There is absolutely nothing phallic about Norse or Icelandic culture. Nothing at all. Iceland does happen to be home to the world's largest museum for phallic specimens, however.
Hope tuning into this wonderful piece doesn't put us all on some porno list, when what keeps us erect is attention to your fine writing, quirky insights, empathy for the animal world and excellent photos. Taken by you. Not some Norse guy!
I like the structure of this post, how you begin with your day and Crows and cats, and narrow down to why you're listening to the penis museum lecture. I liked the tweets you shared regarding it, and I like this even better. I've got the museum on my map if I visit Iceland. And I have an ulu, a knife invented by Indigenous people of Alaska, made from a fossilized oosik, or walrus baculum. A very small piece of one. When I saw a selection of ulu knives in Alaska, how could I not buy that one in particular?
Thanks! It was just such a ridiculous situation, I loved it. I feel like someone else could've done a brilliant twitter thread, but I like writing it all out better -- I'm glad you liked this structure. 100% agree on both the knife -- which sounds awesome -- and the visit to the museum. We were reminded in the lecture, for men especially, that everything in the museum is done very "tastefully." I have absolutely no idea what that means, but I'm very curious to find out.
Hope tuning into this wonderful piece doesn't put us all on some porno list, when what keeps us erect is attention to your fine writing, quirky insights, empathy for the animal world and excellent photos. Taken by you. Not some Norse guy!
Ha! Thanks so much, Ann -- it means a lot coming from you. And yes, definitely not taken by some Norse guy. :)
I like the structure of this post, how you begin with your day and Crows and cats, and narrow down to why you're listening to the penis museum lecture. I liked the tweets you shared regarding it, and I like this even better. I've got the museum on my map if I visit Iceland. And I have an ulu, a knife invented by Indigenous people of Alaska, made from a fossilized oosik, or walrus baculum. A very small piece of one. When I saw a selection of ulu knives in Alaska, how could I not buy that one in particular?
Thanks! It was just such a ridiculous situation, I loved it. I feel like someone else could've done a brilliant twitter thread, but I like writing it all out better -- I'm glad you liked this structure. 100% agree on both the knife -- which sounds awesome -- and the visit to the museum. We were reminded in the lecture, for men especially, that everything in the museum is done very "tastefully." I have absolutely no idea what that means, but I'm very curious to find out.
It's very annoying that substack tells me when someone likes a comment but not when they reply. I want the opposite!