Category Inspiration
A day in the world
On May 15 2012, Aday.org asked people around the world to pick up their cameras to photograph daily life. This photo by Mehran Hamrahi, Iran, is one of my favorite and I heard it is Desmond Tutu’s too. Amamzing how their eyes meet in the jump – two buddies playing. Here are the 45 photos featured in […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chairman….mmmm
Originally posted on gailguerrillagardener:
Well here we are, Chairman of The Friends of Harfield Village Parks, a transition from Guerilla Gardening that is not a completely comfy fit for this hippi child of the 60’s. I was kind’a bullied into it (thanks James). My rebellious roots are cringing a bit and I console myself with…
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
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