At The End Of Yool 2011...

The table is empty except for some nipses... the bluish pottery at the chair was made by me at school more than 40 years ago...

My mom's 1st pine from her own garden is left alone at a corner... on the wall hangs pictures of my sister, her husband and their seven children (when they were young, fresh rascals).

I'm Dreaming Of A ...Er...

Greenish Yool? Only frost here today north of Dröbak...:-((

Ho-Ho-Ho (Me)... Have you been nice this year?:-)) If so: Merry Yoool !!!

100 Years Ago (Part 2)

Brutalized system of bringing up children before 1911. Katzenjammer Kids  first appearing in my country in 1911 changed all that... it seems! Just two years later women were allowed to vote and soon children also got their rights! "Knoll og Tott 100 år i Norge" at sale here now at Tronsmo - get it before Yool!

What To Buy Yourself This Time Of The Year?

Why not probably the greatest beginners keyboard: Yamaha PSR E423. Remember to add a headphone set - then you won't disturb your neighbours that perhaps otherwise will think that The Third World War has begun, and besides you won't hear any bombs going off in your city. I bought mine in June at Norsk Musikk Instrument AS (Oslo) for only NOK 2495 (about just 400 dollars!) to celebrate 2 years with unemployment, no women to push me around, and of course: The Brightest Day of the year (Solistice).