Prom 2013

I have beautiful friends – inside and out. Together we celebrated the end of an era last night. The last few years we’ve created memories I wouldn’t want to be without: We’ve traveled and seen new...

Words on a Wednesday

It’s way past my bedtime, but for some reason that’s always when I feel like getting a few words down on paper. So here’s a little “this-is-what-I’m-thinking-about-right-now” post: - I’ve watched...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow

Saturday afternoon, Copenhagen

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating

We wanted to make the Copenhagen weekend a little special, so we booked a table at a restaurant I heard about a few months ago. It turned out to be a fabulous night at Kokkeriet. The food was...

If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair

The first week of 2013 has been eventful. I’m pretty sure I won’t forget it for a while, and this is why: First of all – a new and exciting year! I’m moving to England in the fall, but before that...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles

New Year’s Eve is one of my favorite days of the year, because I know that when I wake up in the morning the story is unwritten. A new chapter of my life waits – it’s my job to fill it with...

Happy New Year!!!

Recap of year 2012

I wrote this about a year ago: “I’m all about a New Year, a new beginning, a new chance to follow dreams. 2011 is written in the history as the best year of my life so far, and before liveasamovie...

It’s no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes

Christmas Countdown 2012: 1 day

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again”

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?

It wasn’t exactly the first fall of snow today, but when we woke up this morning it was beautiful outside! After a very good breakfast in Oslo, we decided to go Christmas shopping again – I’m very...

Dedicated to the New Year

In December year 2011, exactly one year ago, I wrote a little letter to the New Year. What I didn’t think about, right then and there, was that the letter will be relevant every year. I didn’t...

A people free to choose will always choose peace

We’re going to watch the Nobel Piece Price Concert from Oslo now. I just love how spectacular it always is, with artists from all over the world. It’s a part of December I wouldn’t want to miss…...

Are you having a holly, jolly Christmas?

Yesterday was a very successful shopping day. I’m halfway done with the Christmas presents anno 2012 now. I even bought a couple for myself (which I can justify, because I’m an adult now, who knows...

Marie’s photo diary this fantastic Friday

Christmas in Oslo

This is the ideal life. There’s something special about the Grand Hotel around Christmas. We’re heading out for a nice dinner now. I want some traditional Christmas food and … white wine. For the...

Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more

The traditional Christmas-weekend in Oslo is happening tomorrow. We always spend a night in the capital one weekend in December. Oslo in December is simply great – the streets and the stores are...

When there’s snow on the ground, I like to pretend I’m walking on clouds

I woke up to a winter wonderland this morning, and ever since that moment the world has been a great place to live: I got to leave early from school. It’s minus 10 degrees celsius outside. So This...

The first Sunday of Advent

Words can’t describe how much I love this time of year. Christmas countdown: 22 days!

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning

You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out

If it was possible to turn back time, I would re-live last year’s Thanksgiving. I remember waking up to french toast and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that Thursday morning. I stayed in my...

Inspiration

If the contrast is lost, you lose appreciation; and when you lose appreciation, you lose the value of everything

It might be a little miracle when a new world citizen is born. Who would have thought that humans are able to create something so special as a new life? Standing ovation from Mother Earth....

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture

Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts

This week has gone super fast – that includes the weekend! That’s what happens when you go to school, work-out, take driving lessons AND (try to) have a social life. Here’s my eventful weekend: I’m...

Oh, oh, oh

Ha! I think life is messing with me. Just when I had decided to wear an old (about one year old) dress for prom next year, I find one I absolutely love online. I wasn’t even looking, and there it...

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything

In Norwegian, we have the same word for vote and voice – “stemme”. Your vote is your voice, and vice versa. It amazes me that it’s so easy to take our democracies for granted when there are so many...

Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station