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I am so lucky
I have a life that makes sense,
a job that gives meaning
a wonderful family and friends that really care
Life may not always be easy
but it’s the little moments that count
and counting my little moments,
I realize just how fortunate I am
Life is good!
One of the greatest luxury ingredients I know is actually a former Western famine food.
My grandmother Vivi Stranne showcasing handpicked mushrooms straight from nature’s pantry (1988)
Handpicked Swedish mushrooms that have grown wild in the forest are among my favorite culinary treats. Somehow, the combination of taste and texture make them such a generous contributor […]
The Sahara desert (1985)
The Sahara desert (1985)
I’ve never been in love with the desert as some of my other family members are, but I do fancy the idea of turning it all green one day!
There’s a fresh debate going on in Norway right, touching right into the heart of aid politics. It all started with a chronicle I wrote that was published in Bergens Tidende on April 28th, entitled Be om unnskyldning, Egeland.
Here are a few quotes from the chronicle that translates to ‘Egeland, you owe an apology‘:
…for despite […]
One of the many things I love about Niger is how people value fellowship. Time in the country of “sei hakuri” (have patience) does not equal money. Here, people live according to a different set of social rules, and do not see spending time with one another as unfruitful. Being together is one of the […]
I offered you my all
And I think my heart went to live with you
For it now speaks a language only you two understand
It talks of things I do not know by name
And comes to realizations that I cannot explain
It breaks into a song to which I know no tunes
But which I wish so desperately I […]
He lives on the office veranda and so we see him every day
He attacks the window, licking it, biting it - it’s really hard to tell
He’s recently replaced an old champ, who was accidentally chased out of the open door
He is young but getting more colorful by the day, and is cute to watch
But I […]
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I am trying to figure out what is the best: goat milk or sheep milk?
Being Scandinavian, I am used to goat milk in the most delicious of fashions: Norwegian goat cheese! What I am not accustomed to however is sheep milk. Here in Niger however, sheep milk seems to be prefered over […]
A great wrong is being done to an entire food culture when indigenous Nigerien foods are referred to as “famine food”, just because the West does not know them. When Hilary Andersson of the BBC came to Niger in 2004-05, her team filmed people eating leaves, and Ms Anderson concluded in her reports that they […]
It was a beautiful day. The coffin was beautifully white. The flowers were just right - her colors. The songs were amazing - impressively performed, touching and different. But most of all, her statement was made. She would have been happy.
It was a special day. There was no pain in watching her coffin go down […]
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