Why dementia is extra bad in these situations
My grandmother has dementia. It runs in the family. Her mother had it. Her mother’s father, allegedly, had it. (I’m choosing to take the positive here that my grandmother didn’t start getting bad at...
View ArticleTil Ungdommen
This is probably the song that has been used the most in memorials across the country. It is written by Nordahl Grieg in 1936.
View ArticleLife has begun to return to normal
Albeit slowly. It was a shock the first time I turned on the television after the attacks at Utøya and in Oslo 22. July – and noticed that the programme did not cover those attacks. I think it was the...
View ArticleNational Day of Mourning
21. August will be a National memorial in Norway. There will be an arrangement later today. The song below is another of those songs that have really been the “soundtrack” so to speak, for getting...
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Cinnamon and raisin bagels
Back in July, watching the television coverage from the Oslo bombings and the Utøya shootings. I was sitting in front of the television set the entire Saturday… and in the evening, I felt like I had to...
View ArticleExpensive Oslo
Bwhat? From February 1, a single 1-zone ticket for transportation (bus, tram, or underground)in Oslo, if purchased onboard, will be increasing to 50 kr ($8.2). The same ticket, if purchased online,...
View ArticleOslo today
Just to let everyone know, I am fine – and am not in the Oslo area at all. No one in my circle of friends/family appear to be in the area and be injured. (The brother of someone I know, who is rather...
View ArticleUpdate from Oslo
Cripes. A press conference states that 7 are dead in Oslo – but that the buildings haven’t been searched extensively, so those numbers may rise. Currently 84 are dead at the Youth Camp at Utøya, but...
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