Sharon X-Mas Pudding

I got this newsletter from Victoria Boutenko the other day about Persimmons aka Sharon fruits. She writes about how nutritious and healthy those fruits are and shared some Christmas recipes.

There is one I just made now, and I feel so astonished about it! It's called Persimmon Pudding and all you have to do is blend 4 Sharons with 1 cup of water and 3 pitted dates and add a pinch of allspice. Blend very well, and then let it set for 15 minutes. I mean seriously, you would never have guessed what happens: it gets a really jelly-like consistency, as if there was gelatin or something in it! :) So now I will just snuggle up in my blanket and enjoy a Persimmon pudding deluxe while watching the snow fall...Hmmmm, yummy! :) 

Uhhhuh, 'The Cold Swedish Winter...

...is right outside, and I just want somebody to hold me through the night.'

Looking at that snowstorm out there, it's no wonder that Jens Lekman wants somebody to kiss and warm the pain away. But I LOVE it! Woohoo! Winter is finally here, and its just SO beautiful! I love the snow! There's a big white blanket covering this town, and its a real 'winter wonderland' if you ask me. Big fat snowflakes falling from the sky, covering everything up in fifteen feet of pure white snow... ;) Today I walked through Gamla Stan totally white, and it was just so amazing, the sky wasn't even as dark anymore, ha ha, it felt more like grey, and the white on the ground was reflecting the streetlights. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Something like that, just better (gosh, I really gotta bring my camera and take some pictures!) Then I found the Julmarknad, one of the Christmas markets, and my joy was complete. Like in a fairytale, I was so overexcited...I just wish I could have shared this with someone... :)

And right when the days are getting shorter and the nights darker, Stockholm comes up with the best film festival ever! The Stockholm Film festival is still running until the 30 November and I am trying to see as many films as possible! :) This weekend I was guest host for the Russian director Andrei Konchalovski and his wife, who came here to introduce his latest film 'Gloss', a critical observation of the (Russian) fashion industry and beyond. I had a great time making them have the best stay ever here in Sweden and I trust they enjoyed it :)

Tonight I have seen 'Rachel Getting Married', the new film with Anne Hathaway starring as an ex-addict messing up the wedding of her sister Rachel. Very convincing and touching, it was a great premiere and I even cried, which doesn't happen too often in films ;) It reminded me of Lars von Trier's 'Festen' at times... I still wanna see 'Julia' and 'Filth and Wisdom' and sooo many more! Hmmmmmm ... :) We are SO blessed! :)

So if you're around in STHLM now, don't miss the festival, it's SO great and enjoy the cold Swedish winter, its right outside, and maybe you even have someone to hold you through the night... ;)

Exciting Times...

...are ahead of us. We are in the middle of tremendous changes on this planet. The old systems seem to collapse bit by bit and a new consciousness is spreading rapidly. People seem to become more aware every day, and even though it seems a lot of things on this planet are getting worse, we must not forget about the dualities/polarities, which means at the same time lots of things are also getting a lot better. New hopes are arising in the west (US A's next president), the exploding raw food movement, eco-villages popping up everywhere, the hype about the Anastasia books and people realizing that their health is the most important thing, thus investing into raw gadgets, despite the financial 'crisis'.

My life has been transformed so extremely in the past few weeks and months, it is like living magically, manifesting and synchronicities are happening on a daily basis, we are creating heaven on earth from within! ;)

Since I started my gratitude journal of which I spoke about a few weeks ago, things have been continuously floating upstream, for which I am so grateful! We are SO blessed! :) I have also started to create a vision book, and things are just happening...its pure magic, this stuff really works. You can read all about it HERE.

Now that the days are getting shorter and the nights longer, it also feels like it is time to make oneself feel safe and sound at home, address old fears and patterns that keep you back and let them go, take lots of rest, reflect on your life, where are you now, what can you learn from past experience, where do you wanna go, what do you want to show up in your life? 

Reading Rilke and going for long walks in the forest also seems like a good idea ;)

I am currently reading lots of course literature on Ingmar Bergman, which I love, but in between I am totally taken by David Wolfe's latest book 'Amazing Grace', which I can recommend to everyone. You can get it HERE. In one sentence, it's about living in pure magic and tuning into the flow of the universe and it teaches you 'how to become a superhero and have the best day ever'! Awesome, loving it! :)

I am so excited and will share more in the near future hopefully.

Until further notice, celebrate everything! :D