Vikingsson on April 13th, 2010

In the far north you build the sun room where it gets what little sun there is during the dark winter. You take advantage of the sun and put your face into the light while breathing some fresh air from outside. Good time for tea and a book. Cures what ails you. (at 66 degrees [...]

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Vikingsson on February 27th, 2010

The loud mouthed pundits and self proclaimed experts in denying everything but their own carved in stone opinions were out in full chorus since the big snowstorms. Somehow it occurred to them that snow or cold weather in winter equals more proof that climate change is a hoax. Clever is that they proclaim a desire [...]

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Vikingsson on July 31st, 2008

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 many major thunderstorms that [...]

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Vikingsson on November 27th, 2007

For the last week the weather in Toronto has been similar to Reykjavík. Today I could have been convinced this was Iceland. After several days of rain, snow, wind, and temperatures hovering on either side of 0C, we had sunshine yesterday followed by more wet snow. Today however it was the oft mentioned “if you [...]

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