Tag Archives: pioneer spirit

Vinarterta, People Folk

Pioneer memory: ‘Torrential storm like an endless Icelandic waterfall.’

Posted on by ArdenJ
25
Nov

Remembrance of Jóhanna, Hálfdán and Solveig and why my life is a feast.  Posted at icelandicroots.com  My family is blessed with few war casualties. The significant people we remember are our courageous ancestors who sacrificed so much and left their beloved country because they had to. They were not running from war; they were running […]

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Culture, Vinarterta, Events

The El Macambo Event That Changed The (Vinarterta) World

Posted on by Arden Jackson
22
Oct

The El Macambo Event That Changed The (Vinarterta) World. In November of 2011 the Icelandic band ‘Of Monsters and Men’ arrived in Canada after signing a record deal in the US with Universal to release their first album featuring their number one hit ‘Little Talks’. A comfy group of Toronto Icelanders, Icelandophiles and I joined […]

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