Election Day, April 24. The morning commute was slow, like every morning this last week since the tunnel – the only other route – was closed because of falling rocks. Low, grey clouds hung gloomily overhead, threatening more than just the few fluttering wispy, white flakes in the air. Spring seemed darker than usual. As …
Month: April 2018
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark – a constitutional monarchy that also includes the Faroe Islands. Having long yearned for its independence, the desire now is as strong as ever, if tempered by the realisation – by some at least – that it is economically impractical. Nonetheless nationalist feeling lies simmering just beneath …
We have a six hundred metre roll of cling film in one of our kitchen drawers. We’ve had it for three years and I reckon it still has some life left in it. It’s been around so long that I’ve grown rather fond of it and I expect I’ll feel a tinge of sadness when …
We’re a three-weapon household. As I write, my husband is cleaning one of his rifles on the kitchen table, preparing it for the coming hunting season. All of his weapons are high calibre hunting rifles – a .308 and two 30.06s, the weapons of choice for reindeer hunting. The latter is also the recommended weapon …