The yellow rainshower of 1975
Once upon a time in late spring of 1975, our neighbors on the ground floor decided to go sunbathing outside, below the balconies of the above apartments. Our house had 4 stories, i.e. one ground floor and 3 apartments above it. Our neighbors were an older couple, Elínborg and Sveinbjörn, who have now passed on. […]
The big waterbomb of 1977
In the spring of 1977 when I was five years old and my sister Hekla was eight, we had a big crowd of friend that we played with all summer long. There were around 10-15 of us usually, that kept together and played games everywhere in my neighborhood. I grew up in a neighborhood with […]
The ghosts in my bedroom
When I was a little boy, I shared a bedroom with older sister and we slept in bunk beds at home in our apartment. Then it came to pass that our oldest brother moved out and went to live with a woman. Then an extra bedroom was created at home and my sister got […]
The ghost at the summer house
It is 1977 in the middle of summer, and my extended family has met at the farm called Fossatún in Iceland. My uncle Sturla and his family lived there. In the field by the farm there was an old road that went up the hillside to the west and at the end of it stood […]
The two ghosts in our hallway
It’s 1975 and spring is in the air at my family´s apartment. I’m playing with my sister in our joint room, which has an open door to our hallway. The hallway runs through the apartment and has a red and black carpet. My mom and dad, and my older brother are in the living room. […]
The ghost in the living room
It’s spring in 1976, summer is being born and children are playing in our apartment. Our neighbors are visiting, our moms are talking and a boy is visiting me and my sister to play. We are playing in our rooms and then in the hallway with toy cars. It’s fun and everyone is busy with […]
The Cherry tree
It is the spring of 1980, in the town of Walldorf, which if near Heidelberg where my family lived for a time. It was a good spring. It was warm and the kids in the neighborhood were all outside playing all of the time. There were no computers and German TV has nothing of interest […]