“Where you going for the holidays?” is a pretty standard question this time of year. Staying put, going back to where roots are, or going someplace new. It’s one of the three for those no longer living in their homeland. I’m going back to the Chicagoland area, back to where I’m from. It’s the place […]
Ho ho – Merry Christmas from Norway!
15/12/2015 by Leave a Comment
Christmas traditions are important, especially when you live abroad as an expat. You try to make the holiday as normal as you can and simultaneously adapt new traditions. When you move back home your traditions have changed quite a bit – like hanging miniature bottles as ornaments on your tree. However, I really do miss […]
Homemade sweets for Christmas
15/12/2015 by Leave a Comment
Here are a few quick ideas for festive family fun in the kitchen:
Dear Santa
15/12/2015 by Leave a Comment
Dear Santa, It’s late in the season and I’ve got to get this letter off to you ASAP, so forgive my abruptness (and my foul language). Ya’ see, Santa, this holiday season the only frosty snowman I know of is me. And I don’t wear no silk hat. I don’t smoke no pipe, neither. So […]
White Christmas – a very secret list of magic places
14/12/2015 by 3 Comments
I love Christmas markets. That’s it, now you know my secret! But at the same time, I’m always looking for magic and uniqueness -more than just some nicely decorated wooden stalls and mulled wine. So this is not just a list of Christmas markets, this is what I’m pleased to call: My very secret list of magic places! Christmas in […]
A day in December
08/12/2015 by Leave a Comment
On this 8th of December… … the Festival of Lights in Lyon will not be as festive as before. It will be a day of lights, and of solidarity and remembrance, as people fill the streets of Lyon – just as people filled the streets of Paris, its bars and restaurants, Bataclan, some short weeks ago – to light candles in honour of the […]
Strategy for Christmas fever
08/12/2015 by Leave a Comment
Call me crazy, but this Christmas I will not go crazy looking for Christmas presents. And I am considering whether to continue with my tradition of sending holiday cards to everyone and then receive some replies ‘next year’.
Poetry in… static equilibrium – Q&A
08/12/2015 by 1 Comment
What came first, the question or the answer? A wild guess? It seems inconsequential. And yet, every once in a while a question is left unanswered and every once in a while there seems to be an answer that is given without a former question. Because these days answers are just a click away. Floating […]
Dear Santa, this is my wonderful Christmas story
08/12/2015 by Leave a Comment
Dear Santa, I haven’t written to you in a long time – but I lost your postal address while moving. I know it sounds incredible – how is it possible to lose Santa’s address? Well.. you travel a lot, you should know how crazy it is to prepare the baggage and leave… Anyway, it’s lucky that you read Clew Magazine from […]
Dear Santa
08/12/2015 by Leave a Comment
Dear Santa, I really have everything I could ever wish for, so this year I am going to ask you to bring my share of any gifts to those who really need them. I am thinking especially of those women risking their lives to bring their children to safer countries. Give them some joy and […]
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