Welcome! — To get completely absorbed by a book and not be able to rest before you’ve finished reading it, isn’t that the best feeling? Or high up there, at least 😉 Do you get hooked on books? If books are your thing, I hope you’ll share your book stories with us. It doesn’t matter if you read…

Updated September 9, 2023 — My Most Popular Stories #01. How I Lost 11 Pounds In a Month By Making 2 Easy Changes How I Lost 11 Pounds In a Month By Making 2 Easy Changes Read the details here. It’s not difficult to copy.medium.com #02. Create a Writing Habit Create a writing habit Small changes you can make to get started writing every dayelinmelaas.medium.com #03. My Great-Grandmother’s Norwegian Apple Cake Recipe

Announcement: New Publication — Does Medium need another publication? Yes, it certainly does. I was looking for a Christmas publication on Medium, and couldn’t find one that is up and running. So I made one. Here, I will collect Christmas stories. I love Christmas. Lighting candles, being with my family, reading Christmas books, watching Christmas movies, looking for a…

Learn this useful and easy little hack — Want to learn how to create a clickable table of contents similar to the one shown in the image above? Read on and I’ll give you the how-to. Benefits of using a clickable table of contents gives the reader an overview of the story’s content easy to navigate directly to…

Books that can light up the darkest month of the year — I’m aware that, strictly speaking, December is the darkest month of the year. But for me, November is the darkest. December has snow, Christmas lights, Advent calendars, and expectations. In November, we can enjoy books. Make a cup of tea, snuggle under a blanket, and light a candle. I’ve compiled…

The publication cruises on, with a record number of new followers — What’s up, Fellow Book Lovers?📖 I hope you have good days and that October treated you well! We had a lovely 2 week holiday in Florida. It was great with a break from cold Norway.

My great-grandmother’s original recipe — My great-grandmother was an excellent cook. She became a widow with two small kids when she was barely 30 years old. She never remarried and made a living for her family by cooking for others. I remember her as a caring and independent woman. She was just 54 years old…

Travel journal, part 2 — This October, we are taking a two-week holiday from cold Norway to lovely Florida. This is our third visit here, and we love it. I travel with my mother, husband, and two girls, aged 15 and 13. We went from below zero degrees in Norway to 30 degrees Celsius in…

Travel journal, part 1 — This October, we are taking a two-week holiday from cold Norway to lovely Florida. This is our third visit here and we love it. I travel with my mother, my husband, and our two girls, aged 15 and 13. We went from below zero degrees in Norway to 30 degrees…