I suppose, as a poet, amongst my fears can be counted the deep-seated uneasiness that one day it will be revealed that I consecrated my life to an imbecility (to something intrinsically unnecessary and superfluous – and thereby unintentionally cruel). In an intriguing essay called “On Fear”, Mary Ruefle touch upon a problem I have been…
Category: touring Norway
Utstein Abbey
Utstein Abbey is Norway’s best-preserved medieval monastery. Its located at a small island called Klosterøy (Abbey-island). The abbey, dedicated to Saint Laurence, was founded in its present location during the reign of King Magnus VI of Norway (1263-1280). It was a house of Augustinian Canons. It appears however that this community was the one previously established as St. Olav’s Abbey, Stavanger,…
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