þriðjudagur, maí 17, 2005
Los Otros
Gerður has been nominated as "parent of the year" in the Reykjavík school system (grunnskólar Reykjvaíkur). The award ceremony is this afternoon and people have been calling to maku absolutely sure she will attend. The radio station has invited her to come for an interview. I hink she might hav gotten it! She certainly deserves it.
Gerður has been nominated as "parent of the year" in the Reykjavík school system (grunnskólar Reykjvaíkur). The award ceremony is this afternoon and people have been calling to maku absolutely sure she will attend. The radio station has invited her to come for an interview. I hink she might hav gotten it! She certainly deserves it.
sunnudagur, maí 01, 2005
The last few months have been strange in many ways, moving from Otrateigur, where we had lived for more than 14 years, going through that fire, dealing with other everyday problems that I won´t go into now, and growing older all the time. I feel like I have not been able to think about the details since I am so busy in my work, more than ever since now I´m also worrying about money, again.
Sundays are nice, the frantic week over, next one not here yet: I feel like I have been swimming underwater for a while, now I stick my head out and suck in the air, delicious, semiclean air, mixed with the aroma from downstairs (cleaning smells after the fire) and the smell of onions, cellery, ginger and garlic from my hands (preparing Sunday(chinese) dinner). The boys are here with me, one is on line in a game that demands his total attention apparently, the other one watching the rest of a movie, that he couldn´t finish last night (National Treasure). Had an appopintment on line I believe. I´m reading a book, again by Katherinu Neville, this one called the Magic Circle, 1998. I think I mentioned before her book called “the Eight”, similar to but better than the da Vinci Code. This author is interested in words and their origins, very much up my alley. Gerður has been arranging books all day and now she is reading one, What else is there?
Back to that book. The author talsk about the 2 different meanings of the word gift in Germanic and Celtic languages, one like in English the other meaning is poison. She does not mention the third, which is married/marriage, etc. The Icelandic að gifta is of course derived from að gefa, give someone in marriage. The word gift also exists in Icelandic as it stands and means gáfa(talent) or hamingja (happiness) in addition to gjöf and to be married. Important derivatives of the original Indo-European root (ghabh) are give, forgive, able, habit, exhibit, inhabit, malady, prohibit, due, duty and endeavor!
And now I shall return to my new kitchen, that I´m still getting used to and will have to improve soon....
Sundays are nice, the frantic week over, next one not here yet: I feel like I have been swimming underwater for a while, now I stick my head out and suck in the air, delicious, semiclean air, mixed with the aroma from downstairs (cleaning smells after the fire) and the smell of onions, cellery, ginger and garlic from my hands (preparing Sunday(chinese) dinner). The boys are here with me, one is on line in a game that demands his total attention apparently, the other one watching the rest of a movie, that he couldn´t finish last night (National Treasure). Had an appopintment on line I believe. I´m reading a book, again by Katherinu Neville, this one called the Magic Circle, 1998. I think I mentioned before her book called “the Eight”, similar to but better than the da Vinci Code. This author is interested in words and their origins, very much up my alley. Gerður has been arranging books all day and now she is reading one, What else is there?
Back to that book. The author talsk about the 2 different meanings of the word gift in Germanic and Celtic languages, one like in English the other meaning is poison. She does not mention the third, which is married/marriage, etc. The Icelandic að gifta is of course derived from að gefa, give someone in marriage. The word gift also exists in Icelandic as it stands and means gáfa(talent) or hamingja (happiness) in addition to gjöf and to be married. Important derivatives of the original Indo-European root (ghabh) are give, forgive, able, habit, exhibit, inhabit, malady, prohibit, due, duty and endeavor!
And now I shall return to my new kitchen, that I´m still getting used to and will have to improve soon....
