Tag: norway
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December 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST --
A spiral light over Norway was spotted this morning in an arctic area. The glowing spiral light over Norway was different than most lights seen in the area. Is there an explanation . . .
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November 15, 2006 05:30 PM EST --
One of my great joys of traveling is food. I'm just back from two weeks in Norway and Sweden. When people ask me how the trip was, the first thing I remember is the food.
In Sweden, . . .
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December 10, 2009 05:46 PM EST --
Over 6000 people marched in Oslo after US President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in a speech justifying war, urging him to live up to the accolade.
The crowd marched in a peaceful, . . .
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April 21, 2007 04:26 AM EDT --
I have my own faves, of course, but I want to hear yours...
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December 10, 2009 03:48 AM EST --
Obama has just landed in Norway en route to the Carbon Bankers Summit to pick up the gong for peace, which many regard as an award for the person some regard as "The War President"
There is Widespread . . .
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November 07, 2008 01:17 PM EST --
A Length of Tattered Curtain
In the fairy tale
she cannot help herself.
The beastly silhouette, so fraught with mystery and danger
compels her gaze.
The great white bear with candles . . .
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September 27, 2006 04:01 PM EDT --
I'm getting ready to go to Norway and Sweden so I'm thinking a lot about trolls. One of my favorite Stephanie Hemphill (MPR reporter in Duluth) stories is her interview with Lise Lunge-Larsen, . . .
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October 05, 2006 01:55 PM EDT --
This 1906 Swedish stamp homors Ramon Cajal (right) and Camillo Golgi (center). The figure on the left is probably the winner of a different prize. Cajal & Golgi won the prize for . . .
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September 22, 2009 12:59 PM EDT --
Former Miss Norway and Playboy model Monica Hansen hit the news a few months back when she sued her ex-boyfriend and plastic surgeon Dr. Leonard Hochstein . Seems Hochstein was using pictured of . . .
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December 09, 2009 08:55 PM EST --
This has come up in a couple of spots... weird "UFO" in the sky over Norway... UFO in that at this point it's not satisfactorily explained. There are some possibilities discussed in the articles I've . . .
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April 25, 2006 02:23 PM EDT --
I was thinking of doing this with flags, but a lot of people might not recognize the flags. I get my maps and flags from the CIA World Factbook website.
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July 15, 2008 11:45 PM EDT --
Recently my sister introduced me to indie/pop musician Maria Mena from Norway.
Her voice is stunning, her lyrics are hard-hitting, and she just plain makes you think... some songs on her album Apparently . . .
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December 09, 2009 11:58 PM EST --
President and Mrs. Obama are on their way to Norway where President Obama will accept the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
The first couple will spend 26 hours in Oslo, beginning with a trip to the . . .
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November 03, 2006 07:20 PM EST --
Well, I'm back from my vacation of looking for trolls in Sweden and Norway. While I did not find any trolls, I may have had one of Norway's Legendary Nisse play a trick on me. On . . .
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May 17, 2008 08:15 PM EDT --
Random Factoid of the Day:
Today is Norwegian Independence Day.
It is celebrated much like we do in the United States. They have a huge parade(usually one in each large town), with most people . . .
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May 10, 2006 11:10 AM EDT --
Heath
Trypan Blue is a dye that is used to determine the viability of a cell. Living cells exclude the dye, whereas dead cells will take up the blue dye. The blue stain is easily visible, and cells . . .
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December 24, 2008 03:28 PM EST --
After taking my exchange students to go cosmic mini golfing, we decided to go out for Pizza at a Pizza Buffet nearby. My exchange son, Marius, and our friend Lasse from Denmark, decided to have a pizza . . .
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November 02, 2009 03:19 AM EST --
Me, pick up a brush? I haven't done artwork in over thirty years...
But I have always admired folk painting, and last week I got the opportunity to take a class in Norwegian-style folk painting . . .
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December 30, 2008 12:35 AM EST --
Thank you, thank you to my Gather friends Leah Christensen and j-frugal mom-r. for helping me put together the music for the Daughters of Norway Danish Christmas program! You are the best! Thanks . . .
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October 18, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
Last year for Christmas, Lori gave me this cute rosette and timbale kit. I had them on my Wish List, because at the time, I was on a Scandinavian baking kick. Unfortunately, the rosette . . .
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