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Legacy

June 21, 2017 by Katja Biesanz Leave a Comment

In 1914, they built the sauna first
It sheltered the families
of the immigrants
as they proved their claim.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry Tagged With: Finland, Finnish-America, Sauna

In Defense of Hygge

June 18, 2017 by Lotte Greaver Leave a Comment

This Danish notion of coziness or comfort comes from long evolved experience in how to live in and truly care for your surroundings, be that your living room or your country. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Food

Icelandic Sojourn

June 18, 2017 by Judson Moore Leave a Comment

As my wife Suzy and I make our way across the brightly polished wood floors past towering glass windows it feels more like we are visiting a modern art gallery or an Ikea store than arriving at an airport on a remote Nordic island in the middle of winter. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Politics

Saft

June 18, 2017 by Nicole Poole Leave a Comment

Saft is a delicious berry concentrate that is enjoyed throughout Scandinavia. It is generally non-alcoholic but is enjoyed mixed with spirits or in the bottom of a glass of champagne as much as it is enjoyed as a refreshment served simply with sparkling water. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Food

Not Angels But Angles: Anglo-Saxon Studies and the Specter of White Supremacy

June 18, 2017 by Margaret Hammitt-McDonald Leave a Comment

Anglo-Saxon “angels” became ideals of Germanic warrior manhood: loyal to their brotherly bands, stoic in fighting and loving, and noble in death. They were recruited posthumously into the army of white supremacy, incorporated into a mythology that canonized “Nordic” peoples as the angels and supermen ordained to dominate the earth. [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Featured Writing, Politics

Democracy in Concert: the northern tour

June 17, 2017 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

A deep human drive for freedom will always resist rule by the few — whether those few are feudal monarchs, communist dictators, fascist oligarchs, or mob capitalists who rise through the ranks of business as usual. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Politics Tagged With: Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, Nordic social democracy, Singing Revolution

Swedish Spirit

June 16, 2017 by Deborah Boone Leave a Comment

House Tomtes are in every house in Sweden. These little spirits can be good or bad and can cause a great deal of grief for the home’s people when they want to be naughty. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing

Drinking From the Stream of Time

June 16, 2017 by Gwendolyn Endicott Leave a Comment

Whereas the Viking ships sought adventure in conquest of outer seas, Odin leads us on an inner adventure in the deep Sea of Self. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Spirit

Warm Norwegian Wood

June 15, 2017 by T H Savaht Leave a Comment

Winter used to begin in October and end very late in March … maybe. This year Christmas was without any snow, and no snow appeared remotely in the forecast. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature

How can we be more like Finns?

June 14, 2017 by Victoria Stoppiello 2 Comments

I was born in Astoria and raised in the lower Columbia region with such a strong Finnish identity that I have no perspective on Finnish social values or politics – no perspective except if it’s Finnish, it must be good. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Politics, Spirit

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Readers’ Comments

  • Watt Childress April 28, 2025 at 11:48 am on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltAlso, you inspired me to insert a sentence crediting Hoyt Axton with the song's genesis. Many thanks!
  • Watt Childress April 27, 2025 at 10:55 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltThank you kindly Jim for reading this and commenting. I enjoyed your review of "Sun House" by David James Duncan,
  • Jim Stewart April 27, 2025 at 8:26 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltNice! Hoyt Axton wrote the Jeremiah song and sang it with great gusto. Life wanders on and I'm still glad
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:51 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltDuring spring I think of you, and all the May Pole celebrations you've organized over the years. So grateful for
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:18 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltIn my dreams I sing to the multitudes, with a voice as clear and sweet and churchy as Lou Reed.
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