Before we came to Norway, Gavin and I used Duolingo to learn a little Norwegian. One thing I immediately noticed was the prominence of the word hytte (plural = hytter), or cabin. It was introduced as one of the first 50 words. Cabin life was a recurring theme in the language lessons, which struck me […]

One aspect of this move that I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about is housing. Leaving our house in Annapolis was one of the more difficult parts of the decision, and I wanted to have a sense of what the options would be like in Trondheim. So over the past year, I’ve made a […]

There is a process we hope government goes through when making policy about really important things. Let’s say, for example, that the goal is to eradicate some disease. To do this, you have to learn more about it and build a develop of experts, by paying for educations, labs, research grants, experiments, etc. Once you […]