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posted on
February 6th, 2012
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

for the love of knitting

One thing that people have probably noticed when visiting Iceland is that the lopapeysa really is taken quite seriously here. It was conceived as a very serviceable garment in thick unspun Icelandi ...

posted on
February 3rd, 2012
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

chapter new

The past three months have been an abrupt shift in quite a lot of my life parameters, and although late November was a rather rough phase, the outcome so far has been far better than I could have i ...

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posted on
January 28th, 2012
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

girly things, episode two

As I discussed some years ago, Icelanders are very prone to trend mania, and just like a few years ago, I decided I had to try out the latest craze and see what it was all about. Last time I went t ...

posted on
December 29th, 2011
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

Icelandic new year flavor

A few months ago one of the members of my choir announced that she had a plan to make a disc of musical favorites related to New Year celebrations, and she wanted us to be part of the effort. The d ...

posted on
December 12th, 2011
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

musical magic

Last week my choir held the usual Christmas concert that I've mentioned here before, and the event turned out to be one of those classic Icelandic evenings. This year's program was Bach's Magnifica ...

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posted on
December 1st, 2011
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

nammi number one

One of the things I love about being able to speak Icelandic is that it's given me access to the mysterious world of small talk, Iceland style. As you might expect, a lot of it is pretty much the s ...

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posted on
December 1st, 2011
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

midnight memories

It's past midnight and in my little corner of Reykjavik, I just spent 10 minutes with my chin leaning on the edge of my bedroom skylight, propped slightly ajar. It's quiet below, the sidewalks glaz ...

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posted on
November 21st, 2011
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

open curtain policy

on Saturday after a successful holiday shopping trip followed by coffee with a friend near downtown, I walked the long way home via Bræðraborgarstígur. The weather was starting to grow chill aft ...

posted on
November 18th, 2011
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
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Reykjavík

Christmas crowd

I'm lying awake in the eerie silence of a still Icelandic night, wondering why when the wind howls I can't sleep, yet when it's still, I miss its busy lullaby. Why is it that when I most need it, s ...

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posted on
November 14th, 2011
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Reykjavik Harbor Watch
based in
Reykjavík

moment of silence

One of the recent news items has had me thinking a lot about this country, the people who live here and the people who visit. Late Wednesday, a young man called the emergency number to say he'd los ...

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