So, there you are, it
A Visit to Eyrarbakki, 1874
If you were in Gimli, Manitoba,
RUBBER ICE
Guest article by Ken Kristjanson.
In the late fall Lake Winnipeg, like an old duck hunter, gets tired. Slowly the waves reaching the shore decrease in intensity and the great lake
On Leaving Home
Birth and death come to all of us. Leaving home comes to nearly all of us. It wasn
Yrsa’s Dark Days
The Day Is Dark is Yrsa Sigurdard
Left: from top to bottom, left
On Lying
At the Geysers, Trollope, 1878
Sketch by
Icelandic magic and superstition
This murder mystery, Last Rituals, in spite of its focus on magic and witches, charmed me. It charmed me because of the characterization, particularly that of Th
Occupy Laxness
The members of the Occupy Movement have a long winter ahead of them. It would be a winter well spent if they used it to read and discuss the work of Halldor Laxness.
Laxness experienced firsthand a society where the one percent exploited and abused the ninety-nine percent in ways that, today, are shocking. It
