STEAM BETWEEN LEITH AND ICELAND NOTICE TO TOURISTS, ANGLERS, AND SPORTSMEN. The First-Class Steam-Ship “CAMOENS,” 1054 Tons register, 170 Horse-power, will leave Leith for Iccland once a…
Cooking with a Tablespoon of Love
There was an earthquake today. 6.4. The house sort of rumbled and shimmied briefly. Thank goodness the 6.4 was well out in the ocean. Close…
Today is a real West Coast day in Victoria. Drizzle collects on my glasses in beads that aren’t heavy enough to run down the glass.…
I’m illiterate. That would make me feel really bad except that I know that you are illiterate. Misery loves company. What’s that you say? You…
It’s 1900 and you have read in the local paper that the first electric bus is operating in New York City. The United States Census…
With every book I read by Arnaldur Indri ð ason, I become a greater fan of his writing. I read Voices some…
I was sitting at my desk writing when the phone rang. It was my friend Valerie. She was very upset. She said, “Turn on your…
An enigmatic but central figure in Halldór Laxness ’s novel, Paradise Reclaimed, is the Mormon, Bishop Þjóðrekur. He´s come to Iceland to convert the Lutheran Icelanders…
When people emigrate, they bring with them the memory of their homeland. They bring with them religion, values, sets of behaviours. They have experienced life…
Photos by W. D. Valgardson The vikings will be on the hill at Gimli. In their chain mail and metal helmets. They’ll roast meat on…