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Falling in love straight after your divorce (and lessons I have learned).

It’s clickbait, guys. But it’s also true. Argh. Love. What? Why? And more please. You know the story. The ex…

BFF, bromance, divorce, featured, friend love, friendship, love, oslo, rebound

Dating Tales: The worst, the best and the one that ended in a podcast.

I have written about divorce, parenting, and falling in love again, but I have avoided talking about dating because it…

bad dates, bumble, cape town, dating, dating apps, internalized racism, love, nicole, online dating, oslo, thisisin, tinder

Men who spit

FUCKING WHY?! Holy fucking mother of every deity that this planet can conjure up, WHY DO MEN SPIT? Trying to…

corona, coronavirus, covid-19, etiquette, hygiene, men, oslo, spit, spitting, walking paths

Falling in love straight after your divorce (and lessons I have learned).

It’s clickbait, guys. But it’s also true. Argh. Love. What? Why? And more please. You know the story. The ex…

BFF, bromance, divorce, featured, friend love, friendship, love, oslo, rebound

Touched By a Racist (or: Norway, come ON!)

My friend was eyeballs-deep in his phone when his surgeon arrived to check on his progress after his tonsil-removal surgery.…

Untethered in Oslo. The First Day Back (Do Me a Favour).

Years ago my friend Katie suggested that I try doing something called “writing scared”. Writing that plucks material from parts…

Humans of Hessdalen: searching for UFOs in Trøndelag

My friend Martin is responsible for this one. En route to the wedding in Lidkoping in September, bragging about how I’m…

camping, Hessdalen, Hessdalen lights, hessdalen phenomena, Lavo, Røros, scandinavia, travel, Trøndelag, UFO, UFO safari

Love, lakes (and Swedish-priced liquor!) in Lidköping (Sweden).

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. Oh sure,  Lidköping was fabulous, lovely, excellent even. But the most exciting part was that we had a FULL,…

oslo travel, scandinavia, sweden, sweden travel, travel, wedding

Jomfruland, Kragerø (Telemark, Norway)

Some weeks ago we were invited to celebrate the birthday of a friend at a rented house three hours outside…

birdwatching, featured, ferry, Jomfruland, kragero, norsk ferge, Norway, norwegian church, norwegian travel, travel

Short Story – Jomfruland

This room smells like lavender. I haven’t been able to find any vases or bottles of essence, so I assume…

death, immigration, Jomfruland, Norway, telemark, travel fiction

15 Things about Norway that will take a South African some getting used to.

During a long night of trying to cajole/threaten the child to sleep, I fell into the black hole that is…

cape town, culture shock, listicle, Norway, oslo, south africa

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