Scandinavia

  • Cozy Survival: Making a Home in the Wilds

    Cozy Survival: Making a Home in the Wilds

    Lately, I’ve been running across books that instruct by example how to eke out survival while making a comfortable home. Cozy survival, if you will. In January, my apartment had a gas leak that caused a lapse in hot water and heating. Winter suddenly became very wintry. Luckily, I felt more prepared to weather the… Continue reading

  • My Bloody Lutefisk: The Scandinavian Mystery Boom

    What with so many Scandinavian crime writers getting translated lately, a trip down the mystery aisle has been getting more and more like a visit to IKEA. I mean seriously – you be the judge: SCANDINAVIAN CRIME WRITER, or IKEA FURNISHING? ALÄNG                              6. BOHOLMEN             FOSSUM                           7. KARLJOHAN BIRKELAND                     8. NESSER NESBØ                               9. KJELL KNUTAS                          10. HAGALUND 1.)  … Continue reading