When you hear the words “Norwegian Wood” you probably think of the song by the Beatles. But there’s a new “Norwegian Wood” in town – it’s a best-selling book by Lars Mytting called “Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way.” (The title of the book in its original Norwegian is Hel Ved,… More Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood
One of the themes of our 2019 catalog is Forest Creatures. This blog post will talk about some forest creatures you will find in Scandinavia — and how one such animal is part of a long-standing feud between Norway and Sweden (and it is NOT the herring). Arctic Fox The Arctic fox (Fjellrev in… More Nordic Forest Creatures
When I was a kid back in the 60s one of the best days of the year was when the Dayton’s toy catalog arrived. It may have had other items besides toys but to me and my brother it was the Dayton’s TOY catalog. We would peruse the pictures of games, toys, and whatever was… More Ingebretsen’s Catalog — A Holiday Tradition