News — Carol Mäkelä

I was making a speech on saunas as the “Lecturer of the Year” for Finlandia Foundation National in Bellingham, Washington, in early May, when I met Carol Mäkelä. I guess it’s normal in life that things will not go as expected. For one, Carol’s father’s untimely departure and the unfinished manuscript that was very close to not seeing the day of light due to timing, but also technical problems that ensued. Lucky for us, Carol made the effort and now we have a book for all of us to read. I have personally been in the United States for only...