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Strandarkirkja: the Church of Thor

Well, Thor has one eye shut.

So does the Beach Church!

The other eye is the sea.

This entry was posted in Christian Iceland and tagged Christianity, Iceland, South Iceland, strandarkirkja, thor on June 13, 2019 by Harold Rhenisch.

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Farming Words

In 1939, the Icelandic author Gunnar Gunnarsson built a German farm in North East Iceland, next door to the farm on which he was born. In 1940, he went on a politically complex speaking tour in wartime Germany. In 2013, the Canadian author Harold Rhenisch (That's me, hi!) who was raised on a German farm in Canada built on similar principles to Gunnarsson's, will stay in Gunnarsson's house. It will be a homecoming, of language, land, and an old agricultural dream. While there, I (Hi! That's me, too) will demonstrate that Gunnarsson's novels and his German speech were a form of nonfiction writing ahead of their time. This is their time.

Harold Rhenisch hard at work writing.

Who I Am and Why I’m Here

Over the past 31 years I have published 27 books, including poetry, fiction, memoir, translation, innovative-form nonfiction, and photographic books on environmental themes. I live in the volcanic Columbia River Plateau in British Columbia, Canada, where I write the environmental blog okanaganokanogan, which I am using as an exploration of the unity of science and literature. For stories, photos, and more information, please click an image below.

Harold in the Earth

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Harold in Words

Gunnar Gunnarsson found his way home. I am walking with him to see where he went. I hope you can come along.

Days to the Residency

The Residency BeginsMarch 25, 2013

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