Hvitá
When I drove across the bridge, I was so busy looking for oncoming traffic I almost missed the sign: Hvitá On the other side, I...
Ominous
“It’s not an omen,” she said. She said it out of principle. Omens were inconsistent with the world view she was trying to impart to...
Ticket Season, Part Two: Pacific Northwest Ballet
“I love tickets!” squeals Cameron Diaz’s character in the first Charlie’s Angels movie. (And why has no one ever made a gif of that?) It’s...
Tjörnin
Tjörnin Lake in downtown Reykjavik just beginning to freeze in late October, 2012....
High Seat Posts
Reading the sagas, I always wondered what “high seat posts” looked like. This replica was at the Saga Museum in Reykjavik’s Perlan. Now that I’ve...