Ports have always been fascinating to me. People and ships come and go, farewells and arrivals string together like the pearls of a necklace, perpetually. My picture shows an arrival of the ferry Norröna in the port of Tórshavn. Why? Because the seabirds, sailors and rocking boats of “Havn” harbor have news to tell …
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How To Read Your First Headline In Faroese
A slipway and boathouses on a Faroese winter’s day. You want to know what the photo is all about? The link will lead you in the right direction. Bonus: After you have browsed my blog post, you will be able to read what is probably your first headline in Faroese ever. Not bad, is it? …
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Cassiopeia, Greater Bear And Nighttime Pokémon Go
Today: Rushing of wind, water, words and thoughts. Sitting at my desk, with my eyes on my notebook keyboard, grassy slopes and high mountains in front of the window. It’s sunny, for the time being. Retrospection: Nights have been star-studded lately, I grasped at the opportunity and tried out my new night sky app …
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The Old Sailor And The Sea
“Seafaring, my love”, said the old sailor, holding on to his badly worn, hand-knitted, navy blue pom-pom hat. Peacefully we stood next to one another, in a little harbor on Eysturoy, dressed in woolen pullovers and rubber boots. Rising wind all round us, on a windswept day, calendar sheets indicating the inevitable end of another summer …
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Katrin’s NoðaStova: Mohair And Seaman’s Yarn in Fuglafjørður
The port of Fuglafjørður plays a significant role in the pelagic fisheries of the North Atlantic. And it might as well be the only harbor world-wide that’s home to a shop selling mohair wool, NoðaStova, the shop that Katrin K. Petersen recently started. You don’t need to be in search of yarn at all, in order to pop in. Café, beach walk, shipwreck …
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Lullaby For A Sheep
Baby blue skies and a pink-colored stripe, an invisible paint bucket is leaking, a sheep’s lullaby, that’s what I saw. The art of surrealism in my mind’s eye. Melting clocks, and so on, because the pink-colored stripe was about to dissolve and loose color drops, a delightful image. What I also saw was Kalsoy, the James-Bond-island henceforward …
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Viðareiði: Game Of Waves And Northernmost Village
Through the tunnel, down the road, in Viðareiði, surrounded by mountains and the sea, in this particular case, there’s water from two sides. Viðareiði is one of the two villages on Viðoy in the North of the Faroes, and the gateway to Cape Enniberg, a 700-something meter vertical sea cliff, the northernmost point on the islands. The little harbor of Viðareiði is a perfect location to watch the game of waves. Don’t get too close, the North Atlantic is cold and hungry all the time …
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