We had elections back home a week and a half ago. The left wing parties won a majority for the first time ever in Iceland. The primary reason for this is not so much Icelanders´ happiness with these parties, but rather their profound anger towards the conservative party and to a lesser extent the progressive party - the two parties that bear most of the responsibility for the failed neoliberal policies that made Iceland bankrupt.

Now we´re one step closer to the EU and who knows? Maybe some of the crooks that bankrupted my country will be brought to justice? Not very likely... and anyway, although it would be pretty satisfying to see these bastards get what they deserve, that in itself would not right the wrongs that have been done.

What I do hope for we´ll end up with a better society, where values such as brotherhood, sharing, integrity and kindness become more important than the competition, greed, entitlement. Where professions, such as teaching or caring for the elderly are valued for their true worth... I'm not holding my breath though.



Óðinn´s doing very well these days. Making lots of noises and getting to be pretty good at recognizing people. One grandma just left and another has taken over looking after him and I´m so thankful for having such great families who have our back. He and I enjoyed some harðfiskur (dried fish) recently. I was surprised at how much he liked it. I suspect he liked how it felt on his gums, which often irritate him.

Trying out video

We just got ourselves a camera with a video function. Nothing special, but fun to play around with.