Comments on: The Island of Ona & Crab Fishing

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 19:52:10 +0000

Thanks for sharing and I love the pictures too.

By: nevada

nevada — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:13:30 +0000

In reply to Ellen Barry. You should! The island is full of very creative artists and artisans and I think you would fit in perfectly :)

By: nevada

nevada — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:08:12 +0000

In reply to sp. Thank you! I was so happy to finally see Ona in person and relate to all the wonderful tales I had heard about it :)

By: nevada

nevada — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:06:02 +0000

In reply to becky. Thanks Becky! I completely understand where you are coming from and I'm with you on looking forward to eating local and what's in season. Everything tastes so much better and I think we value those ingredients more when we have to wait for them. I also think our tastebuds adapt and we learn to appreciate those foods we didn't give a second look before ;)

By: Ellen Barry

Ellen Barry — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:55:44 +0000

How beautiful! I can see how one would be called back home to Ona! I would love to visit sometime to paint and experience this beautiful place!

By: sp

sp — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:32:33 +0000

Gorgeous pictures; how wonderful to have a connection to such a beautiful place. And thank you for the lovely story.
sp/Minnesota/USA

By: becky

becky — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 07:03:48 +0000

Lovely, both the writing and the photos! Norway just moved up a few more notches on the list. I really enjoy how you are exploring truly local food and customs. My daughter and I were talking yesterday about how much our way of eating has changed since moving to Northern Europe from California. The things so readily available there, fresh fruit and veg, 365/24/7, ever more obtainable here, just don‘t even taste as good – and the environmental costs are crazy. I refuse to buy asparagus from Chile in August, when I can have it in abundance for a few short weeks every spring, harvested 2 km down the road. And the berries and stone fruits and tomatoes…amazing! For the short but sweet summer season, that’s all we eat. We also use a lot more dairy these days, from small, local farms – I can even get fresh milk in re-useable glass bottles at an automat!! And while we’ve become accustomed to a lot of the local meals (we even have a regional dish similar to Haggis, called Knipp – I never thought I’d say that it’s delicious, but it is!), neither of of has worked up the guts to try Matjes (pickled herring), let alone Hackepeter (raw ground pork on a bun) so I really admire how it appears you will eat just about anything! Thank you for your wonderful posts…

By: Randy Johnson

Randy Johnson — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 14:33:08 +0000

It is this simplicity of life that is lost among most places in the world as well as most of the USA. It is also what draws me endlessly back to Sweden and the villages my ancestors once called home. It truly is our culture of “food” that defines us, “we are what we eat”.
A very old saying, but so very true! Sadly, most people will never experience nor appreciate the heart of a culture that most countries bring to the proverbial table.
Thanks for your intimate story of your grand experience on Ona. It was like I was there too!

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 10:06:18 +0000

What a beautiful place and evocative story telling.