Haha, very good indeed! Two corrections though... In Icelandic, "alfa"
means 'fairy' and "saga" means 'tale'.... My mom thought it a fairytale
that we were able to have such fun with the horses, so......
That's how we came up with the name of the farm...
Best wishes to all!!! Jon
PS.... No chickens here, right about that! But, there are a lot of
chicken farmers here in NC..... I hear it's a fowl business to be in. ;)
Steve Laifman wrote:
>
> Bob and Carmel Willis, (HERBEAM, not HIS)
>
> Thanks for the reply. I hope you enjoyed the little fun and games with your
> moniker. I've been asked, by quite a few people, if I knew the "true" identity of
> 'herbeam'. Well, thanks to Bob's reply we all do.
>
> One more notable observation. Bob tells us, on his site
> <http://web/cari.net/~herbeam>, that his car has a "German Ford 2.8 V6, C-4
> Ford". This gives us a direct connection to "Sir Richard, of Bromwich", teutonic
> pretender to the throne of England <FRITZWICH(at)aol.com>.
>
> Now isn't that a small world.
>
> And poor old Jon Swenson, <tolter(at)primeline.com>, who hasn't been keeping up with
> the trivial pursuit of the inner meaning of e-mail addresses, who asks "Did I miss
> something?". Perhaps the Viking invasions of England have provided some familial
> relationships with FRITZWHICH?
>
> The answer is, not really. But we do know that our Nordic friend is true to his
> heritage, raising Icelandic Horses at the Alfasaga ("First Story") Farms, in
> Waynesville, NC (Hi, Wayne!). Getting those horses on the second floor being an
> obvious impossibility. Jon has his own website, for those curious about him and
> his fine horses. <http://www.primeline.com/~tolter/index.htm> I have a red wooden
> one I picked up in Sweden. And since it's "Swenson", and not "Swensen", we
> confirm his Swedish, rather than Norwegian roots. And since its horses, and not
> chickens, we know it's not "Swanson".
>
> Now, the only questions open are what is the connection between Jon and a
> 'tolter', and what arcane message does the incomprehensible choice of
> "laifman(at)flash.net" have to do with this author? Another secret message?
>
> {9->
>
> Just passing another rainy day in Los Angeles. Winter is here, and it's rained a
> little each day for a week. That's enough Winter for me.
>
> Steve
-- Jon Swenson PO Box 542 Waynesville, NC 28786 Alfasaga Farms Icelandic Horses Phone(828)452-7290 http://www.primeline.com/~tolter/index.htm
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