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 See the blog MiracleLikeNature.BlogSpot.com 

Of these I think the "Skills of Christmas gnomes" series is liked by many, or at least is a similar subject. It also may give an idea of my other texts, if one visits the new links in it. 

My blog text "Thoughts about magic"

See https://learntalents.blogspot.com/2023/10/thoughts-about-magic.html

Skills for living with the Four Seasons

 My book "Living with the Four Seasons" in a blog post form, see https://finnishskills.blogspot.com/2014/11/living-with-seasons.html 

About people of different ages associating together

 "About celebrations

Savonlinna was good at celebrating while the capital district isn't so good at celebrating. As far as i understand, in a celebration day there ought to be the thing celebrated, some guests, some ages old life, some time outdoors with some motion too, foods that are kind of traditional somewhat countryside like but somehow stylish like magnifient looking and tasty, and some fine pieces of culture like some song (on a CD?), poem and/or piece of tradition or history, lots of free chances to talk for a while or do something in varied groups, and an end in sight guests leaving they having the teavel or something else for ghe evening. 

But this is just my impression. Home tidy, clean and nice is important too. There ought to be some nature around. 

And like painting or drawing demands a moment of it's own, maybe 15 minutes with time also for the subject, for such life, and with the goal of making a fine piece of art, likewise things in the party demand some space for them at least on the part of the one who offers them, so that the atmosphere is better.

In celebrations it is a rule that one ought to behave well and be good willing, dress in clean celebration clothes too. If one does not feel like behaving so one ought to leave. Also otherwise it is ok to make just a short visit or to not to come if one wishes so. If some have come from far and cannot leave, they can go and find some quiet enough corner and read a book. 

But I haven't been in such celebrations for a long time, years and years. "

From my long blog LearnTalents.BlogSpot.com about the Skills of Christmas gnomes. 

An indian style shaman drum

 In the enf of Janyary or beginning of February 2021 when we, me and my 12 years old apricot poodle Banjo, had just less than a week before moved from Savonlinna to Espoo, I once woke up 4 a.m. in the morning, my poodle seeming to say that I ought to write a children's book. But I do not have children, so my poodle told the story and I wrote it down : 

Here is my traslation of it (3rd of April 2024, over three years after my poodle was killed). The words are aimed for children, and the expressions are meant to be on a general level, wisdom of life about getting friends and being happy.  

" Peetu and Old Man Rabbit

If I would have liked to give you a kiss, you would have obstructed it. 

But if you had thought of me as cute, you would have said: "maybe this once".

But if you woukd have been ill, you would have rejoiced about it.

But then you would have fallen ill more, since I would have been more ill than you. 

2. If you were old, you would like me. 

If you would be middle-aged, you would think that such life was when you were a child. 

But if you would be young, you would think, "what are you trying to do?". 

So an old one is the best friend for a child, like family members living in different rooms. 

3. But an elderly person does not have strenght, since when he does something, he thinks that it is either thise way or that way, and those are both boringly familuar options to him. 

And so he lacks the fascination of the basic level, and so his eyes are not always interested, and so there comes mistakes in the muddle of good quality. "

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2.2.2021   I saw in the morning a figure lije a big dog or maybe a wolf galloping sliwly across the tsnowy town street, and right afterwards I composed my memory of it: 

Quoted very freely from the Finnish blog villakoiraBanjo.blogspot.com of my poodle Banjo. 

Magnifient looking views from a window

 I am a 52 years old woman from Finland in northern Europe. A few years ago I lived with my two nice companion dogs in Savonlinna which is a countryside town in eastern Finland, famous for it's opera festival each summer. As I liked arts and nature, maybe it is no wonder that after a few years the views from my new apartment were quite stunning. But I wondered why my dogs mentioned it as somewhat like Gandalf's home (Gandalf from Tolkien's books). I guess it was the arts and me having chosen such a town and district because of it's characteristics. 

From my blog LearnTalents.BlogSpot.com , from a post called Making home nice : 

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15th of March 2024   You get magnifient looking views if you arrange them to be in a good way central in your room, when they look magnifient in your eyes just that moment, like for example a liked hobby running well or a tree outside the window somehow fitting your sense of charm. At some later moment you can arrange something of the rest of the room so that you do not need to overemphasize some fine view or fine thing when not feeling a need for such a charm so much right then. The goal is that all the things at home would be in their own way good for life and give room for varied types of activity, refreshment, stimuli, life according to one's wishes and needed things in a nice form that makes it easy to trust civiliced wisdom in estimating how much of each. 

29th of March 2024, the Friday of the Easter week

I have always had as a kind of dream or magnifient thing to sometimes try to figure out and learn, to become a great painter. It is mostly just a far away dream or fine thing, but kind of motivation to learn some things in that direction, and so sometimes when placing some nature decoration object, places of furniture, places to look out frlm the window or a poster on a wall, there is also some sense of magnifient looks and atmospheric old times things that comes along sonewhat on some side of it, since I am not so sure of such skills, I just try to learn where to find such in the daily life, without making life less healthy in spirit, less joyfully actkve in healthy ways well fitted into the society. 

3rd of April 2024   OBS!   If one wants especially stunning views, it is important that one would like the views oneself, be fond of such charm. And that the place and views would be like one's own inclination in questions oh how to live and wisdom of life. One should live according to one's wusdom of lufe and like fits the world, in a place where one's interests, skilks, values, way of life and likings support the traditional ways of living there, wisdom beneficial there and for the world. And so the things in one's home kibd of rhyme together and produce an unseen strenght that is wise in the world. As well known, arts support observing the beauty of nature, so liking arts is likely to make nature views out from the window more impressive. If there is something lacking in the atmosphere or social position, eating oneself warm with good food makes as a habit the place somehow more impressive. Sports as an interest, for example recreation outdoors with the weathers and nature, may make the views out from the windows more imprdssive and kind of strongly experienced, yet enjoyable. 

A hobby or a well running liked work project mistaken for just some artifact bought without any interest in such, may look surprisingly intensive and well carrying. 

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