Å FINNE EN GOD HVERDAG Har ikke livet mer å tilby enn gjerrige dager med små marginer og store krav? Dager hvor jeg slåss med klokka for å rekke alt jeg skal gjøre før sengetid? Kan det være lov å ønske seg sjenerøse dager med uthvilte smil og bedre tid? Dager som oppleves som mine, […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen Easy to forget! Hard to remember!
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen This week I have been diving into the Greek alphabet. What a treasure trove !!! It seems like our whole civilization is more or less based upon it. It is more than 4000 years old, and if you have a quick run through, you’ll recognize many words and symbols. From the […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen A friend of mine who always drinks her peppermint tea out of a light green cup, taught me long time ago that each drink should have its special cup. In my case it meant that I had to have a cup for regular coffee, one for caffè latte, another for English tea, for my […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen “Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road– Only wakes upon the sea.”. “Caminante, […]
Sometimes I like zipping up in order to regain my energy and just be me for a while. Other times I enjoy unzipping, being social and pour out energy on projects, family and friends. The best part is that I am in charge of the little zipper.
– If I had to pick just one thing to bring to a deserted island, it would definitively be the Brazilian Getz/Gilberto album, a girlfriend told me the other day. I couldn’t have agreed more. This magic bossa nova album was released in 1964 and is one of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time […]
drawn by QUINO According to health writer Jennipher Walters there are 7 good reasons to smile. 1. Smiling can make you happy (even when you’re not) 2. Smiling can make others happy 3. Smiling makes you more attractive 4. Smiling can help you de-stress 5. Smiling can make you land a job 6. Smiling can lead […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen Why do I display my shells in the window sill in the living-room? Why do I cherish and collect them? Probably because to me they represent the jewels of the nature and one of the greatest wonders. Maybe they remind me of floating face down in tropical water snorkeling long time ago, […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I love reading because good books tend to give me inspiration, a change of direction, new opinions and more creativity. The painter Randi Kvilaas made this beautiful picture of a moonshell after reading the book above “Gift from the sea” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. And the best part is, she gave it to me.
