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September in Europe was comprised of three distinct passages. First a visit to the ‘young’ cousins in Kristiansand, the Setesdal Valley, and Neset. My ancestral stomping grounds. Can I call it home, even though I didn’t visit until age 46? Yes, why not? It feels right, especially since most of the names on the mailboxes of my Minnesota childhood road were Olson, Nelson, Gunderson, and Neset so it seems my grandfather didn’t… Read More
Back then: September 2024. An excellent time was had in Norway and in Paris. Coming up: November 2024. The end of the US as we thought we knew it OR we are saved by the skin of our teeth or in the nick of time or just barely…or whatever. But Now. October 2024. I’ve been intending to write three praiseworthy blog posts about my September trip. I published an Oslo introduction… Read More