Enjoying the Clear Lake Kroger’s “Local Author Signing” program, Ika and Bo surprised me with a visit to support Farmor’s book.  The very accommodating manager placed me between the flowers and Starbucks.  Couldn’t ask for a better location to Fika with Ika.  The Swede’s have a tradition of sharing coffee, pastry and a little gossip, usually around 3 in the afternoon.  This is a favorite tradition for our family now.  Buy some Starbuck’s stock guys, it should be going up:)

Bo and Ika are my good luck charms, along with Captain Matt’s model WWII vintage propeller driven airliner.  As soon as they showed up, so did many interested bookworms.  We had a great visit, met many new interesting neighbors, and best of all sold a few books:)  Apparently people in Clear Lake are avid readers, and quite interested in Russian history; particularly if it involves anything about Anastasia!  I was so encouraged by the day, I have begun the sequel “Part II: The Chronicles of Captain Vadim Alevsky; Coming to America”.  Look for it on amazon in the fall (I hope:)