God of Wednesday

One of the joys of writing my book The Far Traveler was joining an archaeological crew in northern Iceland for six weeks in 2005. There I...

Whenever I see an Icelandic turf house, especially from the back, I think of the opening of Tolkien's The Hobbit: "In a hole i...

Icelandic horses have a lot of hair, as anyone who has seen one knows. According to the breed standard, "a long, thick mane and t...

My recent post on Bilbo Baggins’s ride and the influence of Iceland on JRR Tolkien brought a wonderful response from Þóra Magnúsdótti...