Queen E puts on a Team Iceland uniform

Jun 24, 2016 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

As you may or may not know, Iceland is playing some unprecedented football in the EuroCup right around now. They tied with Portugal and Hungary in their first two games, and then beat Austria in the most recent one. On Monday, they meet England. In light of this, the...

Black Friday comes to Iceland

Nov 27, 2015 | Iceland | 2 comments

Yesterday I was off on one of my book drop (distribution) runs around town, and along the way decided to stop off at a particular store to check out a piece of furniture we’ve been thinking of purchasing. I had a couple of questions about it, so approached a...

In abundance

Nov 26, 2015 | Life | 1 comment

Last night I was lying in bed and flipping through the Yule catalogue from the Kringlan mall, as you do. EPI: Whatcha reading? ME: The Kringlan catalogue. Very exciting. EPI: Ah, ok. See anything you like? ME: So far, no. I’m hoping I’ll find something,...

Repose

Nov 22, 2015 | Being human | 2 comments

A few days ago I noticed that my Ficus Benjamina had started to sprout tender new leaves. It always happens around this time, and it never ceases to amaze me that during the darkest time of the year here in Iceland, when daylight is considered a luxury,...