Before and around Christmas, I spent three to four days in a beautiful, magical valley in the Norwegian mountains, about a four-hour train ride from Oslo, followed by another one-hour car ride. I stayed with […]
Category: Norwegian stories
Flowing with Eglė: Ash, Blood, Passover, Sacrifice
As aforementioned, this spring and summer, we are combining the method of Writing (with) plants with the Flowing with Eglė – Project, where we create a new eco-myth. In this old myth, different human characters […]
Ecofeminism anno 2025: Water-Land Interfaces and the Emergence of Hydrofeminism
As we celebrate International Women’s Day each year, it has become a tradition for me to delve into the dynamic realm of ecofeminism, sharing insights, theories, activities, and projects that intersect environmental advocacy with feminist […]
Cold Sophie, the Ice Saint, and the Cailleagh: Tracing the Divine Feminine Through Ice and Myth
One of my ongoing projects is exploring stories of the divine feminine in Europe, often hidden within the veils of local folklore, mythology, and the lives of saints. My journey takes me to the edges […]
An Ash Tree in Os – a feminist science fiction story about grief and loss – got published
“I stared out at the swamp, the master cook of nature and the grave of many. I could feel the wounds of the swamp, like I felt my bruises. The swamp and I were full […]
The water lily, the serpent and the nøkk, an ecofeminist trinity?
This website celebrates it’s 6th birthday today. Since I decided around autumn equinox 2018 to be vulnerable and share my observations, experiences and thoughts about deep human nature connection, the website has been changing a […]
Flash fiction: Marta + Mjøsa
The woman at the edge : In the beginning, you think your story is about loyalty. Perhaps about true love. About becoming someone’s rock. You would be one of these thousands of virgins waiting at […]
The huldra – places in Gjøvik with traces of wood nymphs
Some summers ago I got to know about the Huldra, a Norwegian forest creature (in Swedish: skogsrå, which can be translated as the guardian of the forest) and the Norwegian word Bergtatt. Since then, I […]
Sacred garden trees, pt. 3: an ash tree in Gjøvik
Two weeks ago, I took the bus for 15 minutes, just out of Gjøvik, and walked another 15 minutes to reach @indalforestretreat .Plan: receiving, being in the presence. No wifi. And getting out of my winter cocoon. […]
a musing: evergreens in Christmas songs, midwinter poems and cultural heritage
Traditionally, the spruce is the Christmas tree in the North-West of Europe, but this is not always the evergreen with is the subject of christmas carols. In Flanders, we have a famous christmas song about […]