"Taknemlig" means thankfulness in Norwegian, and "dag" is the word for day. So, this year in Svalbard, Tyler and I did not celebrate a traditional American Thanksgiving, we celebrated Taknemligdag. This chiefly meant that we substituted tyttebær syltetøy for cranberry sauce and a marzipankake for the pumpkin pie. Also, being an all-vegetarian feast this year, we skipped the whole idea of turkey entirely and made garlic mashed potatoes, rye bread vegetarian stuffing, and a vegetable pot pie (there had to be a pie somewhere on the table) that doubled in function as being a gravy when piled next to the mashed potatoes. …And the best part was, my mother was here to enjoy it with us! She also brought with her, all the way from my home shores, a little bag of dried sage out of our dear friend's very own garden. I'm pretty sure it was the tag-team efforts of family and homegrown sage that lent the day that good, filling holiday feeling.
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| Grateful for food, grateful for family. |
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| Grateful for a good job! |
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Grateful for adventure!! This is my mother after an afternoon of dog-sledding,
pictured with Bamse, who is almost as tall as she is. |
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| Grateful for love. Me with a sled-dog puppy in my arms. |
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