Hello again,
We have now celebrated May 17th (the National day of Norway) where the weather changed from rain, snow, heavy wind to sunshine at the end of the day. A typical Norwegian spring day! But this didn't stop the Norwegians from celebrating the day ;)
I am so happy for the time we spent together with you all. It is amazing how good chemistry there is between us, although we have only spent two weekends together. Life is strange, but wonderful.
I must say I can't wait to see those pictures "everybody" are talking about.... - "the blonde beauty in the bathtub".
Hope to see you all again.
Love,
Rigmor
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Springtime, literature and cathedrals
Thank you all, members of Lincoln Book Club, for everything you did for us during our stay in Sheldon and surroundings! I'll never forget the bluebells, the discussions and the cathedrals in Norwich and by the sea. Nor the view from the kitchen window in Sheldon on the old church through the big trees. The mixture of a lot of time with informal convivialité and discussions where everybody had the opportunity to express their points of view, really pleased me. And I loved the physical activity you arranged for us - labyrinthine as well as qui gongish. What I didn't like was the loss of my jacket, but the insurance company is taking care of that now. I hope somebody in Norwich is happy to wear it!
By the way, I have just read a book about Berlusconi's Italy (Simon Ekern, a norwegian journalist), and I now understand that life can be very complicated and frustrating in real life - not only in novels.
By the way, I have just read a book about Berlusconi's Italy (Simon Ekern, a norwegian journalist), and I now understand that life can be very complicated and frustrating in real life - not only in novels.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Lincoln/Norwegian Book Club Weekend in Norfolk!
Hi all,
I just want to say a big thank you to you all for the fun weekend in Norfolk with the Norwegians! How many book club's can say they are twinned with a Norwegian bookclub. I was explaining this to Trevor this afternoon and his comment was "That's bizarre"! The conversations and the connections that we had this weekend were very satisfying and enriching. The discussions on 'Shyness and Dignity' and 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' were so interesting when the cultural aspects of the novels were expanded upon. The good food and wine and general mucking in together made it such a pleasure. I shall look forward to the next reunion with our Norwegian friends. There was talk of an Italian trip as Karina does a lot of tours there, wouldn't that be fun?!
Shelton house was shabby chic at it's best. Thanks to the advance party who cleaned up the mucky dishes and readied the house and dinner for those picking up the Norwegians. It was most welcome after the traffic nightmare from Cambridge.
I hope you all have had a safe journey home! I have Rachel's postcards and much of Heather's things. Pam found a silver bangle that I think she still has. I'm going to try to email all the settings to you all again so that you can log on as contributors. I wonder if someone can email this to the Norwegians to and then I am going to look into how to post pictures! To make up for my consignment to the maid's room, I had a wonderful bath this morning in the lovely old fashioned bath on the second floor - Pam, Heather, Margot and Kari came in to take pictures of me resplendant in bubbles! And Kari took some lovely pics of the bluebell wood outside by the pond and the morning tai chi sessions(actually it was qigong). I will send you a link to a picasa album so that we can put our photos all together online as I know I would like some of the fotos that others took esp in Southwold. and Please add your comments and observations here too so I am not the only author!!! x Paige
I just want to say a big thank you to you all for the fun weekend in Norfolk with the Norwegians! How many book club's can say they are twinned with a Norwegian bookclub. I was explaining this to Trevor this afternoon and his comment was "That's bizarre"! The conversations and the connections that we had this weekend were very satisfying and enriching. The discussions on 'Shyness and Dignity' and 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' were so interesting when the cultural aspects of the novels were expanded upon. The good food and wine and general mucking in together made it such a pleasure. I shall look forward to the next reunion with our Norwegian friends. There was talk of an Italian trip as Karina does a lot of tours there, wouldn't that be fun?!
Shelton house was shabby chic at it's best. Thanks to the advance party who cleaned up the mucky dishes and readied the house and dinner for those picking up the Norwegians. It was most welcome after the traffic nightmare from Cambridge.
I hope you all have had a safe journey home! I have Rachel's postcards and much of Heather's things. Pam found a silver bangle that I think she still has. I'm going to try to email all the settings to you all again so that you can log on as contributors. I wonder if someone can email this to the Norwegians to and then I am going to look into how to post pictures! To make up for my consignment to the maid's room, I had a wonderful bath this morning in the lovely old fashioned bath on the second floor - Pam, Heather, Margot and Kari came in to take pictures of me resplendant in bubbles! And Kari took some lovely pics of the bluebell wood outside by the pond and the morning tai chi sessions(actually it was qigong). I will send you a link to a picasa album so that we can put our photos all together online as I know I would like some of the fotos that others took esp in Southwold. and Please add your comments and observations here too so I am not the only author!!! x Paige
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