
steamy-short-stories:The Homeland calls for Gunnar, And So Does Love. Based on a post by Jorunn, in 4 parts. Listen to the ►Podcast at Connected. ‘You are the Tin Man. This tour; is the Oil Can. Figure it out.’ A recently widowed Norwegian American plans his escape from a Minnesota nursing home to travel abroad and join a ‘Christmas in Norway Tour’. While battling his fears, he meets a beautiful young tour guide and her divorced mother, who years later, still bears scars from her unfaithful husband’s affair. This story is about overcoming those fears to let healing begin. This story picks up after that, and shows the lingering effects of a husband’s extra-marital affair on his family. This is also a Christmas story, so expect to travel to locations in Norway, encounter Norwegian Christmas traditions, and maybe even get sprinkled with pixie-dust! “A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self - in the mirror of some woman’...