I’m officially done with Roving and my Fulbright. It’s been an amazing year. We’ll be in Norway (and traveling Europe) until the end of July and then we transition back to living in the US again. Even though I’m done Roving, I still have more to share about the experience and so I will return […]
Sunday afternoon I avoided the SAS strike and took a plane from Oslo to Trondheim. From there, I flew on what are now my favorite planes, a tiny Widerøe 39 seater. The first time I landed on an island in Norway, I wasn’t sure what I had gotten myself into. It was windy and rainy […]
As I make my way through Norway, more and more often I am asked what things I want to take back with me, what the biggest differences I see between Norwegian and American schools, and what I like best about both systems. I’m nearing the end of my time traveling to schools, so I thought […]
I love lists. They might be one of my favorite things to create. Lists of things I need to do for the day/week/month/year. Lists of things I’ve completed. Checking off each box once it’s done is a wonderful sense of accomplishment. Since it’s the new year, it’s all about lists. People are reflecting on what […]
A few weeks ago I was in Honningsvåg. I was there the last day the sun rose until January. Today as I sit in a cafe in Mølde and wait for the next class I am teaching I am watching it get darker at 12:30. When I walked to school at 8:00 this morning it […]