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Category Archives: Denmark
In Her Soft Wind I Will Whisper
Lady on the left? My great-grandmother. She would have been ninety-six today. The photo was taken in the early 1950s outside her cottage and she is with two of her sons, K and T. I have several photos of her; … Continue reading
Kaffeslabbaras
Ah, everything Danish is super-hip in Britain right now thanks to The Killing/Forbrydelsen and mid-century modern design yadda yadda yadda. Did you know that I am Danish? I don’t consider myself super-hip, though, and I had my reasons for leaving … Continue reading
The Week That Was
Last weekend I took part in a crochet workshop taught by designer and author Carol Meldrum. Carol was running a class called “Love Wool? Love Crochet!” to celebrate Wool Week 2011 and to promote her new book, Love Crochet. I … Continue reading
Home Is Where The Baked Beans Tins Are Stacked
“It’s a really nice day outside, you know,” said my partner when he called. I know and I’m heading outside with my working-from-home bits in just a second, but first I wanted to share a video I came across the … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Personal
Tagged copenhagen, Denmark, Glasgow, musings, personal stuff, real life, self
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FO: Coloured In
Sometimes I tell myself: “I’m way closer to Four-Oh than I am to Two-Oh. I should start dressing my age. Maybe tone things down a bit. Invest in sensible, long-term wardrobe staples. Get a couple of timeless pieces in neutral … Continue reading
Last Thing
Tonight I’m a cooking an almost full-blown Danish Christmas dinner (only ‘almost’ because I’m only serving one type of meat). We decided to make this a tradition so every time we celebrate Christmas in the UK we get a Danish … Continue reading
Wordy
A linguist friend once told me about a second language acquisition theory: different people store languages in different ways. Some brains work like a giant filing cabinet: words, phrases, idioms and syntax are all neatly filed away so the brain … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Language, Personal
Tagged boo-hiss, Denmark, language usage, personal stuff, reading, self, wtf
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Selected Highlights
Learning how to use a lucet. I love the Danish word for it: “at nulre”. Biking around Copenhagen. Easily the best way to navigate Cph City. Being told I’ll get a sewing machine for my birthday in February. Walking around … Continue reading
Wonderful, Wonderful..
The train journey from my childhood landscape to Copenhagen takes about 90 minutes. The distance from Glasgow to Edinburgh, more or less. I often think about the cultural divide between Glasgow (young, vibrant, edgy) and Edinburgh (heritage, self-aware, conservative) – … Continue reading
Family
The Danish landscape is more subtle than Scotland’s but no less beautiful. My parents live on the outskirts of a large bog area famous for its archaeological finds (link in Danish) and today we went for a long drive through … Continue reading
