Which road are you on? Your own. Everyone is walking their own road. It does have lessons, unexpected turns and pleasant surprises in a curious and wondrous mix. All in all, it is worth walking.
A quote by Kriz Rogers.
Another of my #krizrogersquotes. "Life is worth the effort.
Lemons and all."
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We have a soft spot in our hearts for animals. If you have room for one in your life, please find a local animal shelter and adopt a pet just as we did. You’ll be repaid by the love they will give you.
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Friends 4 Romanian Paws are a relatively new non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating the Romanian stray dog problem at its very root. To accomplish this we are working with four shelters in Romania.
Darius shelter is run by Darius Terhes, our go-to veterinarian. He also neuters as many strays as possible in his free time. His help, Mihai, takes loving care of the dogs at the shelter every day. The shelter, that can house up to 60 dogs, and Darius' new built practise are located on a small private property of his.
Friends 4 Romanian Paws are also working on taking in strays from the town Rupea and are planning on offering neutering to family dogs there to get a handle on the stray dog population in this small town. We are really thankful to have a veterinarian in our team who is determined to improve animal welfare in his home country and who has the capacity to give shelter to stray dogs, take care of their medical needs and is even able to perform surgeries if necessary.
Bruno shelter is operated by Eleonora Vlad and her husband Mihai. They shelter about 100 dogs in a well organized environment. Elli is a very kind soul who applies western standards in taking care of the animals. She is grateful for any offered support and does her best to help the dogs on a daily basis.
Friends 4 Romanian Paws also offer a small contribution to Raluca Ferbinteanu, a veterinarian who owns a vet clinic and also shelters around 300 dogs. They hope to be able to help her do small 'spayatons' soon and are taking care of 90 dogs there that were simply forgotten by another organization.
As you can see there is a lot of work to be done and we hope that we can count on your much-needed support because only with that support we can reach our goal of Romania being free of stray dog suffering.
This past Holiday Season was hectic. Or is that something that we decide for ourselves? Hmmm, that could very well be. That whatever we choose to do and feel and think reflects our daily life ... in other words: if one decides to put too many to-do's on oneself, stressful is going to be one's everyday living.
How many "musts" could we cut out of our hearts? What kind of change would it be in your life if you decided to think that the expectations of others oftentimes start in oneself? I think communication helps here. How many gifts do we need? Each person on your list? Maybe they and we don't need as much as we think we do ... talk to them this year before anyone starts any gift list (whether it is a mental note one or a written-down one), and remember, the Greatest Gift has already been given to us:
So, what is this new year going to bring? Much of it is up to us, the Human Kind ...
"My inner joy is not dependent upon any outer circumstance". Quote by Kriz Rogers. Copyright Kriz Rogers.
I am wishing Each and All A Very Happy And Prosperous New 2019!!!!!!!!
One is crazy cute and adorable - talking 'bout videos for goodness sakes! - and the other is a crazy kind of lonely captured in a song. The latter does offer a solution and a reflection on our own responsibility for our situations though (found in the last line of verse two. Lyrics provided).
Kriz Rogers wrote this song when going through a divorce. She performed it live with her band Countryfied at the Swedish Masters of Country Music in September of 2008.
Driving Me Crazy
Lyrics - Copyright Kriz Rogers
The ones I loved before gave me what I asked for
A bunch of lies and heartaches that made me walk the floor.
But, they were honest, told the truth 'bout what they did so I knew.
What a difference it was, not anything like you.
Driving me crazy
To the edge of the world.
My heart is not driven in a way it deserves.
Living by anger - praying for love.
Driving me crazy
to the edge of the world.
At times I touch the sky. Countless days I crawl on ground
so dirty it's like darkness there maybe I belong.
But I'm not stupid, I can see if I stay here I do me wrong.
There's no one who'll rescue me: not anyone but me.
I'm known for having a poetic touch to my lyrics. In this blog post I am going describe how it began - by reading and listening to the works of two national treasures of Sweden. It influenced my songwriting.
My mom and dad - but most and foremost my dad - had a deep connection with reading poetry and the appreciation thereof, most notably of the pieces by the skald Evert Taube and the poet Dan Andersson. In my parents' library, dad had a book with the complete Evert Taube collection and one with the Best of Dan Andersson. Andersson died in his sleep at a very young age (32) at a hotel in Stockholm, but he had already left a considerable legacy with his melancholy descriptions of life, living, people and knowing there was a Divine power.
The theme both poets had in common was their love for nature, but as Dan Andersson lived and worked in the heart of Sweden, his closeness to the land expressed itself in the fields and forests in his works, while Evert Taube's passion was the sea, the archipelago and sailing, since he lived on the west coast of the country.
Dan Andersson's poetry has had many a singer and songwriter putting melody to his words. A member of ABBA (Bjorn), was part of a band before the ABBA days that recorded and released a Dan Andersson song:
Here's a translation of the first, then the last two verses of "Omkring Tiggarn från Luossa" by Dan Andersson, (courtesy of Ola Wikander):
Round the beggar from Luossa people gathered in a ring, by the campfire they sat and heard his song. And of wayfarers and mendicants and every wondrous thing and of his longing he sang to them all night long.
May the black and salty waters cool the cheeks that burn with fever, let’s be miles away from life before the morning breaks above! Not of this world was I, brother; hardships without end I suffered for the sake of worries, faithlessness and of my burning love.
By a shore all dressed in seashells stands a gate of roses heavy, therein sleep the mouldered shipwrecks, and the tired men find rest. Songs unheard and high there sing like violins in distant echoes under arches where eternal children live forever blessed.
It was my dad's favorite and he asked me to sing it for everyone that came to our house.
I tried to find a good youtube video of one of Evert Taube's songs in English, but I couldn't find one :(
But, one of the songs that my class and I were singing at all summer graduation performances (yes, our school had a show each spring before school let out), was "Änglamarken", which translated into English would be "The Earth of the Angels", saying this earth and this life needs nature and its wonders for to have a place for children to play.
Here is Evert Taube singing himself in a ballad he wrote about a sailor:
When thinking about it, I do believe my song "When I'm Watching Butterflies" has drawn inspiration from both poets .... I did not think about it while writing it though.
