Shore watching
Month: December 2022
Clairvoyant # 3
Mrs. Smith went there once a month to speak with the dead. I didn’t learn this until later, but she had told Elizabeth about the place several times. Of course my sister knew about the…
Taking the Plunge
I remember spending the summer with my grandparents on a farm in Denmark back when I was seven years old. We spend the time on a pig farm where I got to see what life…
What would you have done? (The final chapter)
So after our “free” time, we are not allowed to do much other than sit around a table, or eat our breakfast. A breakfast which I have already ruled out by the way, —I then…
What would you have done? Part 2
So I’m in the police car, handcuffs on, tight by the way – not comfortable at all-I guess that’s the point anyway, but I’m sitting sideways in the back seat. My big body doesn’t really…
What would you have done? Part 1
It’s a couple of years ago when it happened, and I say to myself that “Hasse-you don’t have anything to be ashamed of”. Most people would have walked away, but if they could, they would…
The Five Suitcases
I was 13 years old and our family was moving to Korea for one year. Well, the two older sisters were not going, as the middle sister was away at boarding school, and the oldest…
The Clarinet
I remember it very well. Must have been right after I had started in the School band, or Berger og Nesoddtangen Skolemusikkorps as it was called. In the beginning it was extremely exciting to be…
Røkla
Hvis du vokste opp på Nesodden på slutten av 60 tallet– begynnelsen av 70 tallet, og spilte fotball så vedder undertegnede på at du en eller annen gang fant deg som en del av «røkla».…
Soccer parents, no they are not all role models!
This is a story of a young soccer player, an abusive father and how I got to experience this not so healthy father-son relationship first hand. Let’s call this young boy of 11 years Malcolm,…