Category Archives: Travel

Light and Shadow

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

These photographs were taken in Wawona, just inside the south entrance to Yosemite National Park. April is warm this year.  Mornings in the 30′s, daytime temperatures sometimes reaching the 70′s.  A few days ago it snowed, though all traces are … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in Nature, Photography, Travel | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Yosemite in autumn

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

My family first came to Yosemite when I was a kid, and I’ve returned most years since then.  Mary and I started traveling to the park soon after we met and were able to get up here again this week. … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in Photography, Travel | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Njal’s Saga: an introduction

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

Those who follow this blog have seen messages and photographs from Iceland over the last two weeks.  Mary and I spent a week there with Robert Bella Wilhelm and two other storytellers.  Several decades ago, Robert and his wife, Kelly, … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in Books, Folklore, Myth, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

More photographs from Iceland

Posted on October 6, 2012 by

Here are a few more photographs from the week we spent in Iceland. In a few days I’ll write about our discussions of Icelandic sagas in general, and Njal’s Saga in particular, which framed and guided our travels through the … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in Photography, Travel | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Photographs from Iceland

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

We are back from a week in southern Iceland, which we spent studying one of the great sagas with a small group of storytellers.  We also visited places where this thousand year old drama unfolded. I’ll speak of Njal’s Saga … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Saemundur the Learned

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

Saemundur Sigfusson (1056–1133) was an Icelandic scholar, priest, and according to legend, sorcerer, who founded an important center of learning at the southern costal town of Oddi. He was known to have studied abroad, and many said he’d been at … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in Folklore, History, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments