If the unexamined life is not worth living, why the hell are we all here? Indulge me in a little lunchtime philosophy.

        CocoPuffs have been outlawed in Iceland. It seems the US made version causes obesity.  Obam… Read full post »

      So, glad to be home!  I finished the last sentence and closed my journal.  Bebe kept trying to read it all the way back from New York. She's so nosy. I put my journal in my train case.  That one I still cannot figure out.  Why I need a train… Read full post »

       "Will you be my girlfriend and marry me, Soley?"  Bjorney asked with a grin.

       "No, go away!" I replied.

       "But, I am the right guy for you, open your eyes and you will see that!"

 &nb… Read full post »

        "Here she comes, the uber mother with six ducklings in tow", I think to myself. "Why did I agree to this? Coffee with the queen of Schaedenfraude"

        I hate… Read full post »

         It's hard to describe, this view. To many, it seems boring, the same everyday. Lava fields, ocean, fishing boats, dark skies.  Each has it's own magic that changes everyday. You just have to look for it.

    &nbs… Read full post »

    The fire works have ended.   The old year lays his head down on the soft pillow of time.  He covers himself in the blankets of history and sighs his last breathe....tempis fugit....

      Baby New Y… Read full post »

    We don't have Thanksgiving here due to the lack of Pilgrims in the 1600's. Somehow the thought of Miles Standish and friends mingling with our ancestors makes me giggle.  I can envision a debate over who had the sillier hats. Our times living in the states did make u… Read full post »

     I have always believed that kids do not have an internal editor, like adults do. They have something to say and out it comes. Often with brutal honesty. Sometimes funny, insightful and full of wisdom beyond their years.

     "My friend has two mothers, it'… Read full post »

      I needed an empty box.  That's what led me down the stairs to the creepy basement of the care home. I had been down there hundreds of times for supplies or to the laundry room to search for a resident's lost sweater.

    I never had need of a bo… Read full post »

       My friends used to tell me I had an easy job...just show up at the event, write a story, go home. Fashion shows, school meetings, grand openings It worked out that way at first, then I got bored. I hooked onto freelancing and stringing for asso… Read full post »

      The skies rush into darkness, faster, faster till the last bit of daylight is sucked away in the greedy black hole of November skies. I greet the darkness with a smile. 

      Another November, far away, light by a bonfire a little girl in… Read full post »

    "Dear Annika,

      Hello, I am still here in the states.  I miss everyone.  I am in school. I am supposed to be writing the sentences on the board.  I finished it, so I thought I would write to you.  It is cold here. I am still upset I… Read full post »

         I put the little pink backpack in the donate pile.  It was an impulse buy that I tried to rationalize because I needed a new one. It was cute.

        Ally laughed when she saw it.

     &… Read full post »

       I swear the next time my father has to go to the US to fix a machine because some idiot put it together backwards, I will run away to Greenland.  Daddy can go to that crazy place all by himself.  I'll stay here. I can get by on my own. … Read full post »

                 "They 've infiltrated our school Poppi, this is terrible!" cried Sherri.

                 I was sitting on the coffee table… Read full post »

      "Please, try to behave, do not get into mischief, try to fit in! I do not want to be called to this school for your behaviour," my mother barked out the orders in Icelandic as she tied my hat strings tightly under my chin. "No nonsense young lady! Do not… Read full post »

      Did you ever have one of those days when everything that could possibly go wrong did?

      It's been like that for the past few months.  Since 22 May 2011. Volcano Day.  I'm not blaming the volcano in any way.  I am just using it… Read full post »

        Text Message recieved 540pm Iceland time.

      Erika in NY:  So how is doomsday party going? Just Talked to BEBE about the wedding....

      PoppiIS: We are watching Lady Gaga vids. Its a Gaga Gala. I'm… Read full post »

      Lissa and I didn't really have much in common except a disease. Endometriosis, a sneaky disorder that causes a lot of pain and sometimes sorrow.

     We met at the doctor's office, each there for a routine check up.  We began chatting to pass t… Read full post »

      Mother's Day always brings mixed feelings for those of us that have "failed" in the birthing department.  Notice the quotation marks around failed.  Those belong to those smug ladies who look at the childess as if they were an alien species, a letdown for all… Read full post »

       Dear Osama Bin Laden,

       Hello, it's me, Poppi, the infidel in Iceland.  The girl that wanted to get you with the kill shot.  Unfortunately, some Navy Seals beat me to it. God Bless their perfect marksmanship. Number 1 w… Read full post »

          Bebe is getting married again.   We are heading towards full blown wedding mode. 

         For Bebe, this means making lots of lists of things to… Read full post »

         So, I am back after my two month hiatus from OS.  I have 751 messages in my inbox. 

         I tend to disappear when I feel overwhelmed. When things get to be too much, I start to shut down.  It'… Read full post »

     I've always wanted to be a princess since I was a little girl. It sounds like the perfect job. A castle, nice clothes, travel, a little crown to wear on my head.

   It seemed like the perfect life.

   I loved studying history and anything about… Read full post »

       I felt like I was entering a foreign country when I logged on today. I forgot my password. It's been so long.  I had to keep typing in these strange words, and messing them up completely because I forgot to change the keyboard to English. So I gave up and… Read full post »