The international bean bag bean saga
The other day, my husband commented that our bean bag could do with more beans, and I scowled. We have a bean bag…
Read MoreAccidental connections to another world
The audible THUD, over the sound of the engine, was accompanied by a heavy shudder. What on Earth is he doing? I wondered,…
Read MoreAn inauspicious start in Greenland
It wasn’t a promising start. I opened the official-looking letter to find only a few lines of text. I had been judged “unqualified”…
Read MoreDisconnect from paradise
I was away for work last week. I missed my family. And sometimes work just gets me down. Sometimes I am ambivalent, indifferent,…
Read MoreNuuk’s unseasonal summer sun
*Image from the National Snow and Ice Data Center It’s a blistering nineteen degrees Celsius on what seems to be a stunning summer’s…
Read MoreResurrection
A white orb shimmers in and out of watery focus, framed by liquid blue that shields this pale sun from reflected clouds in…
Read MoreCrystals balanced on the edge of reality
I like to wander over the rocky pavements, linger on an outcrop, examine each crystal on the rough surface, run my fingers over…
Read MoreShould I choose expensive, rude, and absent, or expensive, unsafe, and insecure?
We were getting sick of having our boat in the main marina in Nuuk. The draconian rules were designed to take advantage of…
Read MoreGreenland’s special brand of weirdness, part one: Air Transport
There’s a lot of weirdness in Greenland. Some of it is funny. Some of it is sad. Some of it is just weird….
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