
Green Housing that Kept Icelanders Warm and Alive for a Millenia
Something you notice in Iceland: while it’s grassy green, there are few trees. When the first Nordic settlers arrived in 874 A.D., they noticed the
Something you notice in Iceland: while it’s grassy green, there are few trees. When the first Nordic settlers arrived in 874 A.D., they noticed the
Magellan and I feel a tradition coming on. Last year we wrote about the best new recipe we’d tried in 2015. Why not do the
Pumpkins. Mushrooms. Persimmons. Mmmm… Late autumn ripens my memories of Japan. To the night Lynn, Ward, Magellan and I, dressed in kimonos, ate kaiseki at
The sun and the movement of the earth—the oldest phenomena our naked eyes can see. Imagine an artist whose life’s quest is to show us
Only once have I seen the Aurora Borealis—nature’s fireworks. I remember it vividly: a wave of green ribboning the sky, a tinge of magenta on
“You should write about it mom,” Lynn kept telling me. About growing up in the dark. Not having electricity until I was six years old!
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