“The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and ...

"For many years, it seemed as if nothing changed in Norway. You could leave the country for three months, travel the world, through cou...

“We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.” - Kjell Magne Bondevik Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me e...

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” -   ...

“Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.” - Lao Tzu   There have been some wonderful films out of the Scandinavi...

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.” - Josh Billings   It is not often that we watch a film that has the Best Film Oscar i...

“Illness, insanity, and death were the black angels that kept watch over my cradle and accompanied me all my life.” – Edvard Munch   Edv...

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” - Kahlil Gibran This morning it looked as Winter ha...

“Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth; and therefore to such as are discontent, in w...

“Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!” - Wallace Stevens A beautiful fine and warm day today. We took the opportunity...

“Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell.” - Emily Dickinson Edvard Munch , born on December 12th, 1863 in Löten...

“To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.” - Henri Amiel ...