Happy new 2026

About ten degrees warmer than last year in Kiruna, but still a few degrees below freezing, New Year’s Eve arrived with frosty, sunlit trails.

Afterwards came pedagogical discussions with a couple of colleagues, followed by a game of “När då då?”, which has become my go-to board game. Opening the bottle of Laurent-Perrier "Millésimé Brut" that had been waiting in dad's and my cabin aboard the Queen Mary 2, I was certainly in for a treat. Dinner followed: lamb from Öströö, maple-glazed carrots, and an innovative potato creation, paired with a glass of Irony from Monterey. With that, my twentieth year of writing Rawls & Me is off to the best possible start.