I take lots of pictures. And since my boys arrived I take lots of pictures of my boys, their friends and cousins and so on.
If I should sum up my best tips for better photos, here goes:

Move to the childs eye level

When I browse blogs I see so many parrents walking up to their kids [...]

Here is a treasure of nature - invisible to the naked eye.

I love the fact that little gems like this are hidden all around us.
Here is a bigger one - but still invisible.

Do you like statistics? World history? Stats about world history? Neither do I. But I’ve had a whole new look at it with Hans Roslings ingenious way of presenting stats about how things have changes in our world through the years.
This presentation make numbers come to life. He draws the picture of what he wants [...]

When I was a child I had a book about a rabbit called Peter. Peter rabbit was on vacation and went to see a balloon festival. He drove by train through the landscape and arrived at this field full of colorful balloons. It was a spectacular sight and Peter decided to try a ride in one [...]

I am very ambivalent towards IQ-tests.
On the one hand, I can’t help at giving it a try. How fast can I be, how good? Both being ambitious by nature my husband and I have sometimes done them for fun. I readily admit he always gets the best score. He’s excellent on math and logic, I [...]

Recently I’ve thought about what makes my day. Mainly because I have observed my self and found it a good thing to know.
I’m spending a lot of time at home, scheduling my day as I please. I have things to do, a home to run and different projects in the making. In the afternoon my [...]

Creativity. Difficult to describe. Get’s us from good to great. Can’t be forced.
But how do you make it unfold? How do you make room for creativity? Sir Ken Robinson gives an excellent talk on the matter here:
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When I walk through the city I can’t help thinking that maybe someone in retail invented the concept of Mother’s Day… Perhaps it was someone in the flower business - just a vague idea.
Well, Mother’s Day is coming up (10th of May) and if you are thinking about how to let your mother know you love her, here [...]

One of my first essays in school was about creativity. As an 11yo I didn’t bring any wisdom or ground breaking research to the table - let me assure you. But I made the text all flashy on the computer with pictures and (- I remember -) Footrot bouncing through the text. In 1994 that was really fancy.
But never mind - [...]