A Paradise for Chamber Music Festivals
This summer has been almost back to normal. We have shadows hanging over us with pricing going up on food and gas and our farmers in danger of losing their livelihood
Hans Christian Andersen’s Museum in Odense, Denmark
If you were unaware of Hans Christian Andersen's life and work you would not be much wiser after visiting his museum
Summer Adventures With Public Transportation
This summer, my daughter gave me a one-week train pass to use infinitely for a week. I used it intensely most of the first week of July. Going by car for years, I needed to learn which track the train departed from and if the destination was correct. Gas prices have increased so much that I learned to use public […]
Mini Potatoes
My twin brother’s English pen pal came to visit us in the late 1960s. She was on a permanent diet to lose weight but loved sweets and cakes. My father once gave her dinner on a plate with a few tiny potatoes, newly dug up in our garden. He could be hilarious. The sight of little potatoes will forever remind […]
Our Cathedral in Copenhagen
Waking in Copenhagen, I like to go inside to look where it’s possible to enter freely. Between using children and grandchildren, I take time for long walks. Joining in, I realised that I had not been to the cathedral for many years since I no longer live in Copenhagen. Seeing the colossal marble statue of Christ, I remembered a story […]
The Island of Møn
As a child in the 1951s, my parents twice rented modest places at Møn for our summer holidays. At the time, we would never know in advance what to expect. The advertisements found in the newspapers had to be cheap for rent. My twin brother and I were never disappointed, though. We never thought about the standard. Refrigerators were not […]
Ordrupgaard Collection
We have a treasure at this museum a few miles north of Copenhagen #1 Danish Golden Age painters in the original building #2 Special exhibition on Swedish Anders Zorn autumn 2021 #3 French impressionist paintings owned by Ordrupgaard in a new building beneath the ground The Gauguin baby head has a story. Paul Gauguin was married to a Danish woman […]
Fishermen´s Wives in Copenhagen
As long as Copenhagen’s existence, fish has played a significant role in the harbours. Not so much anymore as the last Fisherman’s Wife selling fish at “Gammel Strand” in central Copenhagen retired in 2008. I vaguely remember them selling fish from trips to Copenhagen in my early childhood. A historical archive in Copenhagen has a collection of photos from the […]
A Copenhagen Mansion’s History
This visit reminded me of my childhood visits with my mother to the original city museum and of my job as a Health Visitor in Copenhagen
My Maileg Dollhouse
This post is dedicated to my Australian blogging friend Poul Soren. It touched me that he reached out to me regarding my last post on modern (expensive) nostalgic toys without mentioning the spelling error in the post’s title. This post might be like a repetition of the last one, but the photos shown here are my home collection. I have […]
From one Heart to Another 