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      <title><![CDATA[Herborg Holm to John Holm 1946.11.29]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Herborg Holm to John Holm 1946.11.29</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 29. NOVEMBER-1946, TIL HRR. JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  I SAMME KONVOLUTT L&Aring; ET BREV FRA LAURA KARLSON DATERT SAMME DAG.  FRIMERKENE ER FJERNET.<br />
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LETTER FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED NOVEMBER 29-1946, TO HRR. JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  IN THE SAME ENVELOPE THERE WAS A LETTER FROM LAURA KARLSON, DATED THE SAME DAY.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Herborg Holm</div>
                    <div class="element-text">Siri Lawson, trans.</div>
                    <div class="element-text">Laura Karlson</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1946.11.29</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>S&oslash;ndag 29.6.46</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Det er s&oslash;ndag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ute pisker regnet, tordenen ruller, og lynet blinker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er helt alene hjemme idag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far skulle v&aelig;re i Hegra hos mor i hele dag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg hadde tenkt &aring; sykle ut til et festlig badested vi har her, og tatt soldrakt p&aring;, men nei, planene gikk i vasken.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hele juni m&aring;ned har det v&aelig;rt d&aring;rlig sommerv&aelig;r, vi f&aring;r bare h&aring;pe det blir bedre i juli.<span>&nbsp; </span>Takk for brevet far fikk fra dig ig&aring;r og for billedene!<span>&nbsp; </span>Ser at dere har sendt oss pakke igjen<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er jo rent for galt!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skriver om <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>hvad</span> dere senner,<span style=–color: red;–> </span>men jeg forst&aring;r ikke riktig <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>hvad</span> det er, men det f&aring;r vi vel se.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; hilse onkel Johan tusen takk for pakken vi fikk fra ham, med arbeidstr&oslash;ie til far, str&oslash;mper o.s.v. og alt verkt&oslash;iet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg var i Trondheim og avleverte det som onkel Ola og tante Bereth skulle ha &ndash; likedan var jeg hos tante Gjertine (Markus&rsquo; hustru).<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; tro hun har en nydelig leilighet!<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun bor sammen med en voksen s&oslash;nn (ungkar) og steller huset for ham.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja, hun fikk det godt p&aring; sine gamle dager.<span>&nbsp; </span>Da Markus d&oslash;de satt hun jo igjen med 6 ufors&oslash;rgede barn &ndash; men det har g&aring;tt fint og alle barna er gift og har det bra.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>&ndash;<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi hadde bes&oslash;k av Odd Holm nylig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han skulle legges inn p&aring; sykehuset <span>&nbsp;</span>mandlene skulle klippes &ndash; dessuten trodde han at han hadde betendelse i blindtarmen &ndash; malariafeberen bryter visst i kroppen p&aring; ham enda, stakkar.<span>&nbsp; </span>Odd er en kjekk kar.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sist i Juli skal jeg p&aring; ferie sammen med en venninne.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi skal g&aring; p&aring; fottur, med sekk p&aring; ryggen, i det mektige fjell Trollheimen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg gl&aelig;r mig virkelig, for en slik ferie har jeg ikke hatt f&oslash;r, da g&aring;r vi alts&aring; fra den ene turisthytte til den andre &ndash; h&aring;per jeg ikke f&aring;r gnags&aring;r p&aring; h&aelig;lene!<span>&nbsp; </span>Er det ingen av dine barn som leser norsk, Alma!<span>&nbsp; </span>James er f&oslash;dt i juni 1912, akkurat som jeg &ndash; han den 8de juni og jeg den 3dje &ndash; s&aring; jeg har 5 dagers bedre forstand enn ham!<span>&nbsp; </span>Han ser s&aring; sk&oslash;ieraktig ut p&aring; billedet, synes jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er store, kraftige barn du har &ndash; men s&aring; ser du veldig stor ut selv ogs&aring;, Grace blir jo liten sammen med dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Din yngste s&oslash;nn er 6 fot og 2 og en halv t. h&oslash;y, jeg er ogs&aring; ca. 6 fot. &ndash; 100 centimeter=1 meter og 3 fot er 92 cm.<span>&nbsp; </span>Eilif er over 6 fot for han er <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>1 mtr og 92 cm</span>. det er store folk i Holmslekta &ndash; far blir liten mot oss barna.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Einar, Astrid og lille Helge er flyttet fra oss nu, s&aring; nu er far og jeg alene her.<span>&nbsp; </span>Einar kj&oslash;pte det lille huset av Arne da han reiste til Opdal.<span>&nbsp; </span>Arne leide sig et bakeri deroppe og det g&aring;r s&aring; fint.<span>&nbsp; </span>Folk deroppe er s&aring; begeistret for hans gode kaffebr&oslash;d, og de trives veldig &ndash; det er s&aring; lett fjell-luft og s&aring; vakkert der<span>&nbsp; </span>Tante Laura ligger tilsengs for tiden, men det g&aring;r visst snart over, heldig vis.<span>&nbsp; </span>Onkel Edvard Eidum i Narvik har nylig v&aelig;rt fullstendig d&oslash;ds-syk, mavekrampe &ndash; l&aring; p&aring; sykehus &ndash; men nu er han visst bra igjen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nei, nu h&oslash;rer jeg far kommer hjem s&aring; nu m&aring; jeg varme op p&oslash;lser og erter til aftens.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far skriver visst selv snart, han er s&aring; opptatt med &aring; hekte(?) ugress i potetene &ndash; luke gulrotsenger etc.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; hilse alle dine barn fra mig da og ikke &aring; glemme onkel Johan og hans frue.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skal skrive igjen n&aring;r pakken kommer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg m&aring; si <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>takk</span> p&aring; forh&aring;nd.<span>&nbsp; </span>-<span>&nbsp; </span>Er ikke Grace gift?<span>&nbsp; </span>Og har du bare en datter?<span>&nbsp; </span>Far ber mig hilse dere alle!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vennlig hilsen fra Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vi f&aring;r kj&oslash;pt litt kaffe p&aring; kort s&aring; nu greier vi oss fint.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er mat nok &aring; f&aring; kj&oslash;pt nu, men det er dyrt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og her i landet er husn&oslash;den f&aelig;l overalt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er mange som bygger sig hus her nu men det er jo s&aring; fryktelig dyrt at jeg synes det er rart at folk har r&aring;d.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg skrev til onkel Johan at han m&aring;tte komme hit i sommer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvordan blir det med ham?<span>&nbsp; </span>James kan vel fly ham hit, ikke sant? Det g&aring;r vel an?<span>&nbsp; </span>Neste gang h&aring;per jeg &aring; ha noen billeder &aring; sende med?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sunday 29.6.46</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>It&rsquo;s Sunday.<span>&nbsp; </span>Outside the rain is lashing down, the thunder is rolling, and the lightning is blinking.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m completely alone here today.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father was going to stay with mother in Hegra all day.<span>&nbsp; </span>I had planned to bike out to a great swimming spot we have here, and put my sun suit on, but no, my plans were ruined.<span>&nbsp; </span>All through the month of June we&rsquo;ve had bad summer weather, we&rsquo;ll just have to hope it gets better in July.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you for the letter father got from you yesterday and for the pictures!<span>&nbsp; </span>I see that you&rsquo;ve sent us a package again.<span>&nbsp; </span>That is really just too much!<span>&nbsp; </span>You&rsquo;re writing about <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>what</span> you&rsquo;re sending, but I don&rsquo;t quite understand <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>what</span> it is, but we&rsquo;ll wait and see.<span>&nbsp; </span>You must tell uncle Johan thanks a lot for the package we got from him, with the work shirt for father, socks etc. <em>(stockings?<span>&nbsp; </span>Same word for both in Norwegian)</em> and all the tools.<span>&nbsp; </span>I went to Trondheim to deliver what uncle Ola and aunt Bereth were to have &ndash; likewise I went to aunt Gjertine&rsquo;s (Markus&rsquo; wife). She has such a beautiful apartment!<span>&nbsp; </span>She lives with an adult son (single) and keeps house for him.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes, things worked out well for her in her old age.<span>&nbsp; </span>When Markus died she was left with 6 unsupported children, you know &ndash; but she has managed fine and all the children are married and doing well.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ndash; We had a visit from Odd Holm recently.<span>&nbsp; </span>He was going into the hospital<span>&nbsp; </span>his tonsils were to be cut &ndash; besides he thought he had an infection in his appendix &ndash; the malaria is still ravaging his body, poor thing.<span>&nbsp; </span>Odd is a nice fellow.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>At the end of July I&rsquo;m going on vacation with a girl friend.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re going on foot, with backpacks on, in the enormous mountain Trollheimen.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m really looking forward to it, because I haven&rsquo;t had a vacation like that before, we&rsquo;re going to walk from one tourist cabin to the next &ndash; hope I don&rsquo;t get blisters on my heels!<span>&nbsp; </span>Can none of your children read Norwegian, Alma!<span>&nbsp; </span>James was born in June 1912, just like me &ndash; he on the 8th of June and I on the 3<sup>rd</sup> &ndash; so I have 5 days worth of more sense than him!<span>&nbsp; </span>He looks so cheeky on the picture, I think.<span>&nbsp; </span>You have some big children there &ndash; but then you look very big yourself too, Grace looks small next to you (<em>When she says &ldquo;big&rdquo; she actually means &ldquo;tall&rdquo;, it&rsquo;s the Norwegian way of saying things)</em>. Your youngest son is 6 feet and 2 and a half inches tall, I&rsquo;m 6 feet too &ndash; 100 centimeters=1 meter and 3 feet is 92 cm.<span>&nbsp; </span>Eilif is over 6 feet because he&rsquo;s 1 mtr and 92 cm. there are some big people in the Holm family &ndash; father is small compared to us children.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Einar, Astrid and little Helge has moved away from us now, so now father and I are alone here. <span>&nbsp;</span>Einar bought the little house from Arne when he went to Opdal.<span>&nbsp; </span>Arne rented a bakery up there and it&rsquo;s going so well.<span>&nbsp; </span>People up there love his good coffee bread <em>(I think this is a term used for pastries</em>), and they really like it there &ndash; there&rsquo;s such a light mountain air and so beautiful there.<span>&nbsp; </span>Aunt Laura is bedridden these days, but it looks like it&rsquo;ll soon pass, fortunately.<span>&nbsp; </span>Uncle Edvard Eidum in Narvik has recently been deadly ill, stomach cramp &ndash; was in the hospital &ndash; but is apparently well again now.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well, now I hear father coming home so now I must heat up some sausages and peas for supper.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father will probably write himself soon, he&rsquo;s so busy pulling weeds among the potatoes &ndash; weeding the beds of carrots etc.<span>&nbsp; </span>Say hello to all your children from me then and not to forget uncle Johan and his wife.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll write again when the package arrives.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll say thank you in advance. &ndash; Is Grace not married?<span>&nbsp; </span>And do you have only one daughter?<span>&nbsp; </span>Father tells me to say hello to you all.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Friendly greeting from Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We can get some coffee on a card <em>(I assume she&rsquo;s talking about a ration card</em>) so now we&rsquo;re managing fine.<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s enough food to be had now, but it&rsquo;s expensive.<span>&nbsp; </span>And in this country the housing shortage is bad everywhere.<span>&nbsp; </span>There are many who build themselves houses here now but it&rsquo;s so terribly expensive that I think it&rsquo;s strange that people can afford it.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I wrote to uncle Johan and told him to come here this summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>What&rsquo;s the word on that?<span>&nbsp; </span>James can fly him here, can&rsquo;t he?<span>&nbsp; </span>That can be done can&rsquo;t it?<span>&nbsp; </span>Next time I hope to have some pictures to include?</p></div>
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