Geology, heritage, sciences, research and engagement all in an eccletic mix of opinions, facts and fantasy. This is a piece I wrote for the European Geosciences Union blog, GeoLog, and can be found on their website. As summer is around the corner and with it .

Arkeologiske undersøkelser langs Vinstravassdraget har nylig avdekket en grav ved Vinstervatn. De fant en samling av jerngjenstander i en steinsatt ring nesten helt nede ved vannet. Gravgodset består av 12 pilspisser, 2 kniver, spydspiss, saks, skinnskraper og pren. Funnet kan dateres typologisk til ca. For sikrere datering og nærmere opplysninger må vi vente på rapporten med analyseresultatene. Både funnstedet på høyfjellet og sammensetningen av gravgods.

Field Notes from a Globalized and Tribalized World. Some seek to exploit it for purely economic value. Others seek to insulate it from any commercial entanglements at all. Yet whatever the extremes, authenticity in some form. It is a quality that everyone seeks. That takes up where this one leaves off.

A little bit of Queensland. I am currently writing from a wee little town called Jabiru. Every time I see it I think of somewhere else though, a place in Timaru. Which they sing about in my Souvenir songbook where someone was brought to court. Anyway, this is not Timaru even if it does resemble another slightly larger kiwi town called Turangi. And set off to Port Douglas. So a chap took us on bus rides from the hotel to other small towns and shopping malls.