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    Chocolate Chip Cookies
    December 14, 2017 astrid

    Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Juicy inside, crispy outside. Free from: Sugar, gluten , dairy artificial sweeteners, concentrates, additives Full of: Real food, taste and delight   Ingredients 1 dl extra virgin coconut oil 6 tbsp puréed dates (soak and pit before use) 2 tsp vanilla extract 6 dl full fat almond or other gluten free flour 1/2 tsp Himalaya- …

    Badass gone good, and a 1000 year old church in Chester
    April 2, 2016 astrid

    Badass gone good, and a 1000 year old church in Chester

    What is it about the small, quite insignificant looking building on the corner of Lower Bridge and St. Olave streets in Chester? Bearing, but not showing the name of the patron saint of Norway, St. Olav, who took on the kingship of Norway exactly 1000 years ago. Nothing, it would seem, judging from its inconspicuous …

    Publishing Success
    March 27, 2014 astrid

    Publishing Success

      Show me a writer who doesn’t want publishing success, and I will eat both her and my laptop.  3 things to set you on the path to publishing success started me considering more thoroughly  why the wish to be published is both important and legitimate. I realized that there are multifarious (where has that word been all my …

    Indian Soap Opera
    February 15, 2014 astrid

    Indian Soap Opera

    Or: 79 steps to clean clothes or:Bum scratching man and his disgusted missus In India, 53.3 % of the households sport a mobile phone, less than 20 % own a washer and only 11.9 % have access to a toilet connected to a sewage system. Clean tap water is not an Indian authority priority and …

    Travelling Light
    December 21, 2013 astrid

    Travelling Light

    I don’t think I’ll ever become a light traveller. Believe me, I’ve tried: I limit shoes and clothes to a minimum and I have a PhD in finding travel sized items: toothbrush, shampoo, lotion, flash light, towel, computer, you name it. I even remove all unnecessary packaging, and apart from my guide books, all my …

    Incredible India
    December 3, 2013 astrid

    Incredible India

    I never thought I had the capacity to perspire much, but I’m in the process of learning otherwise. India, however tenuous its claims to democracy may be in many respects, is equally generous to everyone when it comes to the opportunity to perspire and expire. Perched on my seat in a war- and weather beaten …

    Turkish Delights
    September 23, 2013 astrid

    Turkish Delights

    “I don’t understand Turkey”, I said, when I finally came up for air. The hotel attendant’s apperently simple question: “What do you think about our country?” had hit me in the gut and left me dumbfounded. He threw back his head and laughed: “No one understands Turkey, not even us Turks!” Which is not hard …

    Pro Animal
    July 9, 2013 astrid

    Pro Animal

    I’d simply had a smashing day: I’d been peed, pooped, and to top it all off, vomited on. And not only had I instantly forgiven the monster that did this to me, I’d even held it, petted it and fallen head-over-heals in love with it. The I-wanna-be-your-mum-provokingly adorable Rollie, together with his sister Rosali, was …

    All About Attitude
    May 10, 2013 astrid

    All About Attitude

    Standing on the side of the road, knee deep in muddy soil, amidst patches of snow and ice, she takes a load of shit.  Most people don’t even see her, and if they do, pay her no attention as they hasten by. Unwittingly spraying her with their murky waters. Unknowingly missing out on her magic …

    Shit Shake
    May 10, 2013 astrid

    Shit Shake

    A Shit Shake is a shake to shake shit off. It may be used in all kinds of situations, with all kinds of shit. Shit Shaking has the advantage of relieving you of the shit something or someone has imposed on you, in the process reawakening and strengthening all the happy muscles in your system. …