, snow and Norwegians -  to the readers … Continue reading

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Liz gave me this badge for Christmas. Isn’t it awesome? The reason I am posting a picture of it now, has mostly got to do with the middle line. In particular, the fact that I’m spending February finishing what November … Continue reading

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Day 6

By today, if I’d been on track, I would have had 10 002 words. I’ve got 7053, and have spent a bit of time today procrastiplanning developing the plot, the outline of the story, where the characters will appear and … Continue reading

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The Significant Mundanities of Today

It has been one of those days. It seems like so much has happened, but then I think it over and realise that no, actually I can’t recall a single significant event. Though of non-events there’s been a few. (Whatever … Continue reading

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Retrospects and Yellow Rooms

Memories memories memories… thanks to my Trans-Mongolian friend Tim (who blogs here) I have been thinking about doing some kind of  ”in retrospect” post about my adventurous train-ride of a year-and-a-bit ago. Apart from being an excuse for me to … Continue reading

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Prelude

I’m lying on my bed in a cabin in the mountains, surrounded by a blanket and warmth. Just a few minutes ago I was surrounded by a blanket and cold – Martin had an after dinner surprise for us, so we … Continue reading

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20th

A very cute and random moment in an otherwise uneventful day. Additionally, my german class (back in High School days) had an obsession with yellow rubber ducks. If only I could remember Mr Macky’s story about the Kätzchen und Blümchen… … Continue reading

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13th

Det er Lucia-dagen idag. Og denne lyser jo fint opp i mørket… det er riktignok lyst (og sol!) ute nå, men allikevel. (Amsterdam snart! Da får jeg kanskje se noen flere solsikker, på lerret av Van Gogh. )

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3rd

This view feels like home, now. About 6 months before this photo was taken, I jotted down my thoughts on a different landscape. ———— The sun is going down. It has been since I woke up, but the perpetual afternoon … Continue reading

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0th

My disposable camera reminds me of Frederik. Not Frederik my cousin, but Frederik the Mouse. Which may actually be spelled Frederic; I can easily imagine that he was originally French. Unless that’s just because I’m confusing him with Patricque (sp? … Continue reading

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