About
Hi. My name is Alda. Some of you may know me as Alda Kalda or YT. I work as a freelance writer, translator and copy editor, and this is my blog.
I currently live in Reykjavík, Iceland, with my husband EPI, my daughter AAH, who is 17 18, and a cockatiel named Polly. I also have three amazing stepdaughters [ÁE, ÓAE and RE] who are 26 27 28, 23 24 and 18 19 20, and who live here in Reykjavík. I have also lived in Canada, Cyprus, the UK and Germany, for longer or shorter periods. I moved back to Iceland as a single mom in 1994, after 22 years away. You can read a bit more of my life story here.
I started this blog in October 2004, which happened to be a particularly slow time in the freelance writing and copyediting business. The title of the blog is a throwback to a daily column I used to co-write for the Iceland Review publishing house when I first moved back to Iceland, the story of which you can read more about here.
For the first three and a half years this blog was hosted on Blogger, but on 18 April 2008 I decided to migrate to WordPress. Unfortunately the comments accompanying the posts were left behind at the old site, which is why you won’t find comments beneath most of the posts before that date.
I hate having my picture taken and only agreed to the photo above on condition of anonymity. I love getting feedback, however, and especially COMMENTS, though I’m afraid I do find it necessary to moderate them. You can also use the contact form provided here.
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Liebe Alda,
mein Computer hat einen Crash erlebt und ich kriege ihn nicht ans Laufen, habe seit Feierabend es versucht… morgen ist auch ein Tag. Das Problem ist, dass ich deine Emailadresse nicht im Kopf habe. Nun bin ich an Hans-Jürgen Notebook, denke an dich und wünsche dir vom ganzen Herzen alles Liebe und Gute zum Geburtstag. Ich weiß, dass du aus verschienen Gründen keine E-Cards magst, deshalb eben “nur” diese Zeilen zum Glückwunsch.
Liebe Grüße,
Alicia
Best of luck, thanks for the updates
Just let me say how proud I am of your national effort to come to grips with the financial “rip off” of our time. I wish so much people would get involved much more than they are right now.
Time to change the craziness of business, banks, and politicians putting profit before people.
Businesses have depended on (debt) banks for finance far too long without turning a profit. They depend on borrowing, cheap labor, and most you’ll find have no long term/permanent workers, opting to employ long-term unemployed who (in some/most cases) come with a government subsidy. These businesses are really – useless contributors to society – operating to make a comfortable living for themselves, like investors with no social conscience.
A good example of this can be seen in a district in Washington DC (only five miles from the political hub) Ward 8 where 90% of the poor have jobs. They just don’t earn enough to pay their bills.
Hey has anyone heard: what’s the difference between Ireland, and Iceland?
One letter, and any day now. Ha, now that’s a good one”
I’ll be back again if I may?
I think maybe you should link up your blogs otherwise it gets a little confusing especiall if copy-cats step in to counteract your efforts.
Thanks for posting your thoughts. I appreciate the review of God Bless Iceland. Best wishes, D.