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Hólmavað: Jacobina's Birthplace
The Laxa River
Nesi Church
A view of the Kinnarfell
Another view of the Kinnarfell, from south of Husavik
Lava fields at Hólmavað |
"Ways that still are 'home', yet still call out, with Laxá rushing beside Nesi and the presence of Kinnarfell." –from "To a Dale-dweller in Aðaldal" by Jacobina Johnson
Text of entire poem, in English and Icelandic
A summer view of the river in the front yard of Holmavað, birthplace and home of Jakobina until she was six.
The church mentioned in Jakobina's poem. The river is just behind it.
A view from the area near Holmavað
The Laxa River valley in this area is strewn with large patches of rough lava outcroppings. It must have made farming extremely difficult. Did Jakobina play on these when she was small? | |
