Category: Books

A Very Rivendell Christmas

I usually post on Sundays, and this Sunday is Christmas. A holiday themed post is required. But to be honest, I’m not really feeling the...

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...

What Egil Saw

This is the view from the hill above the house that is built on the sight of the farm where Egil Skallagrimsson lived a thousand...

Egil’s House

  Obviously, this house and its attendant church are much more recent constructions than the house that Egil Skallagrimsson built. But this is Egil’s Farm....

Brákarsund

  “Once during winter, there was a ball game at Borg. Egil and Thord played against Skallagrim, who grew tired and they came off better....