ANNA-LYS and Wonderings

Prologue: WWW the Dream Catcher

2010-10-25T00:01:00.026+02:00

Surreal digital photo artist:

Sergejj Bizjaev

InterArtCenter

Music:

"Voices of The Wind"
Ah Nee Mah
(Anima or David and Diane Arkenstone)

More about Anima and Voices of the Mind
when C.G. Jung & Co. arrives at the blogstage ;-)

Eye of The Beholder

2010-10-20T00:47:00.002+02:00

Do you see what I see?
Truth is an offence
You silence for your confidence

Do you hear what I hear?
Doors are slamming shut
Limit your imagination, keep you where they must

Do you feel what I feel?
Bittering distress
Who decides what you express?

Do you take what I take?
Endurance is the word
Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd

Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say

Independence limited
Freedom of choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception

Do you fear what I fear?
Living properly
Truths to you are lies to me

Do you choose what I choose?
More alternatives
Energy derives from both the plus and negative

Do you need what I need?
Boundaries overthrown
Look inside, to each his own

Do you trust what I trust?
Me, myself and I
Penetrate the smoke screen, I see through the selfish lie

Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say

Independence limited
Freedom of choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception

Do you know what I know?
Your money and your wealth
You silence just to hear yourself

Do you want what I want?
Desire not a thing
I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom's ring

Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say

Independence limited
Freedom of choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech is words that they will bend
Freedom no longer frees you

Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say

Art: Vladimir Kush

Lyrics: Eye of The Beholder

Artists: Metallica

You're Not From Here

2010-10-17T12:17:00.001+02:00

I don't know what is going on
You turn around and touch my heart
A silent moment speaks the truth
Something has happened all at once
It should have scared me in advance
But I was falling in those eyes of yours
And so
Fear was gone
I knew there was nothing else
I'd ever want

I know you
You're not from here
I've waited for you to appear
To take my breath away
And make me weep
You're not from here
Not from this here and now
Just a touch of yours
And I fly... and I fly... and I fly

I can't get used to missing you
If this is how it's gotta be
I need an angel to watch over me
No one can hold the hands of time
But I can hold you in my mind
Over and over like a melody
For now
I'll stand still
For now
I'll be filled by the memory of your skin

I know you
You're not from here
You don't belong to lies and tears
The greatness of your soul
Makes me weep
You're not from here
Not from this here and now
Just a touch of yours
And I fly... and I fly... and I fly

Artist and SongWriter: Lara Fabian

Blog Action Day 2010: WaterWar

2010-10-15T21:53:00.005+02:00

THEN

Cradle of Humankind
Africa and the Middle-East is looked upon as the human crib. The very first culture of humans. Later on high human society evolved in those areas, we can learn a lot by history, and unfortunately like the planet Tellus, we are repeating the yards all over, again and again.

Sunken Cities
Once upon a time there was lots of cities (Atlantis (Platon myth?) , Herakleion, Canopus, Menouthis, etcetera) that has sunken and a few of them has now been found at from 6 to 10 meters under present sea level. Cities that have been lost for 2500-1600 years. Cities that at that time had advanced water- and sewerage systems. High standards didn't help against earthquakes, floods and tsunamis, the cities close to the seas and rivers fell down and was buried in water depths.

Water Conflicts
Throughout history clean water has been a source to conflict between people and nations. We know about ancient wars and conflicts around the Nile, the Euphrates and the Tigris, rivers that supplied the citizens with clean water back then. Conflicts that forced a huge amount of people to become water refugees. Because without access to the rivers, there is neither water to drink, nor opportunities for irrigation of plants to eat.

TODAY

The Crib as The Undeveloped
Today there is no respect for our common cradle. Problems in Africa and the Middle-East are not "ours", we close our borders for water refugees and refugees from other kinds of conflicts, like oil or religions, we will not share what we got today ... the day will come. We like to explain it through "their" politic, but it is all about land with water!

Rising Sea Level
The fast changing eco-system due to a combination of forest desecration, pollution and global warming has impact on weather and ground movements. Cities are falling down in rivers and seas, the ice are melting and the clean water are becoming to salty to drink. The scenario for the future might be civil wars all over the world due to lack of clean water.

Water a Human Right?!?
During the 10 years the water conflict in Darfur (Sudan) has been going on, over 2 million people has become water refugees, still we give them a cold hand or sink their boats, when they arrive at our borders in Europe. Deaths due to this water conflict is estimated to around 300 000, probably much more.
The flood in Pakistan affected 20,2 million people, 1,9 million homes/house was destroyed, 2,2 million hectares of agricultural land was damaged. 1,4 million Pakistan water refugees are living in camps.
Coca Cola and Nestle amongst other companies are emptying clean water-supplies in India, Africa and USA in order to sell the water to us tapped in plastic bottles with Bis-phenol A, giving poison to one - taking clean water from other in the name of capitalistic thinking.

PATCH UP
threw fears about water scarcity,

IN OTHER WORDS AND WORLDS

Samic Jazz Rock Yoik

2010-10-13T01:33:00.006+02:00

Sharing a favourite with You

THE SAMI SOCIETY
The Sami have long lived in the northern parts of Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula. A question that is often asked is: where do the Sami come from? The answer which can be given today is that the ancestors of the Sami are to be found among the hunting and trapping people who lived in the Arctic area of the Scandinavian countries during prehistoric times.

Today the Sami live in four countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. The Sami are an ethnic minority and the indigenous people of these countries. The area the Sami inhabited, today called Sápmi, stretches from Idre in Dalarna in the south, to the Kola Peninsula in Russia to the northeast. (Source: LAPONIA - WORLD HERITAGE AREA IN LAPLAND, SWEDEN)

Famous Sami people:

Joni Mitchell, Mari Boine, Sofia Jannok, Yana Mangi (singers)

Maud Adams, Renee Zellweger (actors)

Börje Salming (NHL)

Ingemar Stenmark, Anja Pärson, Jens Byggmark (alpin)

Santa Claus ? :-D

Water Week: Raindrops

2010-10-11T00:47:00.002+02:00

This is my little way of reminding about the BLOG ACTION DAY 2010 that will happen on Friday this week. This Years theme is WATER. Unite in the BLOG ACTION DAY 2010 by following the links above.

Have a calm week,

Today You Get the Answer 101010

2010-10-10T19:35:00.001+02:00

My friend Rune in Norway reminded me that today is the digital date: 101010. That in turn gave me "42", the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything, so now we now for sure.

:-D

//Piffle and Deep Thought(s)

Imagine John Lennon 70 Years Today

2010-10-09T11:04:00.001+02:00

A real working class hero

The world will never forget

Rest in Peace John Lennon

// Anna

Baby Boom @ Analysson's

2010-10-07T12:34:00.000+02:00

Proudly present

to YOU

almost half-day old puppies

:-D

Horn-Raising Mind-Wake

2010-10-06T15:19:00.006+02:00

A stranger turned to me today saying
"- I like Your red roe-deer hair colour!"

My immediate thought was - do that colour exist on humans, or is it my wilderness look that creates this visual perception (have only heard deerbrown)? Then I looked at and responsed the young woman " - Thank You, that was unexpected!" Silly answer, and I still don't know if it was that I never have heard that expression about hair-colours before or if she meant I was wild, but shy, and a little scary with my horns. Later, when I came home I felt glad because I love the roe-deer and communicate with the wild ones here in the forest several times a day.

Then a horrible thought came to mind synchronized with a big laugh. Maybe, she meant I gave an unsteady image like Bambi on the ice, and that I have lived so many year here at blogspot, so that I got white (light grey) spots all over my hair (can't be related to age lol). So now I am here, confused and wondering If it is time to cook all those onion shells (peels?) to make an ecological hair refresher. Or is it modern to have lots of white "dotcoms" in the hair in this digital age we live in?

Wonderings,

Anna-Lys

Meet Mr Error in No. 503

2010-10-04T23:25:00.003+02:00

Service Unavailable
Error 503

Opps , sorry he wasn't available. They say he is to loaded to appear on the scene. I am really, really tired of his manners, my patience is running out. I am about to fire him, his service is of no help to me, I only get frustrated. Watching him totally loaded hanging in the doorway in No. 503, can't understand how the rest of the neighbourhood can live under this circumstances.
Until next time he is literally "home"
// Anna-Lys

The Golden Autumn in the Offing

2010-10-03T20:38:00.001+02:00

In a few minutes the sun was shining this Sunday early evening. I threw up the window and managed to snap a photo. Isn't it incredibly beautiful when the fall knocks at the door? Now I'm back at the keyboard and the sun have embedded herself in the cuddly cloud-blanket again.

Sinner Man Run to the Blog

2010-09-30T21:53:00.004+02:00

This evening I have enjoyed myself listening to different artists (what else can I do but using my ears, when my eye still hurts). Sinnerman or Sinner Man is an old spiritual song probably from the beginning of 19:th century, but it is time to put in "run to the Blog", just to update the lyrics :-)

A few examples, which version do You prefer?

Jazz/Blues version

Reggie version

Celtic version

House version

Folk song version

Techno version

RockBallad

Hard Rock

And the judge says:

?

BLOG ACTION DAY 2010 - WATER

2010-09-28T22:27:00.000+02:00

Blog Action Day 2010: Water from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

We where many bloggers that put forward WATER as this years BLOG ACTION.
The event on our blogs will be on the 15:th of October, let's unite!

http://blogactionday.change.org/register

Now is the Time

2010-09-27T23:56:00.009+02:00

The Wonders of Nature is Comfortably Numb

2010-09-23T22:15:00.002+02:00

"We will not support a minority government"

2010-09-20T22:12:00.001+02:00

Please follow the link below for the story

Miljöpartiet de gröna - We will not support a minority government

SWEDEN TODAY 20 SEPT 2010

2010-09-20T09:06:00.002+02:00

Election marks 'end of an era':

With the far-right Sweden Democrats headed to the Riksdag for the first time and the traditional dominance of the Social Democrats apparently broken for good, the Swedish press on Monday reflected on the consequences of a new political era.
Source: http://www.thelocal.se/

*tears*

I'll Wait

2010-09-19T21:13:00.003+02:00

I could not have said it better than
Tomaso Albinoni and Lana Fabian ;-)

Ett Modernt Samhälle 2010

2010-09-18T10:00:00.017+02:00

I ett modernt samhälle lever vi tillsammans i samklang med våra resurser. Många tänker ekonomi och pengar när vi talar om resurser, vilket jag anser vara helt fel. Pengar hjälper föga om vi inte har rent vatten, ren luft och frisk mat. I min vision av ett modernt samhälle tänker vi på att de riktiga resurserna är begränsade och ska rättvist fördelas. Ett modernt samhälle kräver ett nytt sätt att tänka och ett annorlunda liv, ett liv i samklang med vårt ekologiska system.

Om vi fortsätter som vi lever nu kommer vi att inom 100 år ha höjt jordens medeltemperatur med 1,1-6,4 grader (källa naturvårdsverket) och vi ser redan flera effekter på detta, och det verkar som om växthus-effekten går fortare än man först trott. Jorden är en stenplanet men är unik. Den är den enda med kontinentalplattor som flyter på den heta manteln och det är den enda planeten som har vatten i flytande form på ytan. Det flytande vattnet som täcker 71 % av Jorden är förutsättningen för liv, den dämpar temperatur-skillnader. En höjd temeratur innebär inte att vi kommer att uppleva evig solstol och Tequila Sunrise. Det innebär brist på dricksvatten, frisk sund luft och förstörda grödor och animalt liv.

I ett modernt samhälle tar vi alla ansvar för jordens överlevnad och lever i samklang med våra resurser, samtidigt som vi utvecklar förnyelsebara energier. Vi kommer alla att ha sol- och vindkraft inbygda i vårt hem (tak, balkonger, på gården etc), det är inte svårare än att sätta upp en parabol antenn, och det verkar de flesta haft och kunnat leva med. Vi kommer inte att transportera avfall och skit med lastbilar kors och tvärs. För inte är det rättvist att vi ska betala för att ett företag hämtar det, sen säljer de det, omvandlar, och sen köper vi tillbaks antingen i form av energi eller mull. Pengar och skit skyflas fram- och tillbaks, men ägarbytena av detta guld, belastar miljön genom sina transporter och reningsverk. Detta kan lätt skötas i kvarteret, utan sanitära olägenheter.

I ett modernt samhälle tänker jag mig bilpool, vilket redan flera har. Där jag bor är vi hittills tre hushåll som håller på att förhandla om hur detta ska se ut, vi bjuder även in de utan körkort eller bil, så t ex äldre kan få hjälp att komma ut. Känner att det är risk att jag blir långrandig :-D

Vad jag kort vill säga är att jag är rädd, rädd att pengar, plånböcker, främlingsfientlighet och jobb ska styra vårt röstande i morgon. Jag känner att det är oerhört viktigt att vi KAN HA ETT LIV PÅ JORDEN ÄVEN I FRAMTIDEN. Jag är inte politiker, men jag vill gärna behålla min framtidstro, och vår vackra planet, och det måste vi hjälpas åt med tillsammans, vårt hem. Miljöpartiet satsar på ett modernt samhälle, det gör jag också.

Läs gärna min andra blogg

In Relation to Tree (and Thee)

2010-09-16T08:58:00.006+02:00

Ash (Yggdrasil)

I can look on (a tree) as a picture: stiff column in a shock of light, or splash of green shot with the delicate blue and silver of the background.

I can perceive it as movement: flowing veins on clinging, pressing pith, suck of the roots, breathing of the leaves, ceaseless commerce with earth and air - and the obscure growth itself.

I can classify it in a species and study it as a type in its structure and mode of life.

I can subdue its actual presence and form so sternly that I recognize it only as an expression of law...

I can dissipate it and perpetuate it in number...

In all this the tree remains my object, occupies space and time, and has its nature and constitution.

It can, however, also come about, if I have both will and grace, that in considering the tree I become bound up in relation to it. The tree is no longer It. I have been seized by the power of exclusiveness.

Martin Buber (1958) "I and Thou", pp. 19-20)

Ett grönt blad ... ett grönt val

2010-09-14T22:50:00.001+02:00

Grönt! Gott,

friskt, skönt vått!

Rik luft, mark!

Ljuvt stark,

rik saft,

stor kraft!

Friskt skönt

grönt!

Gustaf Fröding

1850-1911

Scaffolds Established ?!?

2010-09-12T22:10:00.002+02:00

This is when it all started, in 1927. It must have been really hard to get the material up on the mountain. The view over the fjords, islands and sea are still breath-taking but the building are slightly bigger and higher and there is today build one more house at my estate. Besides me, my cat and my dogs, am I planning for a micro-farm, probably goats and hens for a start (the later might be problematic due to the wilderness inhabitants, like the fox and hawks.

The ladies that got it built back in 1927, have made beautiful stone floors downhill for plants, I will continue that work. Right now it is enough just to sit at the porch and enjoy the scenery, I would like to share it with You. Later on I will put up a cam so You can enjoy the beautiful landscape view. I am very fortunate to have found a place that feels like "coming home", eight years after losing my own house in a house-fire. I have rented many places on islands etcetera, but the real homely atmosphere has not encompassed, until now. Earlier, when I have described my "homes" I have reflected over that I have been writing like I was a tourist hostess :-)

Everything here is in balance with our ecological system, I will do everything I can to make it even better . Finally, talking as a tourist hostess lol, this part of Sweden belonged to Norway before, so I think this video will be a suitable end to this Sunday posts content :-)

Anna-Lys @ Home 2010 :-D

Bein' Green 2010

2010-09-09T00:21:00.000+02:00

10 dagar kvar till valet 2010

Listen to Your Inner Muse

2010-09-05T23:23:00.003+02:00

My horoscopes for this upcoming week says "Listen to Your Inner Muse". How do I know which of the nine I shall listen too? Please, help me out here, It is an understatement to say that I am hearing multivoices singing in the back of my head ... or is it just my fever ... don't know :-/

Muses presides over art and science

Calliope	Καλλιόπη	"epic poetry"
Cleio	Κλειω	"history"
Erato	Ἐρατώ	"love poetry"
Euterpe	Ευτερπη	"lyric poetry"
Melpomene	Μελπομένη	"tragedy"
Polyhymnia or Polhymnia	Πολύμνια	"sacred poetry"
Terpsichore	Τερψιχόρη	"choral songs" and the "dance"
Thaleia	Θαλία	"comedy"
Urania	Οὔρανια	"astronomy"

Greetings from the Swedish Forest

2010-09-03T08:29:00.002+02:00

I haven't been around much on Your blogs lately
This is my way of wishing You a lovely weekend

(( Love ))

Anna-Lys

Valet 2010 -> ACT GREEN

2010-08-31T22:50:00.002+02:00

My cat relies on Your vote on the Environmental party
on the Swedish election on the 19:th of September 2010

Follow the link to our HOME
(and watch it from different angles but from above)

Artificiellt Lys

2010-08-30T22:51:00.000+02:00

"Artificial light has long been a significant factor contributing to the quality and productivity of human life."

read abstract here: http://iopscience.iop.org/0022-3727/43/35/354001
and/or the PDF here: http://iopscience.iop.org/0022-3727/43/35/354001/pdf/0022-3727_43_35_354001.pdf

och ett på populärvetenskaplig svenska: http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article2463259.ece

akta er för Lys-dioder!

What shall we do with the (light-)drunken sailor?

Give Me One Reason to Stay Here

2010-08-29T10:30:00.000+02:00

Dignity can be bought?!?

2010-08-28T01:19:00.002+02:00

DIGNITY

Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield
For dignity

Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass
For dignity

Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Went into the land of the midnight sun

Searchin' high, searchin' low
Searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go
Have you seen dignity?

Blind man breakin' out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance
Of dignity

I went to the wedding of Mary-lou
She said she don't want nobody see me talkin' to you?
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity

I went down where the vultures feed
I would've got deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn't any difference to me

Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?

Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years
For dignity

Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity

Footprints runnin' cross the sliver sand
Steps goin' down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair

Got no place to fade, got no coat
I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity

Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
for dignity

Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams

So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity

(Bob Dylan)

PINK FLOYD on our DOT

2010-08-21T09:42:00.004+02:00

Please, don't turn away folks!!!

och du käre svensk RÖSTA den 19 september

Anna-Lys

Ett 30 grader kallare Sverige?

2010-08-19T18:08:00.001+02:00

Det råder tystnad över vart BP-oljan tog vägen när den spred sig i "strömmen". Den havsström som avses är Mexikanska Golfströmmen, ja just precis samma ström som håller bl a Sverige , Skottland och Norge 20-30 grader varmare. Vi har bl a Mexikanska Golfströmmen att tacka för vårt fantastiskt humana klimat. Jag vet inte när vi får känna av förändringens vindar, eller om naturen har fixat det till oss så vi inte blir drabbade. För inte fixade de det där borta utanför Florida. Amerikanarnas problem var tydligen löst när oljan inte fanns i deras farvatten längre. Men, naturen är fantastisk, så jag ber den att än engång "städa upp" efter oss dumma människor. Om jag förstått rätt så förflyttar sig Golfströmmen med en oerhörd fart och med enorma mängder, låt oss hoppas att haveriet inte når oss. Jag vill inte flytta härifrån på grund av kyla och i Norge lär det väl bli nya isberg! ... det är såååå tyst!

Wonderings by

Anna-Lys

DOT

2010-08-18T03:06:00.004+02:00

Drive Safe ;-)

Virtual Homelessness and Minimalism

2010-08-16T17:21:00.005+02:00

16 August 2010 Last updated at 11:51 GMT
Cult of less:
Living out of a hard drive
By Matthew Danzico
BBC News, Washington

Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical possessions - from photographs to furniture to homes altogether.

Let's face it - digital files, applications and web services are replacing the need for many of the physical goods that pepper our homes, crowd our desks and fill our closets.

From online photo albums to virtual filing cabinets to digital musical instruments, hi-tech replacements are becoming ubiquitous.

But as goods continue to make the leap from the bookshelf to the hard drive, some individuals are taking the opportunity to radically change their lifestyles.

'21st-Century minimalist'

Meet Kelly Sutton, a spiky-haired 22-year-old software engineer with thick-rimmed glasses and an empty apartment in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood - a hotbed for New York's young, early adopters of new technology.

Mr Sutton is the founder of CultofLess.com, a website which has helped him sell or give away his possessions - apart from his laptop, an iPad, an Amazon Kindle, two external hard drives, a "few" articles of clothing and bed sheets for a mattress that was left in his newly rented apartment.

This 21st-Century minimalist says he got rid of much of his clutter because he felt the ever-increasing number of available digital goods have provided adequate replacements for his former physical possessions.

"I think cutting down on physical commodities in general might be a trend of my generation - cutting down on physical commodities that can be replaced by digital counterparts will be a fact," said Mr Sutton.
The tech-savvy Los Angeles "transplant" credits his external hard drives and online services like iTunes, Hulu, Flickr, Facebook, Skype and Google Maps for allowing him to lead a minimalist life.

"I think the shift to all digital formats in all methods and forms of media consumption is inevitable and coming very quickly," said Mr Sutton.

And Mr Sutton may be right.

Consumer electronic book sales tripled between 2008 and 2009, while the growth of physical book sales slowed, according to the Association of American Publishers.

Meanwhile, compact disc sales have declined by roughly 50% from their 2005 levels worldwide, while global revenue from digital music has nearly quadrupled in the same period, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
Virtual homelessness
Chris Yurista, a DJ from Washington, DC, cites this trend in digital music as one reason he was able to hand over the keys to his basement apartment over a year ago.
"It's always nice to have a personal sense of home, but that aside - the internet has replaced my need for an address," the 27-year-old said.

Since boxing up his physical possessions and getting rid of his home, Mr Yurista has taken to the streets with a backpack full of designer clothing, a laptop, an external hard drive, a small piano keyboard and a bicycle - an armful of goods that totals over $3,000 (£1,890) in value.

The American University graduate, who spends much of his time basking in the glow emanating from his Macbook, earns a significant income at his full-time job as a travel agent and believes his new life on the digital grid is less cluttered than his old life on the physical one.

"I don't feel a void living the way I'm living because I've figured out a way to use digital technology to my advantage," Mr Yurista explained.

Mr Yurista feels by digitising his life, he no longer has to worry about dusting, organising and cleaning his possessions. And he says his new intangible goods can continue to live on indefinitely with little maintenance.

"Things like records snap and wear down over time. It's upsetting. MP3s don't," he said.
The DJ has now substituted his bed for friends' couches, paper bills for online banking, and a record collection containing nearly 2,000 albums for an external hard drive with DJ software and nearly 13,000 MP3s.

But Mr Yurista is not the only digital vagabond.

Joshua Klein, a New York City-based technology innovation consultant, also set out on the road with his hard drive.
He and his wife digitised their possessions, got rid of two-thirds of what they owned and headed to the streets of New York for nine months with their laptops.

But Mr Klein and Mr Yurista both admit there are risks involved.

Mr Klein says the lifestyle can become loathsome because "you never know where you will sleep". And Mr Yurista says he frequently worries he may lose his new digital life to a hard drive crash or downed server.

"You have to really make sure you have back-ups of your digital goods everywhere," he said.
Data crisis counsellor
Data recovery engineer Chris Bross agrees and says if individuals backed up their digital lives "they wouldn't need us when a failure occurs, and they wouldn't be in crisis".

As digital possessions shrink the need for physical property, data recovery companies like Drive Savers, DTI Recovery and Eco Data Recovery may become the emergency response teams of the future.

Mr Bross, a Drive Savers employee, believes as individuals grow increasingly dependent on "digital storage technology for holding all these assets that they used to hold more tangibly", data recovery services will become rather like the firefighters of the 21st Century - responders who save your valuables.

More here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10928032

Weekend Exercise

2010-08-15T10:27:00.006+02:00

Exercise is important to Your health. Not everyone have the opportunity to take a walk in the forest or even like to go to a health centre for body shaping. Probably have some of You exercise software on Your computer, but You need to get out of that world and do exercise that have an impact both on body, breathing and brain.

Yes, the brain loves a good laugh while doing Your exercise, the brain hates to be working in other ways than the fun way ... start Your mornings during weekends with a silly walk and You will be much happier. Later on You can develop this exercise on Your way between home and office and You will even make the surrounding world happier. In the end You can master this exercise on work site and Your customers will leave Your company with a smile on their face and probably walk away in a pretty silly way.

Warning: If You are doing this exercise while You are picking mushrooms or blueberries in the forest, be sure You have a closed basket! ;-)

Master in Silliness and Coach of the Nonsense

Anna-Lys

Summer Rain

2010-08-13T22:38:00.000+02:00

Summer Rain

Anna Ternheim | MySpace Music Videos

Barfotabarn

2010-08-12T08:47:00.001+02:00

Du har tappat ditt ord och din papperslapp,
du barfotabarn i livet.
Så sitter du åter på handlarns trapp
och gråter så övergivet.
Vad var det för ord - var det långt eller kort,
var det väl eller illa skrivet?
Tänk efter nu - förrn vi föser dej bort,
du barfotabarn i livet.

Nils Ferlin 1933

Hopes of Pregnancy

2010-08-09T19:05:00.003+02:00

Blackie, one of my companions in life
has hopefully little puppies around her
within the next nine weeks.

The curious given that her fiancé
seemed to be satisfied with his drudgery.

Love is in the Air

la familia Analysson

The Days of Autumn

2010-08-01T10:06:00.001+02:00

The days of autumn are transparent
and painted on the golden foundation of the forest ...
The days of autumn smile at the whole world.
It is so relieving to fall asleep without desires,
weary of the flowers and tired of the greenery,
with the red wreath of wine at my pillow ...
The days of autumn does not yarn any longer,
its fingers are implacably cold,
in its dreams it sees
how everywhere with snowflakes are falling ...

Edith Södergran
1892-1923

Höstens dagar äro genomskinliga
och målade på skogens gyllne grund...
Höstens dagar le åt hela världen.
Det är så skönt att somna utan önskan,
mätt på blommorna och trött på grönskan,
med vinets röda krans vid huvudgärden...
Höstens dag har ingen längtan mer,
dess fingrar äro obevekligt kalla,
i sina drömmar överallt den ser,
hur vita flingor oupphörligt falla...

Edith Södergran
1892-1923

John Lennon in Sweden 1964

2010-07-31T00:17:00.004+02:00

I found this "interview" from when Beatles arrived at Stockholm
back in July of 1964 ;-)

Enjoy,

Anna-Lys

Golden Chanterelles at my Forest Hut

2010-07-27T23:17:00.006+02:00

"There I was on a July morning looking for love. With the strength of a new day dawning and the beautiful sun. At the sound of the first bird singing I was leaving for home. /.../ There wasn't a stone I left unturned"
;-)

There are much-room in the forest this days ;-) I luv golden chanterelles, do You have them around where You live? I sit here outside my forest hut, in the hot sun, preparing some chanterelles for later on :-p
Sending my thoughts to You all!

Love,

Anna-Lys

Love by Solar Energy

2010-05-10T11:25:00.003+02:00

I am back on my island since Walpurgis and have only contact with You by solar energy, until winter time. Hope everything is well with You All! Love Anna-Lys

un-a-vail-able

2010-04-18T13:55:00.004+02:00

This playhouse is temporarily without half of its Lys
only Anna glimpses occasionally in here for a hug

(( hug ))

AnnA

As Time Goes By

2010-04-02T13:17:00.005+02:00

A Kiss is Just a Kiss ?

Wondering
by
Anna-Lys

upon H C Andersen's Birthday today
the author of "The Ugly Duckling"
;-)

e-motion explained?!?

2010-03-21T07:19:00.005+01:00

"Sometimes a scream
is better than a thesis"

Ralph W. Emerson

Wonderings by

Anna-Lys

International Women's Day: Miss Landmine

2010-03-08T09:50:00.005+01:00

Miss Landmine 2009
Ms Dos Sopheap

http://traavik.info/index.php/miss-landmine-cambodia.html
http://miss-landmine.org/cambodia/

and
Army Museum, Stockholm on International Women's Day,
8:th of March 2010

Beauty contest with heavy purpose?
Are there occasions when ethics
must be put aside of political reasons?
OR is it always done this way, but we
are all crippled in our sight and visions?

Wondering by
Anna-Lys

O! LOAD OVERLOAD

2010-01-26T15:45:00.005+01:00

Will be back
hopefully

with less
voltage

Yours

Zzz Zz Zanna-Zlyz

illustration:
Dan Talsky

A Fruitful Mind?!?

2010-01-23T09:14:00.005+01:00

art:
Guiseppe Arcimboldo,
Milan 1527-1593

Saturday morning, putting different chapters together, changing again the structure, loosing the "red thread", back again, Heureka finding it ...
I don't know ... I feel like a fruit compote ... but where is the cream?

If Youth but Knew; If Age but Could

2010-01-20T11:23:00.008+01:00

Art: A. L. Fuhrmann 1996

O si la ievnesse scavoit,
O si la vieillesse povvoit

Henri Estienne,
Les Premises
1594

Back into writing?!?

2010-01-06T11:23:00.001+01:00

Art:
Vladimir Kush
(on Marquise de Sade)

Dear Readers and Distant Friends,

I need to take a little blogg-brake
due to some upcoming deadlines
all gathered in January, of course.

In the meantime, I hope You all
make the best You can out of this
new fresh start of the year 2010.

(( Love ))

Anna-Lys

SWEDEN en sorglig historia

2010-01-04T09:17:00.001+01:00

När jag är riktigt ledsen och upprörd får jag inte fram ett vettigt ord på andra språk än svenska ... vad nu det betyder? Hur länge ska detta utarmande av vårt land få ske, men man får den regering man förtjänar. Denna galna vargmassaker, och vi är inte ens hungriga, och vem går i päls idag? Sjukt!!!!! Först Volvo, Saab, Ericson och nu går vi på levande varelser i våra skogar, medan vi skiter totalt i alla hemlösa som fryser ihjäl i våra städer idag. Jag är inte stolt över att vara svensk, idag.

Amen

____________________________________

PRESSRELEASE

Large-scale killing of critically endangered wolves in Sweden

Sweden is now leaving its position since decades as an environmental forerunner. The on-going killing of critically endangered wolves risks to severely harming the already small and inbred wolf population of Sweden. We ask for support from an international opinion in order to stop the government from continuing the killing, says Dr. Mikael Karlsson, President of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, the largest and oldest environmental organisation in Sweden.

The present wolf hunting in Sweden is based on a proposition from the Swedish government, implemented by an EPA decision, allowing 27 wolves to be killed in order to keep the population below 210 individuals. The wolf population is red-listed by scientists to be critically endangered in Sweden. As many as 20 other European countries have higher densities of wolves per surface unit than Sweden, all of which also have higher population density.

If Sweden as a green country permits more than ten percent of a critically endangered mammal to be killed, how can Sweden continue to push with environmental credibility on a EU or global scale, whether the questions concern whale hunting or climate change? asks Dr. Mikael Karlsson, President of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

The hunting started on January 2nd and showed to be uncontrolled. About 12 000 hunters were registered for hunting down the 27 wolves, without any other coordination from public agencies than telephone answering machines. Consequently, the regionally responsible agencies are still trying to reveal whether or not the hunting has been within the regional share of the national quotas, and it still remains to be seen if the total national quota will be exceeded or not.

The road that the government has embarked on is dangerous, uncontrolled and signals a systematic shift in Swedish nature conservation tradition. This is a sad day for all who cares about nature, says Dr. Mikael Karlsson, President of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

O range, O range

2010-01-03T19:30:00.001+01:00

There is a huge distance ... between this sculpture of oranges and my home-cooked orange marmelade, but still thoughts doesn't have any limits ... or do they?

Today, I took down the Clove spiced Christmas Oranges and made marmelade to go with the cheese, sweet and lovely, and with a hint of the spices of Christmas left in it.

While doing it my thoughts took its own journey to the Orange Festival in Ivrea, Italy, where I have had much fun through out the years ;-) and further to USA where my Bible was "Betty Crockers", over-there I made lots of jam and chutney, o memories,o memories .... *sigh*

Wonder if people from Sweden are allowed to visit USA, this days, I read so many blogs that express hate against us grown up with social democratic and green values ....

Life is a silent jam, fruity with touches of bitterness and passion.

Bear with me

2010-01-02T02:15:00.002+01:00

May 2010
bring harmony and balance
in every move You make ;-)

(( Love, Peace and Understanding ))

Thank You for 2009

2009-12-26T18:40:00.001+01:00

You magnify my happiness
When I am feeling glad;
You help to heal my injured heart
Whenever I am sad.You’re such a pleasure in my life;
I hope that you can see
How meaningful your friendship is;
You’re a total joy to me.
(source: http://www.poemsource.com)

Thank You!

(( kram ))

Anna-Lys

There is a Stone in my Heart

2009-12-22T00:20:00.002+01:00

Art:
Vladimir Kush

Music:
Pearls (see sidebar)

Good Yule:
Anna-Lys

Winter Solstice

2009-12-18T10:23:00.000+01:00

Winter Solstice
The birthday of the Sun and of the year. We experience the greatest darkness, the hours of darkness are so much greater than the hours of daylight. And yet, it is within this time of greatest darkness that the Light of the World is reborn, for now the hours of daylight will begin to grow and the hours of darkness will lessen.

JACKPOT!!!

2009-12-17T00:24:00.001+01:00

A JACKPOT

Lost in Translation?

I am sometimes very frustrated when I lack all the tools
needed to express myself in English, and I can only imagine
the trouble You have seen ... when trying to understand me.
I want to thank You Blogspotters for having great patience
with me, myself and I.

(( Love ))

The Innocence of Snow Revised

2009-12-16T10:50:00.002+01:00

The Light has Arrived!

It's snowtime, or/and showtime.

:-D

Mute Monday: The Star(s)

2009-12-13T22:55:00.002+01:00

Teach Me Tiger!

Stars are best described as massive luminous balls.
Some Stars think they had a great ball.
Stars are what You see when You are hit and hurt.

Lesson Learned:
Don't mess with a Swedish Woman.

Lucy in the Sky

2009-12-12T12:13:00.000+01:00

The celebration of St Lucy spread over all of Europe. But the place where she is most beloved is Scandinavia, where light is especially welcome in the long hours of winter darkness. On her day, the eldest (or youngest) daughter rises before dawn and fixes a breakfast of special pastries and coffee for her family. She appears in their bedrooms, dressed in a white dress belted with a red sash, and wearing a wreath of greens and four (or seven or nine) lighted candles. Sometimes the wreath is made of green rue and decorated with red ribbons. She serves traditional pastries called lussekatter (or Lucy cats), x-shaped pastries, sometimes flavored with saffron. Other traditional foods served in her honor include saffron buns, ginger biscuits and glogg, a hot spiced wine with aquavit.
(source: School of The Seasons)

With this post I throw some thoughts and light upon my friends living in the Northern hemisphere and those of You that see darkness around You, despite the presence of the Sun. I hope there will be light falling upon us all, but most of all - You are the Light of my Life!

Have a lovely light season,

Anna-Lys

Who Knows?

2009-12-10T11:28:00.004+01:00

WINTER LIGHT

Hearts call
Hearts fall
Swallowed in the rain

Who knows
Life grows
Hollow and so vain

Wandering in the winter light
The wicked and the sane
Bear witness to salvation
And life starts over again

Now the clear sky is all around you
Aah aah
Love's shadow will surround you
All through the night

Star glowing in the twilight
Tell me true
Hope whispers and I will follow
'Till you love me too

Ah ah ah

Now the clear sky is all around you
Aah aah
Love's shadow will surround you
All through the night

Star glowing in the twilight
Tell me true
Hope whispers and I will follow
'Till you love me too

Ah ah ah

UNITE for CLIMATE Result - So far

2009-12-09T13:40:00.004+01:00

Your vote will be presented to world leaders at the COP15 UN climate summit in Copenhagen, telling them to seal a fair and effective climate deal.

http://www.showyourvote.org/vote?skin=mini

This is how the engagement looks (so far):

1127481 Asian votes
37149 African votes
26154 European votes
17924 Oceanic votes
12885 South American votes
7495 North American votes
16 Antarctic votes

Of course, the voting has to be related to Internet access and population, but, even so, it can by an ocular survey give a pretty fare picture of the citizens engagement in saving our planet. IF you have a hint of population and Internet access, and even electricity distribution.

Shame on us!

Anna-Lys

Method of Choice - Your Voice

2009-12-07T23:08:00.002+01:00

Your vote will be presented to world leaders at the COP15 UN climate summit in Copenhagen, telling them to seal a fair and effective climate deal.

http://www.showyourvote.org/vote?skin=mini

Mute Monday: Visual Perception in The Computer Age

2009-12-06T18:00:00.001+01:00

BB-ASCII Art

Beuna Note:
This Zebra is not created by me, but I intend to learn this ASCII Art Code.
Some say ASCII Art is stone-dead, but on Internet reincarnation works ;-)

NaiveGate!?!

2009-12-05T01:25:00.000+01:00

In our enlightened time
is time our lacking prime
we miss colourful nuances,
indicators in the wave dance
and become castaway
and lost, far, far away

Have a Lovely Weekend,

Anna-Lys

Ohhh BAM! ahhh

2009-12-03T16:30:00.000+01:00

President Barack Obama was surprised and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009 and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the problems of the 21st century. (The White House)

Obama said it is still in America's vital national interest to "dismantle and destroy" al-Qaida terrorists and extremist allies. "I intend to finish the job," he said. (West Point)

Please, explain to me ....

Eye Pond(er)

2009-12-01T22:00:00.002+01:00

Thinking of You

Comparisons are easily done
Once you've had a taste of perfection
Like an apple hanging from a tree
I picked the ripest one
I still got the seed

You said move on
Where do I go
I guess second best
Is all I will know

Cause when I'm with him
I am thinking of you
Thinking of you
What you would do if
You were the one
Who was spending the night
Oh I wish that I
Was looking into your eyes

You're like an Indian summer
In the middle of winter
Like a hard candy
With a surprise center
How do I get better
Once I've had the best
You said there's
Tons of fish in the water
So the waters I will test

He kissed my lips
I taste your mouth
He pulled me in
I was disgusted with myself

Cause when I'm with him
I am thinking of you
Thinking of you
What you would do if
You were the one
Who was spending the night
Oh I wish that I
Was looking into...

You're the best
And yes I do regret
How I could let myself
Let you go
Now the lesson's learned
I touched it I was burned
Oh I think you should know

Cause when I'm with him
I am thinking of you
Thinking of you
What you would do if
You were the one
Who was spending the night
Oh I wish that I
Was looking into your eyes
Looking into your eyes
Looking into your eyes
Oh won't you walk through
And bust in the door
And take me away
Oh no more mistakes
Cause in your eyes I'd like to stay...
stay....

Art: Vladimir Kush

Songwriter: Katy Perry

Singer: Katy Perry

Evoker or Joker: Anna-Lys

Mute Monday: Travel (un)Ravel!?!

2009-11-30T19:23:00.007+01:00

Enjoy Your Journeys!

Anna-Lys

Mute Monday
is a weekly multi-participant group project
that visually addresses reader suggested themes.
Click here to learn more, and be sure to visit
the troll report to let everyone know you participated.
(says K9)

;-)

Conceptual Hyper-Realism?!?

2009-11-29T00:54:00.010+01:00

Art by

Tristan Schane

Interviewed here

"Inter-viewed" is a lovely English expression
but the process of making art might be an Intra-view ;-)

-----------------------------------------

First lesson of Anna-Lystic Cyber-Ethology
(in short ALCE in Swe. ÄLG LÄRA)

Positive relatedness or negative relatedness are in relation to factors such as distance, actuality, mood, hunger, openness, sex and humour, etcetera, but most of all projections. The change between positive and negative responsiveness is called learning. Learning may be limited by growth and social context. Animals has to learn to survive, if they turn their back to the "Newly" perceived, they may be eaten by that new creature.

International Buy Nothing Day

2009-11-28T12:50:00.002+01:00

Recycling is the answer

2009-11-27T22:04:00.005+01:00

What is the question?

The Escape from Lolcatraz, or Blogging as an Escape from Reality!?!?

2009-11-17T16:00:00.007+01:00

An ESCapade

Lets get pseudo-philosophical! (I discuss from a first-person perspective, only because I prefer it, not due to some self-related experience.) I have been looking upon blogging as a kind of escape-way when life gets dull and boring, or when I am overwhelmed of creativity, or just can't sleep and care for some social interplay. Now, I face almost the opposite side of the coin. When, into deep serious states in life, that needs lots of reflection, a "LOL" can destroy the reflection and I have to start the thinking-process all over again. Today the online sphere is an ongoing parallell world, side by side, the physical world. Both worlds are happening in the real world of the humans everyday life. Escapes can be looked upon as intellectual decisions needed when aiming for a timelimited goal. Before escapes was thought of as something negative - what has generated this paradigmshift in thinking? The "ESC-key ", of course. The computers has tought us that we are the agent that can descide, before we thought it was all about destiny ;-)

Wonderings by

Anna-Lys

It gets lighter when its dark

2009-11-14T09:38:00.008+01:00

If You dig deeper it might get hot ...

It's snowing outside and the Swedish melancholic soul starts to wake up. Still living in they grey scale but slowly slowly visualising a lighter environment, that will lift us up to higher former of being ... here ... alive and interplaying with the outside of Self.

~ Just an other Self-Anna-Lyse

Art:
Georgia O'Keeffe "Black Iris"

A post aimed to
celebrate the 122nd
anniversary of the
birth of Georgia O'Keeffe
on the 15:th of November

Remains ...

2009-10-01T10:38:00.003+02:00

Autumn means colour and leaves
so I got to leave my "cave" for
the Winter - to the mainland.

Meaning living in a world of
concrete, asphalt and stress
longing for paradise - the island.

Bright Light (mangold)

2009-08-29T23:44:00.002+02:00

May I proudly present something from my garden?
I love this mangold, and use it in my daily salad.

I still have not enough electricity to run around
in the Blogoland, but my Garden Land is OK ;-)

C U

and many kisses
without viruses ;-)

No Day is The Same

2009-08-18T08:25:00.003+02:00

What are YOU doing?

;-)

(( Hugs ))

Anna Croft on the island

2009-06-08T08:31:00.004+02:00

The life on a croft not being used since 1942 are like a journey of discovery every day. I told You before about my kayak project, To tell You the truth, I am far from being there! I am still in the process of organising my every-day life according to not having any electricity. And a lot of my spare-time goes to fixing up the place and the interior. I have recently found a lovely stone garden underneath 60 years of old wilderness of free growing grass and trees, as well as a lovely pond in the garden.

This island in the archipelago of the coast of West-Sweden, are mostly mountains and forest, and my croft is at the very top of one of this heights (ohhh I am a highlander! The picture above is taken from the seaside) This croft and its farm is built into the nature in a very creative way, as they don't do any more. I have my own well with fresh water from the very deep springs in the mountain. But, the old building for cows and sheep are gone long time ago, only the stones from the ground it stood on are left. The beautiful and large root cellar I have to repar, because a tree liked to grow inside and through the stone roof, but it is beautiful.

In the harbour I have access to two small boats, havn't had time for fishing, yet. The two most important projects right now is to set up the sun cell system and and combine it with water turbines for the rainy days :-D

It is about 2 kilometer to the closest neighbour, where I have access to as much horse-back riding as I want, and have time for. I am working full time at the uni in the big city, imagine to come home each day to this silent paradise!

Of course here is lots of wild animals around me, both small and huge, the other nightfall I had a huge elk in the garden, he stood there for a long time and I was sitting in the window amazed over my new way of living, close to the nature, only using the natures resources.

Until next time,

(( LOVE ))

Anna Croft

Sveriges Nationaldag 6 juni & EU-val 7 juni

2009-06-06T09:08:00.002+02:00

Vi bor i ett underbart land
med den vackraste natur
vi har alla rätt att nyttja
så varför gör vi dum gyttja?

I morgon går folket till urnan
för att rösta för natur & klimat
för rätten till personlig integritet
lägg din röst på Miljöpartiet de Gröna!

Personlig integritet är en mänsklig rättighet och måste få ett stärkt skydd i grundlagen. Miljöpartiet anser att utvecklingen mot ett övervaknings-samhälle måste vändas. Omoderna, smutsiga bränslen och kärnkraft har ingen plats i ett hållbart samhälle. Miljöpartiet vill stoppa all utvinning av olja och kol, och väljer hellre billiga och rena energislag än farlig och dyr kärnkraft. Den nya tekniken är redan här och med moderna energikällor och ny infrastruktur kan vi både rädda klimatet och skapa ett samhälle med nya gröna jobb, högre livskvalitet och vettig konsumtion.

Out of Touch

2009-05-17T22:00:00.002+02:00

Friends Dancing Around the Screen,
I will not be living with my machine
I will be moving into my dear cave
combined with working as a slave

You will always
be in my mind

until later

Anna-Lys

Overhead in Waves

2009-05-14T00:25:00.001+02:00

Man is not rational;
there is intelligence
only in what encompasses him.

Heraclitos

Firmly Riveted Movement

2009-05-10T23:25:00.000+02:00

In the midst of my move to the Swedish West-Coast Archipelago, I depend on my sons muscle power. With two weeks left to be finish on, I thought I had plenty of time, sure!

Two of my son's has broken toes, one when he played an aggressive dude on the theatre the other day (yes, he was very convincing, indeed), the other one broke his today at a Taekwondo (martial art) contest (after receiving a gold award in Kata).

Some Mothers Days are really Mothers Day, like all other days mothers has :-D
But, it could have been worst than toes ... so I am thankful, even if we all are stuck in different ways, it is only temporary. For Frida (art piece) it was permanent, and for lots of You out there. My thoughts and heart goes to You out there !!!

Latest News from the Funny Farm

2009-05-09T02:43:00.001+02:00

Sweden's most Intelligent Festival

2009-05-04T21:00:00.001+02:00

The International Science Festival
Gothenburg

Dr. Jane Goodall with Friend

Here I am at The International Science Festival (Yes, I am the chimpanzee, to the right). But, I ran away listening to Green Design, because I care for the environment, but I will also attend the more spacey, or out of space programs, maybe it will be a better place to live on? I will be at the festival most of the time and do some "monkey business" and so on ... and lets rrrrrrrock.

May 7:th Updated photo from Gothenburg.

Photo: Dick Gillberg

World Poverty - The Real Pandemic

2009-04-27T00:01:00.005+02:00

To be treathed worst than a swine
is more dangerous and world wide spread
than the Swine Influenza, You can be the next!

Critical Anna-Lyze
of Media News

_________________________________________________________________

Daily and balanced updates
of the Swine Influenza before it gets out to the news,
and turned upside down, and twisted. Presented in six
different languages. The latest update is in the upper
right corner of the WHO site.
___________________________________________________________________

Paddle will Work!?!

2009-04-26T17:06:00.009+02:00

"The inland canoeing in Bohuslän is concentrated in the northern part of the province, a hilly and relatively barren area, crowned with the plateau of Kynnefjäll. The waterways usually follow the lakes along the rift-valleys of the landscape.
In the south, the river Nordre älv and its valley offer beautiful scenery. Beside flat water paddling inland, Bohuslän is probably more wellknown among sea-kayakers for the great archipelagos decorating the coast line. In the north, the stony shores consist of the characteristic red granite, while gneiss dominates the coastline southwards. The landscape reminds you of a bare mountain region.
We recommend a kayak for paddling on the west coast. You should have experience and patience, because in spite of the sheltering islands, there are many open straits and bays where you may have to wait for better weather before passing. During long trips of a week or more, you are likely to be delayed for some time because of heavy winds and sea.
The best seasons for sea-kayaking are late summer and early autumn, while the water temperature is still at a humane level and most of the pleasure-boats have left. There is also less risk of disturbing the bird- and animal life when you approach or land at the islands.
On the coast of Bohuslän the tide as a matter of fact is perceptable. It is not much - maybe a foot at spring tide. But note that this tide, when together with a strong west wind can make the water rise considerably. So you had better pull up your kayaks a good distance from the water if you are leaving them out of your sight."

SOURCE: http://www.kanotguiden.se/bohuse/f3karta.htm

or am I still sailing?

ROFLMAO

An Inquiry of Kayak Sailing

2009-04-25T19:20:00.005+02:00

Haj Everybody, I am Lost!

I am searching for information regarding putting a sail (a la Viking Era, or a spinnaker) on a kayak. I have not bought the kayak, yet, due to that I must learn how I can expand it into a sailing kayak. I have seen models that are built on the catamaran idea, but also on the Viking principles.

I have not found out how the mast (or pole) will be placed on such a little boat. I don't even know if there are kayaks for sale, with sail :-) I am quite interested in buying the kayak model; Prijon Seayak, there is a great space for my dog, as well as a rudder that keeps it on track, with my feet, when I am fishing.

I need information about if this model can be developed into a sailing kayak or if You have better suggestions and ideas. I am not in a hurry I prefer to wait and get the right gadgets or at least knowledge of how to go further on this matter. Any wise or otherwise thinking or information to share? Thank You very much, indeed for trying to help me!!!!

Wondering and Fishing for Knowledge,

Anna-Lys

Tribute to the Nature

2009-04-21T12:10:00.001+02:00

We Swedes have a special relation to nature which we share with our Scandinavian neighbours. We tribute nature through special festivals nd we dance around Yule trees and Midsummer poles. Our spirits are sensitive for natures shifts and we become lyrical over the first flower. Many of us still bend to the ground and kiss it. In the Swedish constitution, we have The Right of Public Access, which probably is the most important reason why we stay in our country whatever happens. We still have the same procedures around natures shifts as we had long before the church came here with their calender.

In spring we celebrate the birth of nature, Walpurgis (Valborgsmäss), I think the video capture the soul very well, it is the Godness of Spring with the Finnish band Gjallarhorn. The narrative from their songs springs from Nordic mythology. "Gjallarhorn" is the goat horn you can see on the video. The celebration of natures birth is also a awakening of love and passion in our pretty melancholic souls. Spring is seeds of love and growth.

Me, myself move out to the Archipelago of the West Coast, Sweden, I will now live on a small island, even if I still go to work on the university. Getting back and forth will take about 5 hours, but I will live in the midst of the wilderness, I need this for my final process of writing, to be closer to our nature. I will still be around, now and then, but, not as much, as I have been until now. I will probably post some pictures of my surroundings ;-)

LOVE,

Anna-Lys

Stephen Hawking seriously ill

2009-04-20T22:18:00.008+02:00

Our times Einstein, professor Stephen Hawking has today been hospitalized, and is very ill. He fascinates me, most people know him due to his explanations of that black holes are not empty, on the contrary there is lot of energy ... together with fellow researchers he tried to find the big explanation, an unified theory of relativism and time, that could explain it all.

I came across him because of my interest in "present time" and "presence" ... brb

I am back,

just to inform You, about that I have no more to say. There are now many bloggers out there posting the same news .. they master the English language better than me ...

visit my bloggfriends Laughingwolf and Quasar instead :-)

Stephen You have much more to accomplish, be well soon!

// AnnA

Prejudice Vanished?!?

2009-04-19T10:54:00.003+02:00

Some people shook their pretty head, some hold their hand in front of their mouth, yes, even in front of their eyes. Me, myself, sat silly with my mouth open, but full of anticipation.. ... then I spontaneously burst into tears.

Like a silent rain in Springtime, I cried. I cried for all of us, I cried for the human kind ... and all of this, because of this Talent Woman, and what took place in the waves around her performance, and long, long time after that! Hopefully, will this waves never end as they take their journey around our planet!

// Anna-Lys

Please, follow the link Talent Woman for the full story line.
Me, myself stumble upon this experience on the blog "Live Passionately".

(picture above found on Google, can't find is original creator)

Logic by Play

2009-04-18T10:09:00.000+02:00

Illustration: A.L. Fuhrman

"Pure Mathematics,
is in its way,
the Poetry of Logical Ideas"
(Albert Einstein)

This weekend I am re-reeding a tiny book (819 pp), an integrated approach to research in social and behavioural sciences (maths), and as always my thoughts went elsewhere. I can´t really understand why our kids must learn mathematics, by using numbers. How interesting it would be to use non counting logic, like poetry and art, meaning turning the process upside down. It probably would result in an understanding of logical thinking as well as an urge to get tools for using it, those tools would of course be numbers, because it would take to much space to write with words, sentences and so when communicating the logics.

If allowed kids, would first use play as a communicative tool to display their thoughts to others. When other kids unite in the play, the play will turn into a game, because they make up rules for the play, games follows logics or rules :-)

How much funnier it is to read this English book having this metaphor in my head. After every chapter I summarize into dramaturgy. Another win is that it besides the semantic memory and perceptual memory also falls into my episodic memory, which makes it much easier to remember and have access to. Knowledge, is like a fresh fruit, it rotten after a short while, but the logic behind getting the new knowledge is a game we need to play every time we meet something we don't understand.

In the Midst of Wondering by,

Anna-Lys

I am the chairman

2009-04-17T00:02:00.000+02:00

“When Fortune calls, offer Her a Chair”

(Yiddish Proverb)

Have a lovely weak end ;-)

Anna-Lys

Back to the Roots

2009-04-15T11:30:00.001+02:00

“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it,
it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world
to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so,
they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it
whether they want to or not.”
(Georgia O'Keefe)

Iris, a flower that can grow almost anywhere, no matter the nutrition or quality of the land. The Iris is a beautiful and dramatic flower that has many different looks, and colours. Still they are the same family - The Irises.

The Iris has strong fibre and are very flexible. The fibre from the leaf can be used to make cordage (for making fishnet, ropes, strings etcetera). The roots was used in medicine for kidney problems and to get into a dizzy world. No, no I haven't used it!

I use an other root, everyday, it is from the same family, as the Iris, namely Ginger. I eat it fresh in my everyday salad bowl. In some cultures they use ginger root for torture, because it is very strong. But, me I don't use it in that part of my body, I eat it, and use it for healthy purposes.

Health, yes that is something lots of people all over the world are getting more less of. For example in my own country, Sweden, we have a huge problem with unemployment, actually the highest in Europe right now (we can't export any more).

If You can't control, anything else, stay healthy with the small things in life. Enjoy our nature and its richness, take a flower in Your hand, and watch it carefully, feel its softness. You can also take control over Your body, by healthier living and why not start with some martial arts (I do Shotokan karate), because loosing the sense of self-control, is to slowly, slowly loosing Yourself, the core roots of being a human.

Stay Strong, Healthy and Flexible!

(( Hugs ))

Anna-Lys

Blowin in The Wind?

2009-04-15T00:01:00.007+02:00

How many blogs must a blogger walk down
Before you call him a blogger?

I have been searching for information about blogs, their existence, and how many we are today. Almost a mission impossible! I found that there are about 184 million started blogs, at another place I found 77 million, but nowhere I can find what they define as a blog. Maybe, that is the problem, that You can't count what is not categorized properly.

Is twitter, glitter and critter defined as blogging?
Is my blog, a blog per se, because I publish on blogspot?
Is it important at all what I am doing, as long as I do what i like to do? ;-)

The industry find the Blogosphere most interesting, they have conferences and expos for example Blog World Expo. I went also to Google Schoolar (only peer reviewed articles) to find out what the researchers think about the blogging phenomena.

Then I became very sleepy.

Good N8 ;-)

Complexity Artfully Expressed

2009-04-13T22:33:00.000+02:00

Rahoroi

2009-04-11T02:40:00.001+02:00

Saturday, again - time for some cleaning up?
Satur is the Roman God for agriculture, and the only day of the week in the English language that are from the Roman mythology. In the Scandinavian languages this day and the name of it follows Viking rituals - namely "bath day" (lördag). When taking a quick survey into other cultures I find that modern Maori calls it "washing day" (rahoroi).

I wonder is it also a myth that my ancestors, the Vikings, did bath, at all? Or, did both Maori and Vikings refer to a "mental cleaning", a refreshing start for the new week to come? Is there actually a connection between the Roman God for Agriculture and the mental preparation for the next weeks hard work on the fields?

Wonderings by

Anna-Lys

Bench of The Week (3)

2009-04-10T16:34:00.005+02:00

What's Behind
this Story Line?

Egg(head) Time!

2009-04-08T21:11:00.006+02:00

"Thinking is more interesting than Knowing,
but, less interesting than Looking"

Johann Wolfgang van Goethe 1749-1832

Happy Easter Holiday

Anna-Lys

Annika Östberg back in Sweden today

2009-04-08T08:29:00.001+02:00

Annika Östberg is today back on Swedish mark,
after spending 28 years in Californian prison!

Annika moved to USA as a little preschool girl, her mother meet an American man. The couple experienced that the daughter was in the way of their new love. Annika had to move to his relatives. Unwanted and unloved, she did as most unseen kids, she went into a way of living that was bad for her. As expected, by 12 she got into youth prison. She escaped from youth prison at the age of 13, and lived as a prostitute for living, and to stand out in this situation she started to use heroin in the flower power era in San Francisco. At 15 she gave birth to a son! (He later died in a car accident 1985).

From childhood and on and on her life was field of tragedies and criminal acting out. It ended up with a scene where Annikas boyfriend shoot a policeman to death. They had stopped their car, and Annika went into the "ladies" in the woods, a police car stopped, and Annika went back to the car, the the boyfriend shoot the policeman. Annika got prison for life for "distracting" the policeman when she came back to the car. 28 years she has spent in American prison, fostering their police dogs. Today she arrived to Sweden, at Hinseberg Prison. One must be thankful that she did not get the electric chair for existing on this earth! To me she got into prison when her parents did not want her any more when she was 5-6 years old.

Welcome back - may You get peace in life in Sweden!

Priceless Prize

2009-04-08T08:25:00.001+02:00

I am very happy to share with You that I, Anna-Lys, and Kirti are the joint winners of "Post of The Day" at Autorblog by the Australian journalist David Mcmahon. My post that was a winner was "Of course it hurts", and Kirtis "Wealhy". I am very honoured, and if I am right informed it is Arne in Norway that has nominated my post. Thank You! I hope that Karin Boye's poetry will be better recognised outside of Scandinavia. Thanks for bringing it further David!!!

Please visit Kirtis blog, and read her lovely tribute to her mom on her 60:th birthday and Davids to see more of the winners!

Yellow

2009-04-07T00:10:00.004+02:00