Our World: 24 April 2017

Ruby and Simmie send licks and best wishes! (That's Ruby on the right... She is getting some silver around her mouth.)

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Our World: 17 April 2017

We're celebrating Easter with the perfection of ice and minus degrees!

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Our World: 10 April 2017

As you probably know, there was a terrorist attack in my adopted town of Stockholm on Friday, when a man hijacked a truck and drove it down a pedestrian street full of people, mowing them down as he went.

My heart goes out to the victims and their families, as well as to the victims of so many other attacks - in Syria, St. Petersburg and London, to name a few recent examples.

It's so easy to lose hope -- but in times of crisis, people pull together to help each other out, and that's how I know love and light will win over hate and darkness.

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Our World: Start-of-April Edition

It's April already - the start of spring for some of us, while others are gliding into autumn.

Here's Ruby inspecting a canoe by the shores of the lake. (Note: the ice has disappeared!)

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Our World: 27 March 2017

Longer days are here at last!

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Our World: 20 March 2017

It's the spring equinox on Monday, 20 March - when night and day are the same length. Then it gets lighter and lighter in the northern hemisphere and darker in the southern hemisphere.

But for this one day - the balance of the world is harmonious and perfect!

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Our World: 13 March 2017

"The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty.   It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn." 
-  Patricia Hampl 

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Our World: 6 March 2017

March announced its arrival with snow!

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Our World: End-of-February Edition

It is with great regret that I have to tell you all that one of the co-founders of Our World, the lovely Arja, who lived in Australia, passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Her family posted her last words to us here.

She will be missed.

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Our World: 20 February 2017

Another week full of possibilities!

Here in Sweden, our days are getting longer and lighter.

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Our World: 13 February 2017

Even if you don't celebrate Valentine's Day, it's worth remembering that we should spread love as thick as we can and leave people happier than when they first came to us.

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Our World: 6 Feb 2017

Thanks for joining me here at Our World. I'm in England this week, but will be back on my blog next week.

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Our World: End-of-January Edition 2017

Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers. -- Kahlil Gibran

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Our World: 23 January 2017

Winter can be a delightful time of year!

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Our World: 16 January 2017

First week back at work and school makes us very tire-d!

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Our World: 9 January 2017

A new year with new possibilities!

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Our World: It's a new year!

Here's wishing you all a new year filled with good things - and a world that can find compassion and peace.

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Our World: New Year Edition

This year seems to have flown by!

Here's hoping that 2017 is filled with more kindness, sanity and love!

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Our World: Christmas Edition

Wishing you all a golden holiday season!

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Our World: Lucia Edition

December 13 is Lucia here in Scandinavia. It's a time when choirs carry candles and the Lucias wear candles in their hair and they all sing like angels while the snow falls softly outside.

Lucia is about bringing the light into the darkness and spreading warmth and love. (The world needs all the light and goodness it can get.)

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