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Tag: midwinter
Feeding the ‘Fjøssnissen’ and your imagination in a Norwegian biodynamic farm during Christmas Eve
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 […]
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 […]
Pomegranate: the fruit of Yalda, Yule and Yin
First of all, let me wish you a happy Solstice and Merry Christmas. This week I had experienced several sort of Winter Solstice celebrations. Our yoga tribe did a special “yoga session” with externals introducing […]