• Imperfection? Yes, of course!

    sabi the coon

    Perfection isn’t found in straight lines, but in slightly outward-pointing paws, messy hair, purring, and the rain tapping against the window. This is Sabi—my beautiful, imperfect cat. When we got her, she was almost four months old – absolutely hilarious, with huge ears, long legs, and a tail dragging on the floor. After a few days at home, I noticed that her paws were pointing outward somehow. We took her to the vet, did X-rays… everything was fine. They explained that because Maine Coons are heavy cats, if they jump from a higher place while they are still very small, this kind of twist in the joints can happen.…

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  • Life is all about itself

    life is all about itself

    “The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”

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  • Wool forever

    wool

    In Norway, there is an organization that helps people find very old houses and breathe new life into them; they can even help with some of the renovation costs. But I am not going to tell you about them, but about the fact that there is a very big chance that if you open the walls of some two hundred year old house, you will find an old woolen sweater or parts of woolen clothes between its logs. Here, especially in the coastal areas, the weather is damp, the climate is harsh, and the houses are wooden. In the old wooden houses (lafteverk), they used whatever nature gave for…

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  • Yutori

    Yutori

    Believe it or not, I’m 50 (wow, even saying that out loud, it still sounds like I’m talking about someone else). Last year, I learned about...

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