In 2002, we fell in love with Alaska and purchased property near Fairbanks. Our Alaska log home was built in 2003 by Bill Kisken of Log Weavers here in Fairbanks. Bill is an artist, who uses the hand scribed Swedish cope system. Notice how tightly the logs fit at the ends, this is very diffucult to achieve. We retired in 2013, and moved our residence to Alaska.


January 5, 2011

Kardemommeloven

I just came across a wonderful children's book in Norwegian from the 1950's. Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by by Thorbjørn Egner. It's a fictional town where there is only one law: Kardemommeloven (The Cardamom Act).
The law is simple:

Man skal ikke plage andre,
(One should not bother others,)
man skal være grei og snill,
(you should be nice and kind,)
og for øvrig kan man gjøre hva man vil.
(and otherwise you can do whatever you want.)

It's now a famous expression in Norway. I love it.


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