Norway Part XIIIMarch 29 of 2012

One word best describes the ghost of my mother, her people, and her land:

GRIT.

Those long cold dark winters.

The earth, mostly mountains.

The heavy arctic sea.

The dazzling but brief summer light.

All of these elements are climate conditions that created “bone in the nose” of its inhabitants.

My mother is gone. But she ha(...)

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Norway Part XIIMarch 28 of 2012

Two days later, my sister Randi arrived with her family–husband David, adult children, Christopher and Katharine. My cousins Lillebeth and Grace went to pick her up at the airport about ten a.m. while Paul and I prepared a shrimp, smoked salmon, and cheese luncheon with a pot of tea–Randi’s favorite beverage–to welcome them.

We had already (...)

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Norway Part XIMarch 27 of 2012

July 22nd.

The day was cool, even a bit chilly. Paul and I were sitting in the cabin with a fire blazing, reading I think, when Lillebeth knocked on the glass door. We stood up as she burst into the room.

“Something terrible has happened,” she said a bit flushed from having run the whole way over.

What terrible thing could happen in t(...)

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Norway Part XMarch 26 of 2012

So come meet the relatives. To include everybody, you will now see twelve photos. taken at various gatherings and activities, which might be more photos than you want to see. BUT…I can’t leave anybody out.

First ,Wendy and her daughter, Katia.

Adorable 10 ½ month old Barbara, Katia’s daughter.

Joan.

Grace.

Kristi(...)

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Norway Part IXFebruary 24 of 2012

Next morning we were up early. Before attempting any of the tasks that lay before us to get the cabin up and running, I wandered out to the side patio and breathed deeply of the fresh pine-scented cool summer air while looking out and down at the sun playing on the water. Even in the south, Norway has a special quality of light I have never se(...)

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Norway Part VIIIFebruary 22 of 2012

I guess you could say that the family property in Kristiansand is a family compound because it’s about six acres and there are five houses, some more cabin than house, on the land. Once entirely owned by my grandfather and Mormor, it has been divided and passed down in generations from Mom, her brother and sister to Randi, my cousin Lillebeth (...)

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Norway Part VIIFebruary 20 of 2012

I had wanted to see the Gustav Vigeland sculptures for so many years. Even though it wasn’t that convenient to be doing it with suitcases, I am so glad we did.

What a shocking contrast to the art of Munch seen only the day before! (These two Norwegian artists lived during the same period in history – 1860’s to 1940’s – and knew each other.)(...)

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