Sep 14, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Today I had occasion to call up the immortal plumber. Contrary to what regular readers may believe, the reason is not that I am wasting away from want of his enchanting company. The thing is that when he sledgehammered his way through the bathroom wall and removed the...
Sep 13, 2005 | Uncategorized |
ON SATURDAYI took my visiting sister to the cemetery, as you do. Note bene, it is a nice cemetery, the nicest in Reykjavík, in terms of character at least. It’s the oldest, and it’s where all the Important People are buried [the People that used to be...
Sep 12, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Hot on the heels of YT’s declaration that ‘nothing ever happens in Iceland in September’ comes the Reykjavík Literary Festival with its line-up of luminaries. This year’s festival – which started yesterday – is packed with a Whole Bunch of Famous Authors: Margaret...
Sep 8, 2005 | Uncategorized |
A lot of fun points came up in the last comment thread; however, before I address those let me assure Cat that AAH had a great day at work on Saturday [despite the text message that came mid-afternoon declaring that she was dead on her feet and had better get paid...
Sep 6, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Waterhot deposited a comment here yesterday asking if the end of September is a good time to visit Iceland. And while I’d love to respond with a blithe ‘Oh, any time is a good time to visit Iceland!’ I thought I’d give a bit more thought to both the question and the...
