I walked around the town center this evening. It doesn't take long. It's a small town.
From the quay I can see our house, in the hill, on the other side of the bay, the house that we rented when we lived here. It was a nice place to live. The view was fantastic. In the summer we had sun in the backyard for 23 hours a day. It just dropped behind the mountain peaks for little a while. I took the picture in May two years ago, from our backyard, right after midnight.
It was great to live here, and I would be happy to move back some time. The summer was fantastic. I liked the dark winter too, with the northern light. It's not that dark. The sun is completely gone for only eight weeks. Then it rapidly becomes lighter.
Now I'm sitting in my hotel, writing on my so-called novel. I've written 550 words to night. That's not very impressive, is it? I have to speed up >:)
It's looks like a beautiful place to write.
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I could easily live with the 23 hours of sun; not so sure about the darkness. although, come to think of it, (and with apologies to Keats) darkness, thou hast thou beauty too!
ReplyDelete550 is good! The best (and first) piece of advice I got from a pubished author was "write every day, even if it's only 100 words a day, eventually the words will come". So you're already 450 words ahead of my minimum daily writing target!
Judy
I'd love to live a year up north - getting the full experience of this beautiful country of ours. I love our bright summer nights, so an extended version of those would be wonderful. And I'd like to see how I'd handle the complete darkness during winter.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I need to apply for jobs on Svalbard? ;)
Clarissa: Yes, it's a beautiful place. The nature and the people in the north are great inspiration >:)
ReplyDeleteJudy: Yes, that's true; the darkness has beauty too. Thanks for the advice on the writing >:)
Cruella: You should move up north for at least one year, to experience all of it; the four seasons (though spring does hardly exist), the light and the dark, the good weather and the blizzards >:)
It is GORGEOUS! And I always thought I couldn't handle the dark, but northern lights make it sound sort of romantic!
ReplyDeleteNow: 550 words may not SEEM like a lot, but if you were to do that daily, you would have a finished novel in 6 months. That isn't that unreasonable.
Hart: The dark has it's own charm. When the sky is clear and the northern light colors the sky in green (mostly) and red it's fantastic. Right now it's snowing heavily outside >:)
ReplyDeleteBut now I have to run, to catch the plane to the south >:(
Your old house sounds wonderful. I'd probably be depressed during the dark days. I think you can get special lighting inside that will make it easier, though.
ReplyDelete550 words is not bad. You wrote. That's what's important.
Sounds like you have some scenery and memories distracting you. But that's okay.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit somewhere around the Arctic Circle, experience those 24 hour days and nights, and the Northern Lights. And 550 words is a couple pages. Its a good place to start.
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I'd love to experience that. I've never seen the northern lights. That's a beautiful shot.
ReplyDeleteMy aim is 500 words a day. It's not impressive but day by day, it counts. So keep up the effort! But don't count me to visit you, I hate COLD! Come on over to our beach...
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Your description is very nice. I hope your novel is coming along well, I would be very satisfied with 550 words
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Helen: That would depend a lot on your attitude. If you go into the dark time with a positive mind you will enjoy it >:)
ReplyDeleteAlex: Scenery and memories are bot distracting and inspiring
Stephen: What about taking a summer vacation in the north, beyond the arctic circle? I can promise you it's great. But you need to bring some warm clothes
Laura: Thanks. The northern light can be spectacular. The further north you get the more likely it is that you will see it. But when the magnetic bursts from the sun are strong, we see it even where we live now, at 63 degrees north (for comparison, Anchorage is at 61 degrees and Fairbanks is at 64, the arctic circle is at 66.5).
Enid: I'll try to keep up with you at 500 per day. I like the beach too, and some day I might even make it to Sydney, who knows >:)
CSR: Thanks, I'm doing well. Then we're 3 of us who are happy with 550 per day >:)
I'd like to try it for a year, too. But I don't think I could get much past that with too much sunlight. I like the nighttime too much! But you never knows until you experience it.
ReplyDelete550 is not good? Then I'm waaaaaaaaaaay not good. I think that's great!
Michele
SouthernCityMysteries
What a beautiful spot. I've always thought I'd like to experience the long days and long night.
ReplyDeleteDoes it count if my mind is positive I'd be either depressed or constantly sleepy after a week or two?
ReplyDeleteMichele: There's noting as nice as nighttime when the sun is up. You should try it >:)
ReplyDeleteSheila: The dark winter is a price worth paying for the long light summer nights >:)
Helen: Attitude is important. Some people complain about insomnia in the summer and depression in the winter. But if you decide that you wanna enjoy all of it, you will >:)