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Time 0:03:34 Transcript When my younger son was 5 years old, he asked me, “What are you mom?” at that moment, I answered, “I am an artist.” And he affirmed, “Yes, you are good at that.” I was born and grew up in Buenos Aires, and there my artistic abilities were nurtured. Between the formation of a …
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Time 0:03:07 Transcript My name is Elva Simundsson. Traditional Icelandic names tend to have meaning so my name means “ripples in a stream”. I grew up as a third generation Canadian of Icelandic roots. Our family farm is in the Interlake area of Manitoba. Grandfather Johann, or afi in Icelandic, …
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Time 0:02:51 Transcript Going for a visit to Iceland I go home, and coming back to Canada I come home. Few years ago my son said “mother make up your mind, where is home?” When my husband and I told our families and friends that our plan was to move to Canada, only for 2-3 years, just to learn the …
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Time 0:04:46 Transcript When I was 17 years old I went with my father winter fishing. We fished sauger. And this sauger in Icelandic was called svartenpick meaning, black pickerel. One day, I said to my dad, I'm in the bonspiel but I'll just run home, curl the game and then run back. My dad didn't …