We are still very much winterlocked and ice worn in Asker, but it was beautiful today.

Mama: "No. ONE. One-two-three. ONE. One-two-three." And so I try again, to keep in step, to keep up. Her grasp is firm. For a moment I lose panic and we whirl as snowflakes fall, as they always fall. Two tiny people in a snow globe. "Hooked on a feeling...high on believing."

Jeg tenker mye disse dager om hva det betyr å være #pårørende. På rørende. Å være rørt. Å røre. Å være den som tar røret. Å ro. Å prøve å finne ro, gi ro, holde roen.

Things that Darwin hated, a 🧵 To Charles Lyell, 1st Oct 1861 But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.— I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything

After years of putting some of Darwin's wisest quotes on cakes, this year I chose his most relatable. Let us never forget that Darwin was human. Masterpiece, no? 😂 Happy Darwin Day.

More than three quarters of great skuas gone theguardian.com/environment/20…

A bit of bright news in Alzheimer's research - steps closer to a non-invasive and early diagnostic test. google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…

I saw this hanging in a secondhand shop I frequent, and what's not to love? Owls! Preloved! Preloved owls that scream existential angst in a very Edvard Munch kind of way. Yes, it's coming home with me. Apparently the artist is Thai.

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost Photo by Elin Høyland

Nothing to add to this.

I share my story because maybe someone is struggling to believe that hope can find them again. Or that they are less of a beautiful human being or unlovable for what they are feeling. I do it because at one time, I felt these things too. #allmywildmothers womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/a463…

Psst! Want to know more about #flashfiction? Our online series with Open University English & Creative Writing, The Long and Short of It, starts Mon 4/3 at 7.30pm. Book now: mklitfest.org/long-and-short… to learn more from Electra Rhodes - writes a bit/archaeologises a bit + Jupiter Jones #creativewriting #shortstories #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Looking forward to this tonight!

We're moving. It's my 1st house as an adult - student dorms & apartments since I was 17. I'll have my own room to set up as an office and retreat. Right now I've a small desk wedged next to a chest of drawers in the bedroom, out of necessity, and it is not productive.

The first blackbird sang two days ago, and the pussy willows are out. There may still be snow and ice, but we are marching steadfastly into spring. Of course, last year it still was snowing in April, but I do believe the tide has turned.

I am intrigued by the upcoming exhibit of Britta Marakatt-Labba at the National Museum in Oslo on nature and Sami culture, her use of needlework, and in particular the focused talk on this piece, The Crows. nasjonalmuseet.no/utstillinger-o…

What’s your most tedious bit of niche pedantry, the one that would make people back away from you with fear in their eyes? Mine is that ‘lesser spotted’ doesn’t mean ‘not often seen’ so much as ‘small and spotty’.

Crow country, of a kind: a fascinating exhibit of Britta Marakatt-Labba's activist needlework nasjonalmuseet. Crows represent darkness in Sámi culture. In this case, the hundreds of Norwegian police officers flown in to remove peaceful protestors trying to save the river.

I came across this little auk in the neighborhood, as one does. Reader, it was love at first sight, and though I am sad that it was collected to start with, I decided to give it a place in our new home. What places you have been, little buddy. I hope to find a way back myself.

Our #conservation article on traffic mortality of wild forest reindeer is now published in Nature Conservation, in time for your holiday reading. Thanks, Milla Niemi and Metsähallitus. shorturl.at/SflZy