Running Toward Sustainability

I like to think of the morning as a high school bully. Some may label me as a “morning person” because I possess the rare ability to surge out of bed with vigor. I can roll with the punches, laugh it off, and confront that morning monster. Some days, the very idea of...

Summit Fever

  Right is a scenic panorama taken from the summit of local Mount Hestur. The mountain, which is little more than a bump by Icelandic standards, is nonetheless the most distinguishable geologic feature within hiking distance of Solheimar. At least, this is the...

The day I applied to CELL, I looked everything up about Iceland, the food, language, what the weather was like: it all sounded amazing. The one thing that really stood out to me was the northern lights. I saw pictures and heard people talking about them and how unique...

Surreal Sights

Iceland has spent the last three weeks showing me the earth in a way that has been both heartbreaking and inspiring. I do not have the capacity to see all that is happening to our earth and I am sure I never will, but I have found more and more the importance of the...

Lost in time with the horses…

I would never have considered myself a “horse-girl”, but I have always loved these large animals. Having the opportunity to attend Réttir in Reykhólt, Iceland, I may have changed my mind about considering myself a “horse-girl.” These small community gatherings take...