Þor took these pictures of last night. Here we all are, as the bounty of food has been laid upon the table. And as a sample of how quickly my friends in Iceland have come to understand Rob, here is a perfect photo of him
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Thanksgiving was as traditional as one can expect in Iceland. The table was loaded with ridiculous amounts of food. The classic dishes were there, along with a twenty-four pound turkey. They let us out of work early yesterday to prepare, and brought us in late today. I haven’t worked yet, because the actors are still
I was delighted to find that I did not have to go to work until noon today. I went down to my car at 11:30, so I could pick up Sarah and the window was broken. It looked like a truck had clipped it. So I called the police, and as they were looking at
Rob and I went out to Þingvellir and it held true to my experience that every day in Iceland the landscape changes. Of course in this case, the change was more extreme. We did something I’ve not done here, which is hike around up to the top of the waterfall. We kept feeling like we
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Today the President of Iceland came to visit the set. He was supposed to have come once before but something came up. I didn’t get to meet him because I was lying on the floor working when he came in. People seem to like him.
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Well, I have no photos of Magnus’s party yet, so you can’t see Rob and me dolled up in our finery, but I can tell you that we had a good time. The theme of the party was James Bond, and everyone was either in tuxedos and evening dress or dressed as villians. It was
Yesterday we picked up Rob’s tuxedo for Magnus’s birthday party tonight. When he tried it on after we got home, it was the wrong size. So we spent a portion of today returning it and trying to get one that fit well. Fortunately the woman at the shop agreed with us that it did not
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In answer to your question. Do sixty-four percent of Icelanders really believe in trolls? No. The actual number is closer to eighty percent, but I thought that might not be as believable. Iceland Today – What’s on in Iceland – Elves More about Elves
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I’m not going to be posting any of the novel I’m working on till it’s finished because then I’d be tempted to rewrite. This month is all about just trying to get the words down on the page. But, I will post the first thirteen lines of a new short story. You guys are the
Rob and I have been discussing selling the house and moving out of the country. Looks like we’ll be doing it. We had talked about Germany or England, but now I’m thinking that Iceland looks good. So…anyone want a nice home in NE Portland?
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We’re so far ahead of the U.S. time zones that I’m having to wait forever to hear the results. The polls closed at five a.m. here. Now it’s 9:45 a.m., but they won’t even start counting in Ohio until three p.m. Everyone is talking about the election and wondering what the outcome will be.
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I shouldn’t need to tell you this but Stop reading this and go vote! Some of the Americans here are going down to the Embassy because their absentee ballots have not arrived yet. It’s hard to vote overseas, so those of you at home had darn well better take advantage of being able to hop
I decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month this year long before I was scheduled to come to Iceland. Like a crazy woman, I’ve decided to go ahead and try it even though Rob is coming out to visit me for 20 of the thirty-one days available this month for writing. I’ll have to
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Dana and Mark Reed came to join me for lunch this afternoon. They are some of the most interesting people that I’ve met here, but this is the first time I’ve spent any time with them outside of large groups. We talked about theater, the nature of puppetry, what interests us about our work, and
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I’m a happy, happy camper. He’ll be here on November 11th and will stay until November 30th. We arranged that yesterday, but I was on set all day so couldn’t tell you till now.
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