Category Good news and fun
People have the power! Patti Smith and First Aid Kit in Göteborg
It was a unforgettable night at Trägårn in Gothenburg. First we had the pleasure to enjoy the young sisters amazingly mature lyrics and musical talent and then the Rock legend and Lady of Rack Patti Smith! Wow! The song to Edward Snowden was much appreciated.
Bless them with your patience!
This music video was inspired by family videos and photos, the song EmmyLou by the young, brilliant and inspiring women Johanna and Klara Söderström in First Aid Kit and by my creative children. My children’s (and other children’s) astonishing eagerness to learn, their creativity and their joy of learning has been inspiring and is still […]
Coffee rituals essential for a good life!
We have certain rituals when we make our 10 o’clock coffee – which here in the Swedish-Finnish archipelago is called “middle coffee” – and our afternoon coffee. FIKA as it is called in Sweden, which is actually the coffee itself not what you have WITH your coffee as I thought before I heard a radio program […]
Sun energy makes me happy and energetic
Why did I not realize earlier that there are very handy and practical portable sun cell kits? Now when I have tried our new Flexcell sunpack I am in love! It was so easy – just fastened it in a good place on the deck, which was easy since it comes with handy ajustable straps, let […]
Children do not want entertainment but simple pleasures in nature
According to Sainsbury’s Kid’s Simple Pleasures Index – yes the British food chain) poll with 1,500 children aged 5-11 nationwide children want to enjoy nature on their free time. They asked the children to rank their favorite “summer frolics across criteria such as how much fun it is, how happy it makes them feel and how special […]
Att dela på vad vi har är roligt och viktigt!
Ettt jätte bra program Klotet i Sveriges Radio P1 om att dela på det mesta. Denna vecka om delandets ekonomi på OuiShare Festival: i Frankrike. Varför äga en bil om du kan dela med andra i en bilpool? Varför bo på hotell, om du kan hyra en privat lägenhet mitt i Paris till halva priset? […]
Kvinnor i Pakistan vågar kräva sin rätt till utbildning
I en artikel i DN beskriver Mia Holmgren flickornas skolgång i Pakistan och att de idag finns en medvetenhet även i Pakistan att utbildning är viktig för att få ett bra liv medan landet satsar bara 1.5 % av sin budget på utbildning och 1% på hälsovård och försvaret får 25-30% (med 4e största kärnvapenarsenalen […]
Singing for Solidarity
Pete Seeger turend 94 yesterday and we were singin If I had a hammer in a tower in Italy to celebrate him and his life. One of music’s most powerful attributes is its ability to bring people together around a cause, a theme Bill Moyers has explored many times with a variety of artists. […]
Jonas Hassan Khemiri och om gatukonst
Jag satt just och tittade på Babel i SVT och serien Khemiri på prao. Denna gång skulle Jonas Hassen Khemiri skriva encyklopediska – en text för Nationalencyklopedin. Uppdraget var att skriva en objektiv definition av begreppet “gatukonst”. Jag funderade på det han skrev “det jag tog bort (som var jag)”. Han sade själv i inslaget att när han ska […]
The space where we live, work, study and spend our freetime affect our lives…
…it really does. To me this issue is very important to discuss. What can we do to affect the way homes; places where we work, study and play are planned and built? Why do we have so little influence when it comes to the planning of our everyday spaces? Why have we given the planning […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 