‘Never wear your best pants when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.’ – Henrik Ibsen. But always save your best chair for yourself. Made in Norway says a lot To say something is made in Norway says a lot. It has a population of little more than five million, more than a […]
How many stars are there in the Milky Way? “Billions and billions,” as Carl Sagan often said. More precisely scientists say, there is a range of 100 to 400 billion, with dark matter accounting for the difference in numbers. Astronomers from the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore estimate there are 70 thousand […]
It was just one of those winter days When the clouds hang low and the world seems grey; perhaps the earth is still asleep and covered by its blanket of clouds. There is a somber peace in the grayness and the thought that summer seems far away and spring more so. That is when I […]
Too often, a New Year’s Resolution is made to be broken. But sometimes a tiny bit of the promise is kept. The wonderful thing about keeping the promise is that a whole new you is created. I have borrowed my resolution from Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who found inspiration […]
“It is said that the winters in Scandinavia are so cold that even the Good Humor man is in a bad mood.” For a spot that is only three degrees south of the Arctic Circle, the winter climate of Ikornnes on Norway’s western coastline, where Stressless recliners are designed and made, is more temperate […]
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