Category Archives: Family

THE INHERITORS

Posted on December 16, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Last weekend my cousin Debbie and I got a lefsa lesson from Aunt Lil.  It may be hard to fathom for those not of Norwegian descent, but lefsa is highly prized and desirable as part of the Scandinavian cuisine.  It’s … Continue reading →

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THANKS

Posted on November 26, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Life in the northern prairie is good.  We spent Thanksgiving with family in my grandparent’s house in Hickson, North Dakota.  It was traditional in most  respects (green bean casserole and marsh-mellowed yams notwithstanding) with the added Norwegian touch of  homemade … Continue reading →

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THE EPITOME OF POSITIVITY

Posted on November 22, 2011 by snowbirdredux

I’m so proud I feel like I won the award myself.  And I’m not surprised  the teeniest bit that my cousin, Debbie Fowler, was the winner out of 100 nominations for the Fargo Forum’s Most Beautiful Women Project.  She is … Continue reading →

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THERE AND BACK AGAIN

Posted on November 4, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Returning to California this past week was like flipping, helter-skelter, through the pages of an old and favorite book, bits and pieces jumbled and flashing all the way up the Pacific Coast Highway.  It was a quick trip to take … Continue reading →

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HARBINGER

Posted on October 20, 2011 by snowbirdredux

When I went to fill the bird feeders mid morning, I found that the birdbath had accumulated a thick layer of ice in the night, not a thin crusty sheet, but an actual inch that required some serious chopping.  And … Continue reading →

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THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

Posted on October 17, 2011 by snowbirdredux

I’ve been haunted this past week by a photograph.  It turned up in a box of old pictures, letters, and scribbled notes on family connections.  My cousin, Maryanne, and I spent most of a day going through the jumble – … Continue reading →

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MY WISH

Posted on October 9, 2011 by snowbirdredux

When my daughter, Noelle Christiana, was born I called her my changeling baby, and in much of the world’s mythology that might actually signify danger or ill-fortune, but I chose to accept the Norse belief that sometimes humans were given … Continue reading →

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ANNIVERSARY

Posted on September 26, 2011 by snowbirdredux

  When Alice called that week she began to tell me of the places she had taken my son.  “Kevin loved the Santa Barbara Mission, of course” she said, “and I took him to the beach at Carpenteria and all … Continue reading →

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AND THEN THERE WERE 15

Posted on September 23, 2011 by snowbirdredux

  I’ve written before about my longing for family.  Having grown up in California, I wanted so much to belong, to be included in family photos and romp about the farmstead along the banks of the Red River of the … Continue reading →

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THE GIFT

Posted on September 18, 2011 by snowbirdredux

  When I was young I loved the wow, twist of fate, surprise endings of O’Henry short stories.  I especially sighed over “The Gift of the Magi.” It told the tale of the young, but impoverished couple who worried over … Continue reading →

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