http://athena770.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Sabbatical in the land of Grundtvig and Dinesen en Vox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:37:50 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/home-again.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/home-again.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/home-again.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:37:50 -0700 We're home again. Home to where the sky stretches wide from horizon to horizon pulling the blue down closer. Home to where fields have been shaken out onto the landscape like tablecloths for a Parthenopian feast. Home to streets wide enough enoug... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/home-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad69767870004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> minnesota prairie red-winged blackbirds easy bean http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/ornament-of-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/ornament-of-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/ornament-of-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:35:23 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad69318bd0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad69318bd0005-50si" alt="Sultanahmet Mosque" /></a> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fae8c5759b000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fae8c5759b000b-50si" alt="Justinian&#39;s Floor - Mosaic Museum (4)" /></a> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad693f8ae0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad693f8ae0004-50si" alt="Justinian&#39;s Floor - Mosaic Museum (8)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A 12th Century Byzantine writer, away from his beloved Constantinople, wrote in a fit of homesickness, “Oh, land of Byzantium, oh thrice-happy city, eye of the universe, ornament of the world, star shining afar, beacon of this lower world, would ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/ornament-of-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fa9681897e0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> istanbul turkey sultanahmet mosque haghia sophia sea of marmara http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/wine-women-song.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/wine-women-song.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/wine-women-song.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:21:34 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fae8c2350d000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fae8c2350d000b-50si" alt="257078550_308ae07a05_m" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As the Danish king Christian IV lay dying in Rosenborg castle, he looked up at a topless Hera surrounded by cherubs. Hera looks more like a voluptuous Renaissance Italian woman than like the haughty goddess of mythology—a delightful last vision f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/wine-women-song.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad690b9020004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> denmark rosenborg christian iv http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/how-to-be-private-in-public.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/how-to-be-private-in-public.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/how-to-be-private-in-public.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:56:48 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad68e9ce50004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad68e9ce50004-50si" alt="Spring walk 004" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One thing that distinguishes the Danish character from the American character is attitudes toward privacy. In the United States we value our right to privacy and plenty of air time is devoted to protecting it. But we Americans are a very public p... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/how-to-be-private-in-public.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad68e9cf40004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/new-youtube-family-page.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/new-youtube-family-page.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/new-youtube-family-page.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 May 2008 01:20:14 -0700 Here's a link to the Kildegaard family YouTube page, created by our very own techno whiz, Otto. Here you can see a tour of our house in Himmelev, a walk to the nearby kæmpehøj (prehistoric burial mound), Otto's bike trip in our neighborhood, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/new-youtube-family-page.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fae8be7d6e000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/living-small.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/living-small.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/living-small.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 25 May 2008 02:45:56 -0700 Yesterday we traveled to Lund, Sweden, to spend time with a friend from Arne's childhood, Simon, and his family. They live in a neighborhood on the edge of Lund that was built in the 1970s, but it might as well have been erected in the Middle Age... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/living-small.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad68a33770005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sweden denmark lund eco-friendly http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/bicycle-culture.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/bicycle-culture.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/bicycle-culture.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 May 2008 02:01:24 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad688b77c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad688b77c0005-50si" alt="April in the capital city 018" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It's been interesting to read stories in the American press lately about the spike in public transit ridership—attributed to higher gas prices. Here in Denmark we're paying just over $8 a gallon, double what folks are paying stateside, and though... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/bicycle-culture.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad688b7870005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> gas prices bicycles denmark copenhagen http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/on-the-kattegat.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/on-the-kattegat.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/on-the-kattegat.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 May 2008 01:55:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fa9674ee7b0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fa9674ee7b0002-50si" alt="Early May 020" /></a> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad6871f350005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fad6871f350005-50si" alt="Early May 053" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The past two Sundays we've driven due north to Tisvildeleje, a charming town right on the coast of the Kattegat. The day of our first trip was sunny and clear but cool, a good day for a hike, not good for swimming. Last Sunday, on the other hand,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/on-the-kattegat.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00fae8b97e7f000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> beach denmark tisvildeleje troldeskoven http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/story-for-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/story-for-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/story-for-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 23:30:47 -0700 In a story today posted at CommonDreams about Dahr Jamail, the author of a new book Beyond the Green Zone, comes this paragraph: In the introduction to his book, he quotes the story of an indigenous Canadian hunter who was called to give evidence... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/story-for-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00f48d14fc100001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/luminous-virtuosity.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Athena) http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/luminous-virtuosity.html?_c=feed-rss http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/luminous-virtuosity.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:59:41 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4144a96e2685e00f48cf129c00002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144a96e2685e00f48cf129c00002-50si" alt="The Black Diamond" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Last night Arne and I rode the train into Copenhagen to attend a free concert--unheard of!--at the Black Diamond, the new addition to the Royal Library. The Black Diamond, which opened in 1999, is covered in glass and Absolute Black granite, sto... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://athena770.vox.com/library/post/luminous-virtuosity.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144a96e2685e00f48d0fe43e0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> copenhagen gamma leonis peter due the black diamond