Rohan in the Fjords
Is it Iceland? Or is it Rohan?...
Suburban Turf
No big deal. Just a turf house in the middle of a small town....
Snorrilaug and the Ganges
In 2014 I visited Reykholt as part of a sort of saga pilgrimage. Here is the hot pot known as Snorrilaug, or Snorri’s Bath. It...
Skallagrim’s Horse
In the middle of a small park in a small town not far from Reykjavik, there is a grass-covered mound. No fence protects it from...
Snorri Sturluson
I once stood among a group of writers at a talk presented by then-Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. He said that we would notice Iceland had...