Ella – June 3, 2019 It is June, and that can mean only one thing: wedding season has begun! But before I go any further, let me say that today is WorldBicycleDay, and the Danes are famous for this mode of transportation. Just check out the photo above of an old-fashioned Danish wedding for evidence that this…
Mia – May 28, 2019 Like 19.3 million other Americans, my husband and I tuned into the final episode of “Game of Thrones” earlier this month. We taped it, of course, because nothing about GOT is suitable for children as young as our Jake, Astrid and Alex, but that just made it seem more like…
Lili – April 15, 2019 Today is tax day, which has me a bit stressed, as I admit I’m one to wait until the last minute to file our taxes. Every year, I tell myself that I’m not going to put it off, but alas, each year I do. Yesterday, as snow (!) was blowing…
Liam – April 8, 2019 During my final summer as a counselor at an overnight camp in Michigan, I experienced a harrowing run-in with a horde of earwigs. They’re those bugs that look a little like less-friendly lightning bugs with pincers protruding from their rumps instead of a pretty bio-luminescent glow. I was at the…
Liam – March 4, 2019 When I was a kid, I had a calendar with pictures associated with the weather typical of each month. March, the month we’ve recently entered in very lion-like conditions, featured a brightly colored kite flying in high winds. Somehow, that image has stuck with me, and I always think of…
Ingrid – February 11, 2019 Last week, I told you about the book I bought for Farfar, Kierkegaard’s Works of Love, when I was visiting my brother in Seattle. Yesterday, I brought it to Farfar at The Danish Home. He was familiar with the book by the famous Danish philosopher but hadn’t yet read it.…
Liam – January 14, 2019 A few weeks ago, I was picking up tacos from a favorite neighborhood taco joint when I ran into my friend James. I was power-walking down the sidewalk like a 1980s mall-walker on an Orange Julius sugar high in an effort to get the tacos home before they got cold.…
Ella – January 7, 2019 In Latin, Januarius means month of Janus, after the god of beginnings and transitions. Including 29 days, this first new month of the year was added to the calendar around 713 BC. King Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome (715-673 BC), divided the year into twelve lunar months. However, upon the advice of Cleopatra’s…
Mia – December 24, 2018 Today being Christmas Eve has put me in a family mood. I’m thinking about not only my husband and children, but also my parents and grandparents. Right after Thanksgiving, my dad had his right knee replaced. That’s a routine surgical procedure for men his age—he’s in his mid-60s—and he’s healing…
Ingrid – November 26, 2018 In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I’m grateful to be writing this blog because it’s giving me a break from my Cyber Monday shopping! I’ve never had the stomach for Black Friday mall hauls, but sitting at my laptop shopping for online deals in the comfort of my own apartment is…