Anne Winkler-Morey, Author at Anne Winkler-Morey

A Good Tourist in Oslo?

Aging on the Run, Public History, Sustainable Economies, Uncategorized

Every adventure should include a messenger who provides the lesson of your visit. Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand stretch of green. Advancing to the pinnacle, we passed a mass of bronze,...

Dateline August 2064. Remembering the beginning of the Global Borderless Solidarity Movement

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Dateline: August, 2064. Remembering Before the Great Awokening It is a relief these days. At 106, no one expects anything from me. Everything I do and remember is a miracle. This morning I am remembering a visit to London, when I thought, that I was old and the world...

Stockholm Syndromes?

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In Stockholm, we stayed in a once grand home on the edge of town now filled with junk, mold, and a dangerous set of stairs. It was super cheap and offered rye crackers, cheese, and oatmeal for breakfast. Sweden’s capital is bigger and prettier than Oslo. The...

Norwegian Illusions of Infinity

Aging on the Run

We are staying in a town, a fifteen-minute train ride from Oslo. Our place is atop a hill: two rooms in the back of a house with a view of fjords and islands. We can hear the freeway at the bottom of the hill but can’t see it. A family of deer frequents the yard,...

Dutch Bicycle Culture

Aging on the Run, Bicycle Touring, Sustainable Economies

While we were in Groningen, Prime Minister Mark Rutte, head of the recently defeated Neo-Liberal WD, (a political party for free markets, social freedoms like euthanasia and same-sex marriage, the EU, and support for Ukraine) became NATO’s Secretary General. The New...