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What do you want to be when you grow up?
A simple question that is easily answered by a five-year-old, a ten-year-old or even a 16-year-old. If you ask a 31-year-old, the answer does not come that easily. Because let´s face it, you are already a grown up and you have still no idea what you want to become when you grow… more. Recently, a … Continue reading
Lights on or lights off
There were a lot of discussions going on around the time of The Earth Hour in March. Some were consistently against it, since “it wouldn´t help Mother Earth to turn the lights off for ONE hour”. Which is true, it won´t. But the whole idea was to awaken engagement for our planet, and spread awareness … Continue reading
May 17th – Norwegian Constitution Day
May 17th is Norway´s National Day, where we celebrate that the Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17th in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent nation, however, Norway was at that time under Swedish rule. After the secession from Sweden in 1905, the focus has been directed also … Continue reading
Norway photos
An amazing collection of photographs from my beautiful country at National Geographic.
The first grader
I have not seen this, but absolutely love the storyline. Very inspirational! In a small, remote, mountaintop primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He … Continue reading
For the sad…
Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergmann made a pact. If she went first, he would bring all his famous friends with a helicopter to her funeral, to emphasize that she was something. That she was something great. How can someone with such greatness fear oblivion? I fell in love with Liv the first time I saw … Continue reading
Hate cannot drive out hate
“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only … Continue reading
