Vinarterta Tribe Tactic: Our home places are the world. It’s a very strange time. Enforced closing of activity, of gathering and businesses, sends us home. How do we navigate this? If we are fearful of getting sick, of keeping our loved ones healthy, of losing money, livelihood, and the effects of so many things lost […]
Vinarterta Tribe Tactic: Bake! Here’s our traditional family recipe for Icelandic Brown Bread. Brúnt Brauð has a special sweetness, lightness, and density. I love to make it entirely by hand and enjoy the process! This is a bread that connects directly with the heart of Icelanders in North America. A must-have, lightly buttered, (divine toasted) […]
Here’s a Vinarterta Tribe Tactic. A little light-heartedness for you today. Tertavaccine, n.: – a cake designed to detect fears of viruses and inactivate them. When an evolving pandemic is upfront in the news perhaps overcoming fear is one of the greatest moves a person can make. Fear is caused by not knowing. Fear stops […]
(Made ya look!) Order Vinarterta Cake Delivery! There are no squirrels in Iceland. So the joke of startling someone, usually a pet, into action (by saying ‘Squirrel’) when a Squirrel appears may not work there. It definitely works at our house. There’s still lots of snow on the ground and there are lots of squirrels […]
Vinarterta. It is us., I thought. And with that thought I knew what I had the opportunity to create, and was ready to make it happen. Others said my best ideas were behind me. You’ve heard them too. My story started with the recognition of the true message of our beloved Christmas cake. Vinarterta. It […]
Becoming Vinarterta, the pure love and pioneer spirit of the North American Icelandic heart took time. “It takes a long time to fully become who you are.” says Björk. Vinarterta is still in the process of becoming. We are honoured to be a part of the becoming of Vinarterta in our generation. Much love […]
Dear one, elskan min, Be yourself when others want you to be something else. In that place of knowing all you truly are live fearlessly, creatively and undefeated. Be yourself when others want you to own their fear, complacency, excuses and mediocrity. From that place of personal faith, originality, and action express your greater humanity. […]
Sweet to the eye is that which is seen. Oh! Summer celebrations! There are so many! Those time tested Strawberry Festivals, games, races and picnics where food is the central attraction seems to transcend both generations and country borders. I’m imagining a picnic or an old fashion style Strawberry Social with a long line of white […]
FullMoonTerta FullMoonTerta is perfect for a Strawberry Moon. Named by the Algonquins for the short harvest season of wild strawberries in northeastern North America. In Old Europe it was called the Mead or Honey Moon. After that lovely Norse Fermented Honey drink. “The tradition of calling the first month of marriage the ‘honeymoon’ dates […]
Slow time. Stop time. Remembering on Father’s Day. Remember when you were so deeply occupied in play that it became your whole world? Remember when you slowed time and breathed in the smell of your Dad when he tickled your ear? Remember when you gave that gift and watched his face as he unwrapped it, […]