Snow kids

Horse Girl

Palestine.

I had an interesting opportunity to talk to two women from the Middle East. They told about their daily life, their hopes and the chances for peace. Slim, I think at the moment.

And did those feet in ancient times, walk upon England’s pastures green ?

This weekend was a weekend filled with events and activities. As you can see from the photo I went for a ride on an Icelandic horse.. in the snow. Sandra came to and it continuing the horse interest.. showing all the skills transmitted by uncle Kieron in NZ. Perhaps the horse gene has jumped across. Then followed a Thorrablot – traditional Icelandic delicatess. Ummm. I made the smoked sheep, sheep’s head and pickled herring, but passed on the rotten shark and the rams testicles !!!
Eirikur and I were invited for a male bonding moment... to watch the 6 Nations rugby; England against France.
England beat France.
Yes, I repeat.
England beat France.
Now, it must be said that not every team gets to beat the French, except perhaps the Argentinians, but let’s not make too much of that. Suffice to say that England beat the French.

Complexity reading

At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity, Stuart Kauffman.
Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds, Mitchel Resnick.
Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology, Ricard Sole.
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos, Mitchell Waldrop.

Blog silence ended

I have blogged since we all got back from NZ. We had a a simply super time and its very theraputic to go over and sort out the photos (over 700 .... a miracle of the digital age.).
Now the days are flying by. Despite the cold and totally crazy weather, it is getting lighter in the evenings, which proves that the days are getting longer.
School has started and so has work on my Masters project. Busy, busy, busy.
We have had a great weekend with the kids doing sledging and building snow forts.
Eirikur and I had a good time playing badmington. Sandra is helping in the kitchen (Afi Tony please note :) ) and helped to bake an apple pie.
Nice one.