A New Adventure
Here I am, on the coast, in a small town in Denmark. I spent my adult life on the west coast of America, mostly on the Monterey Peninsula and in… Read more A New Adventure →
Samfundssind [Disposition to Society]
People ask me: How is it to move back to your home country after 39 years away? And I answer: Good. It feels good. As a young whipper snapper in… Read more Samfundssind [Disposition to Society] →
Mindful about Place in Space
Mindful about place in space.
The Good Life
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Bertrand Russell Ahhh… we all yearn for the good life. And what do we not conjure up when… Read more The Good Life →
The Mind Set
This is a piece of writing to honor the latest school victims that fell to bullets from a gun in the wrong hands. It is a piece about the mind set of a society. It is a piece about immigration. It is a piece about my own journey and mind set. Growing up in Denmark, spending my childhood and youth there, I became part of the cultural mind set. A society of the Common Good. Look out for each other which also means that you care deeply about what others… Read more The Mind Set →
Launching New Website
Today I am launching my new website NordicLike Because I grew up in Denmark, because I studied Scandinavian Languages and Literature at UC Berkeley (BA) and at UW (MA), because I’m a hybrid of two cultures, because I love to write, because I love to educate, and because the Nordic Way is my way, I now have a platform where my knowledge, my research, and my passion for all Nordic can take form. I will delve into history, culture, and climate to present the Nordic Way. Like some people are anglophiles or francophiles, perhaps… Read more Launching New Website →
Two Sides to Tribal Behavior
A tribe is a group of distinct people, dependent on their land for their livelihood, who are largely self-sufficient and not integrated into the national society. Sounds an awful lot like the… Read more Two Sides to Tribal Behavior →
Small Town Living
I live in a small town. I live and work here. My husband lives and works here. We bike to work. We walk to town. We seldom leave but when we do we take our one car. Perhaps to visit my mother or brother 3 hours away or perhaps to visit our daughter 2 plane hours away. Our sons are further away: 6 hours by plane, so we go once a year. We are privileged but not rich. Not like the people who have second homes in the hills. We… Read more Small Town Living →
