JAVA GREEN

One of my favorite restaurants is Java Green, a vegetarian restaurant on 19th Street NW near George Washington University. I had a wonderful lunch there last week with my good friend Margaret. It's Margaret in the photo in front of the restaurant.

Sami on the Millennium Stage

365 days of the year the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center sponsors free performances. What a marvelous service and what a marvelous resource!

A short time ago I attended one of these performances. I heard Adjágas, a group from Norway. Adjagas is a Saami word "describing the moment between sleeping and waking." The two vocalists in the group are Saami Inga Elisa Påve and Lawra Somby who are devoting their careers to the ancient art of yoiking. Yoiking is a form of Saami chant. Their music was magically haunting. I loved it! And, as I sat there listening, I often looked out the window and saw snow gently falling. It was a special evening indeed.

When I arrived home, I immediately got onto the computer and ordered the group's CD.

Sons of Norway Christmas Party

A lot of festive activities are taking place in the Washington, DC area at this time of year.

This evening I went to the Sons of Norway lodge Christmas party. Here I am with my grandson Colin. I am wearing a typical Norwegian sweater which I bought in Lom, Norway, a few years ago. (My grandmother's parents came from Lom.)