Chapter 2 Posted on March 22, 2020 | Happily Made My first seven years gave no indication of the way my life was going to unfold. In fact, it’s the only time in my life that I lived in one place for more than two years.
Chapter 1 Posted on March 22, 2020 | Happily Made In the late autumn of 1974 I was born in a quaint university town in the southern tip of Sweden. My parents had only recently returned after trying to make a life for themselves in the United States where my father was from. Legend has it, and to this day my mother claims this is
But what do the monkeys DO? Posted on September 3, 2018 | Happily Made I get asked this every so often when I have a market stall. Usually by someone who has their arms across their chest and who has been staring at the monkeys for a couple of minutes. I’m not sure if they are disappointed that the monkeys didn’t come to life, or start a little dance
Why I started a social enterprise for mothers in Cambodia Posted on August 31, 2018 | Happily Made The other day a Facebook memory from 9 years ago popped up on my computer screen. “Veronica isn’t coping with the poverty.” Just one short status I wrote very soon after arriving in Cambodia. Then yesterday another Facebook memory popped up, this time from 8 years ago. It’s a photo of me digging through a
Ethical is a funny word Posted on August 24, 2018 | Happily Made Yesterday I popped in to visit a mechanic who helped me with my ute earlier in the year. As soon as he’s heard about the social enterprise I have, he immediately ordered monkeys to hand out as THANK YOU gifts to his customers. So I was back again to deliver some more monkeys and very much in that head space of just ticking off errands.
Christmas Monkeys Posted on August 3, 2018 | Happily Made Some of you might remember that last year I started a campaign called #5b4christmas. Like most of the things that I do it was a spontaneous attempt at making a difference in the ethical production world. This is how the Christmas Monkeys came about. I come across so many small social enterprises that have beautifully
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