Finally after ten years a song of mine got recorded, it took a decade but the right singer came along at the first shot. Back in 2009, around springtime, I wrote a song …
Hike Over Besseggen and Knutshøe in Norway
Scenes from my late August mini trip up in Norway. I went to Gjendesheim from where I really enjoyed the site alone and also did two main hikes. One over the Besseggen Ridge …
Barefoot Shoes – WanderToes & NimbleToes by Joe Nimble
Long ago I used to buy all sorts of shoes and sneakers. Until I read a book by a Danish author about our feet and toes. It cemented my experience regarding comfort and …
To the Moon and Never Back Again
Wherever humans set foot, others follow. The moon however, is a special story. This video is based solely on NASA’s footage and commentary. July 20, 1969 – Two men landed and walked on …
Memory of June
Another June, another summer solstice passed. Bright was the month and shorter are the days to come. Slowly yet sudden, autumn will be here. Winters ahead, this June will be fresh. Like the …
The Small Yellow T-Shirt
A yellow t-shirt from my childhood, one of the few things that made it through after the war along with my father’s 35mm camera and a small box of film rolls. The yellow …
Fakery, Simulation Theory & Cognitive Dissonance
Everything can be visually faked and rendered indistinguishable from real footage with modern CGI power. How far will this evolve? Are we already NPC’s in a simulated world? In the Matrix? Or are …
Our Collective Years – Does Life Speed Up?
A year in the life of a child in its seventh year is about fourteen percent of a lifetime for them. Compared to a person in their fortieth year, which is only two …
Low-Tech Mindwashing
Our imagination makes creativity possible, it makes communication and interpretation of texts, music and art possible. It is also what is controlling us if we aren’t aware of its workings. …
Trump Strengthens Israel, Not America
Trump is doing more for Israel than for the USA. Not a brick of wall has been put at the Mexican border. While he signs a paper of approval that Israel can (granted …
EU Hypocrisy on Bosnia’s Chinese Credit for a New (Cleaner) Coal Plant
EU gives €357 million for a Croatian bridge construction that is contracted to the Chinese. Meaning that EU money directly benefits China instead of a common EU country. At the same time EU …
Total Parenting
Here’s a walk n’ talk video on some total parenting ideas. And the traditional yearly video of whatever thoughts about the new year I have. This year it’s more practically oriented than previous …
Biometric Data in Schools? Forget It.
We don’t need biometric scanners in classrooms. We don’t need RFID chips in our students. We don’t need surveillance cameras in schools. However. We do need classical education on logic, philosophy, geometry, history… …
The Lukewarm Trap in Life
On this cold and chilly morning, I want to talk about something warm and about this thing of being lukewarm towards life. I remember listening to Alexander Scourby’s audio version of the Bible …
2019
Another cycle of light is upon us. The more years one can count by memory the more one feels like making out of the time here. …
A Swedish Slave in Morocco (Svensk Slav i Marocko)
Author: Marcus Berg (1714-1761) Captured August 23, 1754 Freed August 30, 1756 This isn’t really about a specific book, but more a tip or a reminder of biographies and experiences written down long …
