Category Good news and fun
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 […]
The beutiful sandy shore of New Jersey before Sandy
While looking for news about Sandy and the New Jersey shore where we visited friends in July I stumbled upon news about other areas where the storm has hit. We have to remind ourselves that the storm hit in other places too but that news is not as hyped as the storm in the US […]
At Emmaus broken things and people get a second chance
By helping others we can help ourselves Emmaus is a politically and religiously non-aligned international movement, whose mission is to help those in need and thus promote social justice and peace. There are 313 Emmaus groups spread over 36 countries. The Emmaus groups work with and for the poorest in society, to fight against the causes of […]
Något många yttrar på dödsbädden: “I wish I didn’t work so hard”
Jag skrev en uppsats när jag studerade socialpsykologi i USA för 10 år sedan med rubriken “Do americans work to live or live to work?”. Jag upplevde, när vi bodde där ett år i början av 2000-talet och igen när vi besökte vänner och släkt i somras, hur galet förhållande alla verkade ha till förvärvsarbete. […]
The fixers movement and repair cafés – an act of resistance
We throw away alot of stuff in Finland which become waste. Even things with almost nothing wrong and which after a simple repair could get a new life. In the Netherlands, Brazil and the US, a growing number of repair groups are protesting society’s throwaway mentality by fixing what is broken. To repair things when they […]
Chocolate fair with fair chocolate in Stockholm
It is wonderful to be at a chocolate fair but already after the first 10 samples one just have to take a break, drink some water, before one can take the next round. Because if you are a choclaholic you cannot stop even if you already have had too much IF there is chocolate available. […]
Blåbär och svamp som naturresurs och supermat
Bär och svampar är en enorm resurs för de som bor i dess närhet. När jag häromdagen gick ut i skogen för att hitta ännu några blåbär som duger som morgonmål (varje dag tror jag att jag ska hitta “de sista” ätbara blåbären) träffade jag på grannarna Marina och Harri med famnhunden under jackan som […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 