Every November the Guardian Weekly escapes the Norwegian winter to find its way to me and Jan Bang for two months in Israel, where we volunteer to prune 1,000 olive trees on our former kibbutz.
It’s always a race against time as to who pounces on the paper first. I am addicted to the Quick Crossword, Sudoku etc, though only occasionally have the satisfaction of completing any of them.
We are amazed by the fabulous pictures in Eyewitnessed, and wonder how on earth you choose them from all the thousands you must receive. I am fascinated by What I’m Really Thinking, always wondering whether such honest open-heartedness comes from genuine sources. And then there’s all that news to get through before the following week’s edition comes tumbling along. We enjoy your Comment & Debate and Weekly Review, which by their very nature cut out all the superficiality of a daily paper.
Back in Norway for the rest of the year, we like the maxim that “If you find a job you like, you need never do another day’s work in your life!” So even though we are pensioners, we happily teach permaculture and work in a Steiner kindergarten.
It is a pity you continue to send the Guardian Weekly in polythene, and the paper itself is useless for lighting our wood-burning stove in the long, cold Norwegian winter!
Many thanks to you anyway.
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