Botanisk Hage in Oslo – Katja Malmborg

Oslo (ii)

111 The greenhouses in the Oslo university botanic garden are not large, no, quite small actually, and old. Two beautiful metal, wood and glass structures, one tropical with three separate wings, and the other a temperate palm house. When I first entered the wing with the water lily pond in the tropical green house, IContinue reading “Oslo (ii)”

Oslo (i)

99 This morning, I had a Zoom hang with half of my former master’s class. It was such a wonderful community, the group of people I got my master’s degree with back in 2015. Now, sitting by my kitchen table, it felt like such an amazing thing, to be able to connect across space andContinue reading “Oslo (i)”

geographies of belonging (i)

11 A while back, we read “Barmark” by Malin Nord in my book club, a novel about loss, legacy and belonging. It is painful and sad and during the club meeting we mostly spoke about how strong emotions can be carried down, from mother to daughter, in generations. But what I myself remember most strongly,Continue reading “geographies of belonging (i)”