Summer seems to be over – time to look back on it in black & white (well, almost).
Back to school: Routines & responsibilites
08/09/2013 by 3 Comments
A new school year has arrived – plenty of anticipation and anxiety as families run around to get ready. It’s essential to get off to a good start, and a sure-fire way to do that is by establishing routines. The kids will quickly fall into the routines at school. They should do the same at […]
A taste of sunshine
28/08/2013 by Leave a Comment
This story starts with a picture of a Norwegian water bottle taken at a private dock in Florida and ends with an impulsive purchase of a house in the same place four months later. When people from the northern parts of Europe get a taste of sunshine and warm climate year-round, something happens. In our […]
Wider shades of home
22/08/2013 by Leave a Comment
Each summer, when I go home to my native Norway, I see it in different shades. Always a wider shade of beauty, sometimes a narrower shade of mind. Summer shades, seen from the outside and the seaside… …of little islands pleasantly dotting the archipelago… of hard, naked, sloping rocks washed smilingly smooth and soft by […]
Third Culture Kids
15/08/2013 by Leave a Comment
Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Does this term sound familiar? Sociologist Ruth Hill Useems came up with it in the 1950s as a way to describe children who grow up in a country (or countries) different from where their parents were raised. Military kids, international business people’s kids, and diplomats’ kids are the primary livers of […]
Totally Texas!
24/07/2013 by 3 Comments
When you move to another country there is a lot to learn; rules, regulations and school systems just being a few. This column was actually a college assignment when I lived in Katy, Texas. It’s about my Norwegian friends trying to adjust, written with humor and a little twist. No offence to my American readers! […]
Sex on the to-do list
23/07/2013 by 5 Comments
Life is busy. That’s for sure. Kids, work, errands, taking care of the home. Too often, the relationship with our partner becomes an afterthought amid the hustle and bustle of the daily grind. We let ourselves fall into patterns — uninspiring routines — and interaction becomes limited, especially when it comes to sex. While a […]
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