I went to the bakery in Alta and asked if they had any croissants.  Their response: ‘What’s that?’  An Australian reply would be ‘You are kidding me, right?’ but I saw that they really meant ‘what’s that?’.  With a big breath in and a big exhale, I composed myself. I have been a little disappointed [...]

Lilu came home the other day saying ‘Jo!’, pronounced yoo.  I had no clue what she was meaning.  I had to look it up in my English-Norwegian dictionary.  It said jo just means ‘yes’ but I was sure there was something more to it than that.  Lilu was using joooo with a whinny or angry voice. [...]

Put your boots on.  Take your boots off.  Put your boots on.  Take your boots off.  It’s hard living in Norway.  You are forever putting your boots on and taking them off to keep the inside free from the outside.  Living on a farm makes the routine even worse – we use good steel-cap boots [...]

In dressing Lil’ Red, I noticed I had put him in a stripped top and striped stockings.  I lifted up his top, and you bet ya, I had put him in a striped bodysuit too.  Oddly enough, the stripes were all the same thickness – the stripes were all horizontal. The stripe isn’t something I [...]