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noble genealogy

I was at my sisters place over christmas, and was reminded of my grandmother by this oilpainting of her (painted by Ragnhild Thrane in 1904). Her mother and father both had unusual family names, and for a laugh I thought I should see what I could find on that grand internet of ours.

January 1, 2012
back to squirrels & bones

Back in DC. Back to the bones, the squirrels and the schnapps.

April 26, 2011
oscar-yankee-alpha-zulu-charlie

oh, what joy!

March 27, 2011
up in the air!

My brother got his pilot licence; time for a spin above frozen denmark

January 2, 2011
norway, my stupidly beautiful country

Norway is stupidly beautiful. Sometimes there is no words left, and laugh is all you can do.

October 3, 2010
out in the woods

Alone in the woods, without internet, mobile coverage. What the mind does, when prevented from flitting, and chopping wood and dealing with one task at a time is the only option.

September 13, 2010
travels with/out internet

I travelled in South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand back in the dark ages before the internet. I remember my brother told me before I left, that in the future, I could use any computer anywhere in the world to talk to him. Back then I thought, but why would I want to?

July 29, 2010
bachelor thesis: a walk in the rift valley, four million years ago

Bachelor Thesis: The Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program Database: Relating scientific data through time and space. Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. Lars Bjørkevoll, Audun Hodnefjell, Bente Halvorsen

June 15, 2010
wildlife, geeklife

Work work – no time to sightseeing or go arty photographing. Little snippets, though.

April 24, 2010
days

Warmer days in D.C.

April 19, 2010
relatives and ancestors

australopithecus africanus, approx. 2.5 million years old

April 18, 2010
computers & bones

Back at the smithsonian institution, national museum of natural history in Washington D.C. In the anthro department we are again getting back to work among skeletons, sculls, dust and wonderful people.

April 16, 2010
lost in transition

Attempting to get from Oslo to Washington DC turned out to be troublesome this time: stuck in Oslo for nine hours, hotel in Newark for a few hours sleep. A cranky, knackered team got there in the end though. I hate transportation.

April 13, 2010
– au revoir, D.C.

D.C. is a strange city; it feels like a bubble. It is a smallish, administrative city in a very very large and powerful country. It is rather anonymous. It seems, in this city of administration, power and museums, people live here for a few years, and it gives the city a neutral feel. I am…

March 12, 2010
last days

the last days. heading home soon, from our little jaunt that got an unexpected two weeks extension. Good work done, fine people all around.

March 10, 2010
catch of the day

took a couple of hours off work, and went to the eastern marked. Colour, air. air & space.

March 7, 2010
the dead, the food & the living

Fine days, hard work. I am getting a blister on my neck from the chain for the ID card. I guess that means we’ve been here a while.

March 6, 2010
shelter from the storm

One of the boys ended up in hospital for a few days, and everything stopped for 48 hours or so. We had a glimpse into the health care system here, and it was – retrospectively – interesting. .

March 2, 2010
squirrels & nuts

Squirrels are the best pea-brains I know of. Oportunistic, curious, adaptable; and wonderfully forgetful. It always makes me smile when passing a tree, rock or building, with a little tree growing out of it. Forgotten nuts moves nature around. .

February 24, 2010
the show must go on

The museum of natural history is an endless inspiration: I wish so hard I would have had the time to sit down and draw all those wonderful things..

February 22, 2010
day at the museum

Plans changing, exciting days..

February 20, 2010
Washington D.C. revisited

Again; arrived safe and sound. D.C. is still buried under big piles of snow, and it was a close call wether the plane would land at Dulles or not, but a bit of luck there.

February 17, 2010
Snippets from the US of A

“America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.” – A. Toynbee –

February 5, 2010
home: -15°C / 5°F

Cold here. And a hellish journey from Göteborg airport.

January 9, 2010
in the city of Chicago …

Cold, mad & fab Chicago!

January 5, 2010

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