"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! on Wednesday!!! I just read the e-mail newsletter, and the Story and photos are wonderful. Thinking back.....I guess I've "been with you" as a mail-order customer since 1988 or 1989. First through the needlework shop I worked at, when we ordered hardanger books and kits from you; and then on my own after the shop closed in 1990. --Someday-- I'll make the "pilgrimage" ... to visit and meet you again face-to-face. :-) I say "again", as we did briefly meet when I attended a trade show way back when, while an employee of the needlework shop -- and I took a class from both you and Sue on hardanger at the trade show in Pennsylvania. I had been self-taught, from a Norwegian language hardanger embroidery book I had purchased while visiting with my father's family in Bergen, Norway (taught myself using the photos, diagrams and a Norwegian/English dictionary!); you both encouraged me that I was doing it correctly, and showed me a few little tips like an easier way to cut. Anyway, I came back to the shop all excited and we started also carrying hardanger embroidery supplies and books, and I started teaching beginner classes using one of your coaster kits. I'll be with you all in spirit on Wednesday! Happy Day! Lynn"