Archangels and Angelica
Blog, Features, Articles, IcelandA half crazed warrior Thorgeir and his poet brother Thormod were in the Icelandic mountains picking angelica for their soups, […]
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Feast and Famine: Icelandic “Moss”
Blog, Features, Articles, IcelandIn Iceland, vast swathes of silvery moss spread over endless stretches of land which has been ripped up by volcanic
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Independent People: Iceland, Fire and (pr)ice
Blog, Features, Articles, Iceland“The love of freedom and independence has always been characteristic of the Icelandic People.” Independent People, by Halldor Laxness, Nobel
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Iceland’s geothermal standard
Blog, Features, Articles, IcelandAfter visiting the geothermal glasshouses in Flúðir, Iceland, and hearing about rising electricity costs despite all the waterfalls and geothermal
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Cormorant on the Westman Islands, Iceland
Iceland, PoetryHe hangs out his wings to dry
soggy his dive
lazy on lava he loiters, waits
for whatever flounder dare wander
in harbour waters
beneath his razor-sharp rock.
Hungry, daggerbeak hook-tipped
aloof
quick wing-tuck, neck-stretch
so sudden the plunge to survive.
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