Landmark Center's - Skandia Holiday Celebration
It seemed everyone was in the holiday spirit at this year's Skandia celebration of the Holidays. I especially enjoy visiting with the young families who stop to retrieve their children, who have lingered, interested to try to play my fiddle, even if it's only to pluck the strings a couple of times. Sometimes, we're fortunate to have a genuine little fiddler offer us a tune.
The weather couldn't have been more Christmas-like; outside, the ice skaters were circling the rink, holding hands or picking themselves up after doing a wild dance in an effort to remain upright. I was reminded of Scandinavian dances, watching the skaters. They skate counter-clockwise, just like the Nordics and Europeans work their way around the floor.
A past customer wheeled up in her chair and noted that I had a new book: "...Oh, four new books!" I bought the last one (My Enemy's Child) and loved it, but I can't afford any more with Christmas presents to buy. She picked up My Enemy's Child, weighing it in one hand: "I read it twice...it was so detailed and I really liked it, even more the second time through...I always know if they're good...when they make me cry."
Like this woman, I think many are already feeling the economic pinch of the times; some folks are cautious of what's yet to come. Americans are still special people, I believe. Hard times have proven in the past that hardening under fire will yield a strong generation. Hopefully the trials will urge us to seek out the corruption in government, past, present and future and make America better.
People will once again come to rely on friends and family for support and, perhaps, discover the things that are important in life, can not be added to a credit card.
God Jul (Merry Christmas)
The weather couldn't have been more Christmas-like; outside, the ice skaters were circling the rink, holding hands or picking themselves up after doing a wild dance in an effort to remain upright. I was reminded of Scandinavian dances, watching the skaters. They skate counter-clockwise, just like the Nordics and Europeans work their way around the floor.
A past customer wheeled up in her chair and noted that I had a new book: "...Oh, four new books!" I bought the last one (My Enemy's Child) and loved it, but I can't afford any more with Christmas presents to buy. She picked up My Enemy's Child, weighing it in one hand: "I read it twice...it was so detailed and I really liked it, even more the second time through...I always know if they're good...when they make me cry."
Like this woman, I think many are already feeling the economic pinch of the times; some folks are cautious of what's yet to come. Americans are still special people, I believe. Hard times have proven in the past that hardening under fire will yield a strong generation. Hopefully the trials will urge us to seek out the corruption in government, past, present and future and make America better.
People will once again come to rely on friends and family for support and, perhaps, discover the things that are important in life, can not be added to a credit card.
God Jul (Merry Christmas)
Larry bought your story of My Enemys Child. I breezed through it over the holidays and ordered your Vallkulla books, maybe you noticed? I hope they are so captivating like the first one.
Thanks June
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Hi Jerry, Finally I have ordered the rest of your books. The checks in the mail.Also thank you for the comments of youself and others in your latest E-mail. I have just been putting together my deceased Father's persoal memories of being born in Dalsland, Sweden and working in both Sweden and Norway before he emmigrated here in 1925, and his history into noteboks for our children and grandchildren to inspire some of them about the rich heritage they share. It has been very rewarding for me to put it all in one compact notebook for each of them.As so much of it I had never paid that much attention to. Now I am also doing much the same with what my mother left of her memories.Vallkula had thus inspired me to do this even more so with my mother's story, being she grew up in Mora, just blocks away from Mora Kyrka.Also that it was her family that had a cabin and barn, where her Aunt brought the cow fro Stockholm every year. It also gives me a chance to try and read all the old Swedish words, as she even understood and spoke some of the Dalien dialect from her area. I see by your schedule that you have a lot of events planned for this year in the nearby areas. I hope to maybe see you at some, or sit down and have coffee some where and talk some about Sweden and Norway. Please feel free to call and stop by any time you are near here. I will show you some of those memories my parents left for us.
Best regards and good writing!
Glennie Gilleen
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HI Glennie,
Thank you for your purchase and best of luck if you pursue this theme in a children's book. I believe it would make a wonderful story.
Jery
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