Sagerne

A year ago, a Danish friend sent me a news article with the subject line “Read this—sagerne are getting messy.” I stared at the word for a solid minute, completely lost. When I finally asked, she laughed and said, “Oh, it just means ‘the cases.’ But it’s bigger than that.” That moment stuck with me….

It is the word that a word said, the one that stops you dead in your tracks. Not because it is loud or brash, but instead because it feels heavy — as if when it was shipped to the dealership it had some history already packed in there. That word is sagerne. It may flit…