ShareThere is football and then there is FOOTBALL. When I moved to Denmark I knew I would be gaining new experiences but I also knew I would be sacrificing some things dear to me, things that give comfort and a familiar sense of “home”. One of those things is American football. What Americans call soccer, Europeans call football. But in (read more…)
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27
Jan
2013
American Football in Denmark
ShareI measure the year in the usual ways that most people do, but also in terms of the liturgical year. In the late autumn and early winter, that means I observe the four weeks of the Advent season that precede Christmas. It truly is a time of waiting. Here in Denmark it begins about two or three weeks after the (read more…)
Read moreShareThe US state of California is the ninth largest economy in the world (and Southern California within it is the 15th largest!). It is the home of Hollywood and the golden film industry. It is a place of mammoth redwood and sequoia trees that leave one speechless in awe as well as deserts of fame and beaches that have inspired (read more…)
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11
Dec
2012
Christmas in Copenhagen: The Julemarked
ShareYour heart swells to unimaginable size when you stand in front of the brilliantly lit Balsam Fir Christmas tree in Fanueil Hall in Quincy Market near Boston Harbor. The tree is annually donated by Nova Scotia to the city. I get that same feeling in front of the Christmas tree in Copenhagen’s Rådhuspladsen or City Hall Plaza. It is the (read more…)
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15
Nov
2012
Election 2012: Good Morning Denmark!
Share It is a bright morning in America, Denmark and the entire European Union because U.S. President Barack H. Obama has been re-elected. Normally I pass presidential elections quietly by voting and then that Tuesday night I watch movies and awaken the next morning to see if I got my wish. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook (read more…)
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