Nordic Blue

When I was an English Lit major, not too long before I switched to history, it was poetry that captured my imagination, ranking alongside Th...

...is a time machine. That's all... just one basic model, functional, reliable, user-friendly time machine. Sure, I'll take pretty i...

"Turn around, Bright Eyes..." and there's another meme challenge! Well, this is a whole lot more fun than chain letters. So, h...

On January 7, 1873, the day before my great great grandmother's 32nd birthday, a severe blizzard struck the upper Midwest. It was swift ...

There is a treat coming up for anyone in the Seattle area who is interested in Scandinavian culture. The Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard i...

 Phyllis Johnson (left) and Doris Johnson (middle), shelling pease on the kitchen stoop with their grandmoterh, Malla Larson Johnson.  T...

Becky (Boo Boo) and Chery, 1961. Richmond, California. By "other side," I mean the other side of my family. The non-Norwegia...

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Remembering... Karna Lou (Winje) Franche April 28, 1938 - September 1, 2007 ( Left to right), back row: Kenneth Moore, Bonnie (Simmons) Win...

Something I read today starting me thinking about the meaning of home. After all, family history deals quite a bit with the subject of home,...

Gulbran Olsen Berge, ca. 1870s. Chippewa County, Minnesota. On April 12, 1868, Gulbran Olsen Berge departed Christiania (Oslo), Norway ...

I thought I should write something before this blog withers away. Much of my spring and summer has been taken up by family health concerns. ...

A year after the repair project was begun (see August 28, 2006 blog entry), I can now say that the 1888 Winje family monument at Scandia Cem...

Time for an exercise in genealogy and social history detective work. Are you ready? SCENARIO: You are a Norwegian immigrant woman of good he...

I have been tagged for a Meme by a friend and fellow blogger, FootnoteMaven , to answer some questions regarding balance in life. This Meme ...

Are you passionate about genealogy and history? Do you live in the Seattle area? If you don't, perhaps Aunt Sue can offer you a spare ro...