Hi overalls folks, I just found another blog with overalls people, declaring 2010 to be Year of the overalls ! of course, so much moving forward for our overalls “revolution”, so not only high fashion in the big apple, but also people in Brooklyn are discovering the comfort and joy of wearing overalls ! and do’t forget to contribute to our book project !
Today it is 100 year since my father was born and grew up in Denmark and became a farmer working on large Danish manors and in 1930 he emigrated to Canada to settle down and get his own farm and he was according to what I have been told (my father passed away in 1979, 69 years old) he had a fiancé over there, but got ill and went back to Denmark and met my mother 
but anyway, this photo of him and the blackfoot Indian (chief?) still keeps me asking whether there are still some connections over there ! at least I feel very connected to the North american world, USA as well as Canada ! to the melting pot culture, perhaps that is why I feel so at home in my old jeans jacket (got it from my brother in 63 !) and my bibs ! so I cannot just say that I’m Danish, even if I am born in Denmark and love to see the Royal Guard making their parade in Copenhagen, 
The other thing I like thinking of my father is that he was not only a farmer, but also an architect and made these nice kind of houses
so in other words, you don’t need to have only one profession, but you can be many things through your life ! so I hope my father rests in peace and I wish that as many people as possible around the globe are as lucky as I have been in order to can create your own life in the ways you like and see it all as one big explorative expedition ! have a nice Sunday and I hope many of you have the opportunity to enjoy some of the beauty of life in our comfortable overalls !:)
Here comes the first shots of the first really SUNDAY, in the sense that the dark period with no sun for 2 months is almost over and in a few days, on Thursday the sun will rise above the mountains here in Tromsø, but today we had just fabulous views from our house, making it a dream to live and I just hope that people in trouble in Haiti and elsewhere, including the homeless here in our own town, may get som sunlight in their life in 2010 ! naive hope, but hope are naive in a good sense ! 
Time flies, everybody gets older, even oneself, but old life (especially in overalls) is not that bad !
Hello, everybody, I yesterday I turned one page of my Annales de la vie!, becoming 61 !, enjoying life much of the time even If I look older ! it really does not matter much when you have turned 60. The rest of your life is sort of bonus, especially with so many good overalls friends !! and I really enjoy my baggy overalls in such a morning, with an awful weather outside, but nice coffee, presents and cake man for the party ! that’s good life in a nutshell for me ! I know many of you experience cold weather more or less for the first time, but I hope you will manage and avoid broken pipes etc. Here we are used to cold weather, using spikes when we walk on icy streets etc. and then you really enjoy overalls to keep you warm and relaxed when you are inside and having some good coffee !
Hi folks, the first contributions have arrived ! so please find your keyboard or pencil or camera and write/show what it means to you and perhaps also why some people meet friends and family finding it strange and sometimes embarrassing that you wear overalls ! and some have asked how much should you write, well, let’s start with 2-3 pages, 600-1200 words or something like that, but do not restrict yourself if the inspiration is coming and also please use other media if relevant ! I suggest that until now, the contributions are only shared by co-authors for comments etc. We also still have to find a publisher, but I am sure we will find it !
Le professeur de Salopette !
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If yes, let’s go ! Lisa asked me about questions and before suggesting some questions, I think the common interest for the potential authors are the love to overalls and the fact that we wear overalls not because we have to, but because we want to in order to have a good life ! so it is not only about overalls but also about “what is good life” ? so my suggestions for questions are:
- why is overalls so crucial for you ?
- how contributes overalls to the quality of your life ?
I suggest that we start from here and then see how themes and new questions arise. Again please send them to my special email for this, overallsbook@gmail.com and then I will let you all know weekly how it evolves !
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I just wanted to say Happy New Year to everybody, especially to all my new overalls friends who I have got in contact with during 2009 and I am really looking forward to continue the funny and joyful work with almost daily celebrating our overalls ! making a book, overalls day, festival etc. and if all that could be a little bit of contribution to make the world a better, sustainable and more peaceful place to live on, well that would not be bad!, so love and xo to all, bibprofessor Niels
I just want to wish you all Merry Christmas and hope you are having some good days, not too much stress etc. Here you see me when I returned with the tree after cutting the tree so it suited the holding device (don’t know the English word!) outside, having two overalls on to keep warm ! and then the shot after having decorated the tree and of course we did dance around the tree and sang Silent Night on Christmas Eve ! Enjoy the days !
Christmas is getting closer, sun will be back in a month and now it is time for family holidays overall !
Yes, today we turn the clock and is heading for the return of the sun in a month from now up here, but luckily we have the snow lighting up making the whole thing into a blue water painting ! and work is done with my grant proposal and it is time for enjoying donuts made by my family, setting the tone for Christmas ! and for New Year party with my wonderful grandson, here a shot of him and me at Le Papillon in Paris a few weeks ago ! so I hope everybody out there have an overall happy Christmas and for you over there, I do hope your will get the health reform now; despite the compromises it must be a really proof of substantial change !
Well, holidays are getting closer but if some of you need an excuse to do something else than baking cookies, go skiing or sing around the Christmas tree or whatever you want to do ! you could take some good coffee, cookies and orange, and start writing for the book about what overalls mean to you, are they a kind of symbol for your way of life, how much energy do you use to keep wearing them despite family dislike your style or are you so lucky to live in an overalls friendly family and neighborhood ? or what about gender and overalls ? or some other thoughts, experiences and stories about your life as a whole but with an emphasis on overalls of course. It would be great to have some photos, 1-2 per each author, and then send it to me on a special email overallsbook@gmail.com. I will send a receipt, promising only to use the material for a common book project. I don’t want to set a sharp deadline, but let’s see how much we have got around the middle of February 2010. Perhaps we could have it ready on the 2nd international overalls day and meet each other for release party !:). Any way I hope we can manage to do it as a project with as little money involved as possible, sticking to a simple frugal life style. If any of you have ideas of publishers, sponsors etc. please tell me as well ! Some of you have already offered your help and I will come back to you in the coming days or right after the holidays ! So far I wish you all a warm and happy Weekend from the very dark, but also snowy North ready for meeting Santa Claus in overalls of course !:) 
