Category Inspiration

Public space initiatives in Cape town – a different perspective

Apparently a delegation of men (yes, ALL MEN) from Finland will represent the Finnish design scene (and WDC) in Cape Town. This according to Alternative Design Capital 2012 Helsinki (ADC 2012) facebook page. Heading them is the minister for European affairs, Alexander Stubb. I am sure he knows a lot about culture and how to design a great […]

Good news magazine in a world filled with bad news

Yes – there are some good news magazines.  I have read Yes! for many years but one Swedish online magazine, launched 2010, which gives me hope is Good News magazine. Daniel Mendoza, who started Good News magazine, says to Fria Tidningar  that he got the idea for the magazine while studying at the Business School in Stockholm. […]

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 […]

A visual snow and tree poem

Pete Seeger on The Johnny Cash Show 1970