In Norway, it is customary for people to own or share a cabin in the woods or by the sea where they can visit from time to time to get away from the daily grind. To the cabins, you can bring books or magazines, the kids bring Yatzee. You can pick blueberries in the woods. You can go for walks in nature. You can swim in the pond. You can sit and enjoy the feeling of being alive.
Most cabins don’t have electricity or even running water. You carry your food and water in your backpack and you take your trash with you when you go.
The times I have spent in cabins like this have been sacred to me. They have been brief spans of life at its most perfect. Living simply, close to nature.
