On October 13th, my grandfather, Magnar Karolius Hanssen (known to his grand children & great-grandchildren as ‘Far’) passed away. Far had championed against a series of major and minor health issues over the last decade – some of which might have taken him much earlier if he hadn’t been so strong, both in body & [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
6 Jan
the greatest bits of the past few months
Happy New Year, everyone! (Godt Nyttår til dere i Norge.) As many of you have likely noticed, I’ve fallen quite behind on my blog postings since our trip to Sonoma in early November… Chalk it up to a busy schedule of studying and essay writing, a trip to LA, a string of visitors, holiday preparations, [...]
10 Oct
our first visitor (a photo collage)
Brad and I just returned from a great camping trip at the Portola Redwoods State Park… but more on that later. I’ve been meaning to write a post about my brother’s week-long visit in late September. Andre was our first guest of many, and it was so much fun showing him around – especially because [...]
12 Aug
the things i’ll miss (goodbye to Edmonton)
It’s been an insanely busy month (as evidenced by the long gap between posts)! One month ago, Brad drove the Mini – packed to the rafters – down to San Francisco to start his new job as an animator on Transformers 3 for Industrial Light & Magic (an incredible career opportunity! Needless to say, I’m [...]
4 Jul
bagels and smoked meat and jazz… oh my! (aka. my trip to Montréal)
I’ve just returned from a stellar trip to Montréal, where I visited my brother, André (who just graduated with a jazz degree from McGill), and part-took in as many of the great things the city has to offer as I could… We spent a lot of time just walking around… My favourite was our walk [...]
