Photograph taken by Kristin Johnson (Valgardson), their daughter. These are my great grandparents, Ketill Valgarðsson and Soffia Sveinbjarnardóttir. Ketill did not come to Canada to steal, rob,…
Like the Icelanders before them, the Ukrainians were attracted to Brazil. There was free passage, lots of land but conditions, it turned out, were very…
Picking coffee beans in Brazil. (Wickipedia) It wasn’t just Icelanders who were enticed to Brazil. Michael Ewanchuk, in his book, Pioneer Profiles, says this…
Nancy Marie Brown in Song of the Vikings says that “Marriage in Iceland had long been business transactions, arranged by the couple’s families….The bride’s…
The Victoria of 1897. Bob Asgeirson once told me that he was working in Winnipeg when he took the train to Vancouver for…
It doesn’t matter what political party is in power, the rule is the same, savage those least organized, most unrepresented, least able to provide donations…
Lately, I’ve been writing some posts about the drop in housing prices here on the foggy West Coast. I’ve been intrigued because it reminds me…
July 02 V959872 $1,348,888 $-350,112 -21% “Will you live in a box by the side of the road? Will you live in a tent? Or in your car,…
At Thanksgiving, my mind turns to angels. The strange thing about angels is that most people have it wrong. They think they should have wings…
Photo by P. Baer Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir, professor of Gender Studies, University of Iceland, gave a Richard and Margaret Beck Lecture today, Feb 8, on “Finance…