Year 2020 has seen the loss of two valued persons from the family and the group of friends. Hence, coming to the end of the year, this is a good occasion to remember them and all fond memories that come along. Margareta Ramstedt was Erik's
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a much happier New Year 2021! We were lucky in the sense that we could go to Denmark and celebrate Christmas with my mother - after taking a negative corona test. Most days in Denmark was spent on
Due to an eye surgery on our oldest dog Glitnir, this weekend was once again spent in Denmark. After moving back from Iceland, it is no longer possible to get sickness insurance for them in Sweden (they are too old), and therefore it's much cheaper
This Saturday morning was spent in Tisvilde Hegn, Denmark taking part in sled dog training. Michelle N. Petersen joined me on this early morning trip, and Bo and Susan from Kennel Ulvedalen provided the sled dogs and the training - and coffee, bread, and good
This weekend was spent at Lena and Calle's estate in the woods of Risveden, Skepplanda. Weather was at its best with beautiful autumn colours, sunny weather and crispy temperatures (minus degrees at night). It very much resembles the magical woods described in the John Bauer
We had a visit by a good friend and colleague, Daniel Larsson between the 4 – 7 October. He is working in northern Sweden and came all the way down to Gothenburg for a 3-days visit. Daniel is one of the top three geologists at
In mid August, Erik and I decided spontaneously to go on one week's visit to Jämtland in central Sweden. We have friends living up there and Erik has his Impact Crater project in the area. Hence, this gave us the chance to stay at our
While Erik was touring around Iceland on various fieldwork projects, I spent all July at my mother's place in Gundsømagle, Roskilde in Denmark. I have been absolutely overworked for a very long period, and the corona stress on top of it didn't help much. It
In November 2019, Erik and I had a severe accident with our old Toyota Landcruiser and in many ways lucky to still be alive. We are not the first to be in an accident in Iceland due to snowy slippery roads. Quite many of our
It was my turn to become 50 this year. I had actually hoped and planned to have a big party to celebrate it. Not much to do about increasing age except accepting and embracing it. Hopefully, we all become wiser with age. Anyhow, due to an