Danish Days was my first ever endeavor.  Those Danes really know how to have fun; the rest of us Nordics could take some lessons.  Of course, I know many folks who stopped, either from my fiddling or Nordic dance endeavors.  It was a day in between the rain, but very rewarding.  I met some new friends, too.

Svenskarnas Dag in M'Haha Park (Minneapolis) couldn't have been a more perfect day.  For the first time at this event, "Vallkulla" sales outstripped the sales of "My Enemy's Child."  Many old friends and readers stopped to make very nice comments and good luck to all of you who were brave enough to purchase all those four-book sets of  "Vallkulla."