Boo!
October 31, 2010 | Family,Holidays
Over the mountains & through the woods
August 14, 2010 | Family,Norway,Traveling,Vacation
My last hike was with my husband over the mountains (yes, more than one) into town to my sister-in-law’s home.
It was Charming Marie’s last hike in the Norwegian mountains. I’ve had lots of fun with her this summer!
We took a break at this lake. It was so quiet and pretty there.
We saw sheep everywhere.
See that bump in the background? That’s the top of Jendemfjellet.
See that yellow spot there? That’s a boy. We watched his progress over the top of one mountain and down another until he met up with us. He was RUNNING. The whole time. Makes me want to have a heart attack just thinking about it.
Skihytta — this is a ski cabin that’s open in the winter.
Getting close to town. These are ski paths with lights (for the winter). Folks use them for all kinds of things during the summer … hiking, biking, walking, running, etc.
Just about there! I think I can smell dinner from here.
I thought I’d slow things down, but when we were done, it hadn’t taken any longer than “normal” — about three hours. Yay, me!
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Movies: Fantastic Mr. Fox
July 15, 2010 | Movies
We watched Fantastic Mr. Fox after reading the book this summer. Well, sort of. We tried to watch it on the portable DVD player we brought, but things kept going wrong. So we’ll have to have a proper viewing when we get back home.
Books: Motherhood, the Second Oldest Profession
July 13, 2010 | Books
I just read Motherhood, the Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck. I grew up in a time when Bombeck was a household name. I was around when her columns were still in the newspapers. This, however, is the first book of hers I’ve read as a mother. She’s a one-of-a-kind. I love her humor and wisdom.
Books: The Handmaid’s Tale
June 21, 2010 | Books
I just finished reading The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (on Kindle). Sarah (@goonsquadsarah, Sarah and the Goon Squad) recommended it. I had read Atwood’s book, The Blind Assassin, four years ago when I was spending the summer in Norway. Hmm. Maybe Atwood is my official Summer-in-Norway Author.
What an oddly fitting segue from The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation by Sharon Lerner, which was an impromptu read. Atwood’s book was on my summer reading list I made from recommendations. Lerner’s book made it on my radar after I read her Slate article about something I started writing about three years ago, the questionable “best company” lists in Working Mother magazine. Her article, “How Could One of America’s Most Sexist Companies End Up on Working Mother’s Best 100 List? And what does that say about American employers’ glowing reports about their own “family-friendliness”? ” was published May 24, 2010. It was good to see I wasn’t the only one to notice problems with the list.
Anyway. About the Handmaid. Unlike a Michael Douglas movie, which makes me feel glad I’m not him because I would never be in his situation, Atwood’s story seemed all too possible. It made me want to do a whole bunch of things — drink, smoke, run for president — because I CAN.
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Books: The Poisonwood Bible
June 2, 2010 | Books
I just finished reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It was my first Kindle-read book — which was thrilling, yay! — and my third Kingsolver book. This one made me want to vomit — and not just in my mouth a little. I don’t think that’s what she was going for, although I do believe she was going for my disgust with Nathan Price and how he practiced religion as belligerence. She did a nice job of telling the story in various voices. It would have been even more interesting if she would have offered a peek of what was going on in Price’s head.
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