Monthly Archives: November 2012

Rachel Maddock talks with Dan Rather about Obama’s accomplishments

And now Abby can be happy again!

Abby, who was tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney, is not the only one who feels like that during election year.    

According to The Onion race matters in US elections

Tammy Baldwin first female senator in Wisconsin and first openly gay senator in the US

Baldwin’s victory makes her the first openly gay candidate elected to the U.S. Senate. “Tammy Baldwin’s victory showed what a majority of Americans already know: that candidates should be judged on their qualifications for the job and not their sexual orientation,” said Herndon Graddick, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). In an […]

A plea to the US from the rest of the world

Romeny software?

Yes rumor has it that Romney owns a company which has changed some of the software in the polling machines. Maybe this one?    

Election night – a perfect night (morning) for cookies and pancakes

If you are going to sit up and follow election results all night or get up early to find out what happened, as I will *, chocolate chip cookies and/or pancakes might come in handy for an early brunch or midnight snack. To celebrate or to seek comfort maybe….. * or have in your lunch box […]

Van Gogh touches something deep inside me

And it comforts me at the same time. Don McLean’s words deepens my feelings as film music can do in films – when it is done well. “Vincent” is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, “Starry Starry Night”, a reference […]

My grandmother flew in the 1920’s

Yes, she was something! She was a country flappers one could say, fashion was not for her though but any kind of adventure was.  She wanted to fly to the moon too but was born too early for that. She was born 1897. SK Lotteriet Kimito Gammelby. Johanne 1928 Cissi – längst fram. Foto Torsten Rancken She […]

A visual snow and tree poem