Some thought about change....

When i took a little walk early this morning i noticed how much change the nature in my neighborhood had gone through just in the last several days. Autumn seems to have set in full speed here now and i can't use the words "late summer" anymore when i am describing the days because suddenly there is VERY AUTUMN here. All the late summer apples in my neighbors garden have fallen to the ground, yellow and orange leaves are dancing in the wind and not...

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Scandinavian poetry, part eight.

I am so facinated by all the insects and small animals there is to be found around us,this little one took a rest on my veranda floor some days back. He reminds me of a King wearing his long soft velvet cape! A while back i read the book The sound of a wild snail eating and in summer The book of bees, it is such a facinating thing to learn more about the worlds of these tiny creatures...A poemby the norwegian poet Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994)Green lightCreatures...

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Scandinavian poetry, part seven

Cobaltby Rolf JacobsenColors are words’ little sisters. They can’t become soldiers.I’ve loved them secretly for a long time.They have to stay home and hang up the sheer curtainsof our familiar kitchen, bedroom and den.I’m very close to young Crimson, and brown Siennabut even closer to thoughtful Cobalt with her distant eyes and     untrampled spirit.We walk in dew.The night sky and the southern oceansare her possessionsand a tear-shaped...

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Golden days and sensing a little bit of autumn in the air...

   When i had my friend visiting, Norway showed itself from it's most charming side:endless sun and warmth. The summer weather here this year has been quite a sad thing, lots and lots of rain so it was very lovely with some sunny and warm days.I am sensing a little bit of autumn in the air already but i am saying to myself that it is just an imagination for i am not quite ready for autumn yet....what about y...

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