There’s no denying that the weather has been very strange for several years and this summer is no exception. Iceland is enjoying a heat wave and unusually (relatively) clear skies. In Ontario we’re having the wettest summer on record. Much cooler and very much wetter than last summer. We’ve had so [...]
On Christmas night itself - so a wise man writes - the lads were all restraint and just stared at the lights.
Then one by one they trotted off into the frost and snow.
On Twelfth Night the last of the lads used to go.
Their footprints in the highlands are effaced now for long, the memories have [...]
The Jólasveinarnir (Yule Lads) start arriving in town on the morning of December 12th. Remember to place a shoe on your virtual windowsill before that, as they will leave a small cyber-gift for children who have been good, a small toy or fruit, for example, and those children who have been naughty will receive something [...]
Torontonians got their first big snow storm last night so of course panic and mayhem was the order of the day. Perhaps if the media didn’t treat people as babies they might not act like babies. I love the white stuff no matter how much comes down. But like most folks I [...]
