She gave marvellous dinner parties. She had wonderful ideas for decorating, for flowers, for furniture, for conversation. Her family loved it when she was around. She was always getting people to dress up, and to do little skits. She had a dry wit, displayed in her short stories.
Wit is of course very much part of the Danish character.
Danes have a way of never taking tragedy too seriously. It is too bad that people have been left with the impression of a sickly, elderly woman. She was full of life until the end. There has been much written aobut Karen Blixen. They have spent a small amount of their space on the African period.