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      <title><![CDATA[Herborg Holm to Alma C. Wilson Card 1949.12.15]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">JULEKORT FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 15. DESEMBER &ndash; 1949, TIL MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.SA.  KONVOLUTTEN HAR ET JULEMERKE MED REINSDYR P&Aring;, ET LILLA 5-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED POSTHORN, ET GR&Oslash;NT 10-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED L&Oslash;VE, OG ET R&Oslash;DT R&Oslash;DE KORS FRIMERKE, MED S&Oslash;STER OG GENFERKORSET P&Aring; OG 25 + 5.  DETTE MERKET KOM UT 1. DESEMBER &ndash; 1948 TIL INNTEKT FOR NORGES R&Oslash;DE KORS.  SALGET OPPH&Oslash;RTE 30. JUNI - 1950.  DET ER VERDT CA. 25 KR. P&Aring; ET BREV (BRUKT) IDAG.<br />
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CHRISTMAS CARD FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED DECEMBER 15 &ndash; 1949, TO MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A CHRISTMAS STAMP WITH REINDEER ON IT, A PURPLE 5 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH THE NORWEGIAN POSTAL HORN, A GREEN 10 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH LION, AND A RED &ndash;RED CROSS&ndash; STAMP WITH A NURSE AND THE NUMBERS 25+5.  THIS STAMP CAME OUT DECEMBER 1 &ndash; 1948 IN AID OF THE NORWEGIAN RED CROSS.  THE SALE STOPPED ON JUNE 30 &ndash; 1950.  IT&#039;S WORTH A LITTLE OVER $ 3 TODAY, ON A LETTER (USED).</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Herborg Holm</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1949.12.15</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 15-12-49.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma m/fam!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg vil &oslash;nske deg, og hele din familie en riktig god jul og et godt nytt&aring;r!<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per at dere lever vel og er friske!<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvordan er det med Grace?<span>&nbsp; </span>og med din lille s&oslash;nnedatter?<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; m&aring; du hilse din mor s&aring; meget og &oslash;nske henne god jul ogs&aring;!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Her er som vanlig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far holder p&aring; og maler kj&oslash;kkenet nu, s&aring; nu blir her triveligere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers er det travle tider til jul, som hos alle andre.<span>&nbsp; </span>Julen er jo den festligste h&oslash;ytid vi har.<span>&nbsp; </span>Da skal alt v&aelig;re rent og bl&aring;st.<span>&nbsp; </span>Idag har jeg v&aelig;rt i bakeriet og bakt 5 sorter julekaker.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; har vi slaktet gris &ndash; imorgen skal jeg pusse ovnen og vaske rundt stuen her.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers blir det det g&aring;r slag i slag de dagene som er igjen. &ndash; Laura er fortvilt om dagene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun er opsagt i sin leilighet og f&aring;r ingen sted &aring; flytte.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er stor husn&oslash;d &ndash; tross at det bygges en masse nye, pene hus.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men det m&aring; vel bli en r&aring;d, det g&aring;r jo ikke an &aring; kaste ut folk p&aring; gaten p&aring; vinters tid iallefall.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja enda engang <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>god jul</span> alle!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hilsen Herborg.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 15-12-49.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma and fam!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I wish you, and your whole family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<span>&nbsp; </span>Hope you&rsquo;re doing well and are healthy!<span>&nbsp; </span>How&rsquo;s Grace?<span>&nbsp; </span>and your little granddaughter?<span>&nbsp; </span>Give our best regards to your mother and wish her a Merry Christmas too!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Things are as usual here.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father is painting the kitchen now, so it&rsquo;ll be a little cozier here.<span>&nbsp; </span>Otherwise we&rsquo;re really busy preparing for Christmas, like everybody else.<span>&nbsp; </span>Christmas is the biggest holiday we&rsquo;ve got.<span>&nbsp; </span>Then everything has to be clean and tidy.<span>&nbsp; </span>Today I&rsquo;ve been in the bakery baking 5 kinds of Christmas cookies*.<span>&nbsp; </span>And we&rsquo;ve butchered our pig &ndash; tomorrow I&rsquo;ll polish the oven and wash down the living room here.<span>&nbsp; </span>Then there&rsquo;ll be one thing after another those days that are left. &ndash; Laura is in despair these days.<span>&nbsp; </span>She&rsquo;s been given notice on her apartment and can&rsquo;t find a place to move to.<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s a great shortage of housing here &ndash; in spite of lots of new, nice homes being built.<span>&nbsp; </span>But she&rsquo;ll manage somehow, they can&rsquo;t throw people out on the street in the wintertime after all.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well once again Merry Christmas to you all!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes Herborg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>* <em>Traditionally, Norwegians clean the whole house before Christmas, ceilings, walls and all!<span>&nbsp; </span>Everything has to be spick and span.<span>&nbsp; </span>And at least 7 different kinds of Christmas cookies need to be baked.<span>&nbsp; </span>The butchering of a pig is also a tradition.<span>&nbsp; </span>In my family we didn&rsquo;t own a pig, but my grandmother (I grew up with her) always bought half a pig from someone, and I remember her putting it across two kitchen stools to chop it up into pork chops, roasts etc. etc.<span>&nbsp; </span>She would also make different kinds of traditional Christmas sandwich meats etc. out of it; every scrap on the animal was used, even the feet, intestines and brain.</em></p></div>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:02:33 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Laura Karlson to John Holm 1947.8.13]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA LAURA KARLSON DATERT 13. AUGUST &ndash; 1947, TIL HRR. JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER KLIPPET VEKK.<br />
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LETTER FROM LAURA KARLSON DATED AUGUST 13 &ndash; 1947, TO HRR (MR.) JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Laura Karlson</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1947.08.13</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 13/8-1947</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kjere Broder og alle sammen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tusen Takk, for brev, jeg fikk igaar, og enda mer for den kjerkommen Penge gave, det er meget snilt av dig, du kann aldri tro, hvor glad jeg blev, Gud L&oslash;nne dig ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og nu skal jeg saa sikkert, tage mig en tur til Narvik, saa sant som jeg, faar vere saa pass frisk, men jeg er saa ofte daarlig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja det skal. blive, en oplevelse og komme dit, jeg som aldrig har havt anledning og kommet nogen, steder. <span>&nbsp;</span>det har veret bare og slite, og ingen ting havt ijen, andet end, en udslit Kropp, og en tom Pengpung.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor har havt nogen, smaa Jobber i Sommer, og han er bra med det, han Drikker ikke, og har han noget, saa for jeg hos hamm, det er saa Synd, at han ikke er saa, sterk, at han ikke kan j&oslash;re hvad som helst.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og jeg er saa forsigtig, med alt hvad jeg har saa jeg s&oslash;ler ikke bort, til noget un&oslash;dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har all min tid veret vant til og veret n&oslash;isom.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg sitter med, forsjellig Haandarbeider, saa jeg kjener lit, naar jeg faar det ferdig, men saa skal en have litt Kleder, ogs&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du sp&oslash;rger om hvor meget, jeg bruger for Vinteren, i Ved.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det aller minste er 100 kr.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men i aar har Mindor, og jeg veret i Skogen og Hugget en del Kvist. saa det jelper meget. paa de jeg har kj&oslash;pt, i sammen med Aksel og Eilif, som dem har kj&oslash;pt til Sig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og jeg betaler kr 20 i maaneden i Hus, og saa en 10 kr i Lys, og Str&oslash;m, til Kokeplaten, saa det bliver en kr 30 i Maanen, og de er billig som det er nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skall hilse fra Herborg. at hun har skrevet til dig for, lenge siden, og hun haaber at du har faat det.<span>&nbsp; </span>Aksel, har veret, snart 14 dager i Opdal hos Arne, og Herborg er jemme og passer Grisen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du maa hilse Alma, jeg skal snart skrive til hende, hils alle vore slegt, og din Kone fra os alle sammen. og atter tusen takk for pengerne.<span>&nbsp; </span>Lev inderlig vel alle sammen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tusen kjere hilsen fra os alle.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mindor. og Laura.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 13/8-1947</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Brother and everyone.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you so much, for your letter, which I got yesterday, and even more for the welcome Money gift, it&rsquo;s very kind of you, you can&rsquo;t imagine, how happy it made me, may God Reward you.<span>&nbsp; </span>Now I will for sure, take a trip to Narvik, provided I, can stay well enough, but I&rsquo;m unwell so often.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes it&rsquo;ll. be, an experience coming there, I who have never had the opportunity to go anywhere.<span>&nbsp; </span>all I&rsquo;ve done is work, and have had nothing in return, other than, a worn out Body, and an empty Wallet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor has had some, small Jobs this Summer, and the good thing is, he doesn&rsquo;t Drink, and if he has anything, he&rsquo;ll give me some <em>(she&rsquo;s probably talking about money</em>), it&rsquo;s such a Pity, that he&rsquo;s not so, strong, that he can&rsquo;t do just anything.<span>&nbsp; </span>And I&rsquo;m so careful, with everything I have so I don&rsquo;t waste, on unnecessary things.<span>&nbsp; </span>All my life I&rsquo;ve been used to being modest.<span>&nbsp; </span>I do some, Needlework of various kinds, so I earn a little bit, when I get it finished, but then one has to have some clothes, too.<span>&nbsp; </span>You&rsquo;re asking how much, I spend in a Winter, on Firewood.<span>&nbsp; </span>The very least is 100 kr. <span>&nbsp;</span>But this year Mindor, and I have been to the Woods and Cut some Twigs. so that helps a lot. when added to what I&rsquo;ve bought, together with Aksel and Eilif, which they have bought for themselves (<em>I think she means that Aksel and Eilif have bought firewood together, then they have sold her part of that).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>And I pay kr 20 a month for rent, and then about 10 kr for Lights, and Electricity, for the Cooker, so that makes it about kr 30 a Month, and that&rsquo;s cheap the way things are now.<span>&nbsp; </span>Herborg says to tell you. that she has written to you a, long time ago, and she hopes you have gotten it.<span>&nbsp; </span>Aksel, has been, almost 14 days in Opdal at Arne&rsquo;s, and Herborg is at home looking after the Pig.<span>&nbsp; </span>You must say hello to Alma, I&rsquo;ll soon write to her, say hello to all our relatives, and your Wife from all of us. and again many thanks for the money.<span>&nbsp; </span>Keep really well all of you.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>A thousand dear greetings from us all.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mindor. and Laura.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Herborg Holm to John Holm 1947.3.21 ]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 21. MARS &ndash; 1947, TIL MR. JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER KLIPPET VEKK.<br />
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LETTER FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED MARCH 21 &ndash; 1947, TO MR. JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Fredag 21.3.47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tusen takk for brevet jeg fikk idag!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skriver s&aring; morsomt, onkel, at jeg m&aring; le alts&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg ser at du senner mig en kasse med forskjellige saker igjen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er jo rent for galt og du er altfor snild, synes jeg, jeg skulle &oslash;nske at jeg kunne gj&oslash;re dig noen tjenester igjen &ndash; du f&aring;r ta dig en tur hit &aring; bes&oslash;ke moderlandet, jeg vet ingen annen r&aring;d!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ser at du senner mig en regnkappe med luve til &ndash; ja den er jeg veldig nyssjerig og spent p&aring; &aring; se, m&aring; du tro.<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per inderlig at den blir <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>stor</span> nok til min h&oslash;ie, kraftige person.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og opriktig talt s&aring; har jeg ingen regnk&aring;pe til v&aring;r-regnet kommer, jeg hadde f&oslash;r et gummikep som nu er bare lerver, s&aring; det kan <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ikke</span> brukes mer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det finnes &aring; f&aring; kj&oslash;pt nu, men de er s&aring; fryktelig kostbare, og s&aring; tjener jeg jo lite hjemme hos far s&aring; pengene strekker ikke til <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>alt</span> man trenger.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;F&oslash;rst finner jeg hodet av en mann i kassen&rdquo; sier du &ndash; ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>Er det kansje et trehode du har skj&aelig;rt ut sj&oslash;l? &ndash; s&aring; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>to ploga</span> &ndash; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>kompass</span> &ndash; s&aring; jeg ikke g&aring;r mig vill i fjellet igjen &ndash; Joda &ndash; far skal f&aring; l&aring;ne det n&aring;r han g&aring;r i Holmsmarka s&aring; han finner veien ned til &ldquo;H&aring;gen H&aring;ll&aring;a&rdquo;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Videre er det blyantkvesser &ndash; str&oslash;mper, hund og katt med krefter i <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>rompa</span> og s&aring; den store over-raskelse i h&oslash;ire arm!!<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per virkelig at kassen kommer <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>snart</span> for jeg er veldig spent alts&aring; &ndash; men mest p&aring; regnk&aring;pa &ndash; skj&oslash;nner du.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skal skrive til dig straks jeg f&aring;r det, v&aelig;r sikker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og bilde skal jeg ta av mig med regnk&aring;pen p&aring; ja, og senne til dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skulle gjerne hatt lyst til &aring; bes&oslash;ke dere, men avstanden er s&aring; stor at det blir bare med tanken.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja, nu er mor d&oslash;d, som du vet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg synes det er godt at hun fikk slippe, hun har jo ligget s&aring; mange &aring;r og hatt vondt, stakkar.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg syklet til Hegra dagen f&oslash;r hun d&oslash;de &ndash; 17 jan &ndash; og satt hos henne en stund sammen med far.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun kjente mig &ndash; men l&aring; og d&oslash;set imellem og hennes &oslash;ine var store og glassaktige &ndash; hun vinket til mig da jeg gikk og bad mig hilse de andre.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far v&aring;ket over henne om natten og hun d&oslash;de kvart over 12.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi hadde en meget pen begravelse.<span>&nbsp; </span>Leide bedehuset og hadde 60 gjester til middag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi pyntet lillesalen som stue med matter, lenestoler, sm&aring;bord med duker, blomster o.s.v. &ndash; Det kom s&aring;nn masse blomster og kranser &ndash; tulipaner og sammenplantninger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Efter de forhold som var, f&oslash;ler jeg det som en lettelse at alt er overst&aring;tt.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Her har v&aelig;rt bibelskole p&aring; bedehuset i 6 uker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far gikk dit hver morgen kl. 9 og kom hjem til middag kl. 1 og var borte p&aring; m&oslash;ter og tilstelninger hver aften.<span>&nbsp; </span>3 kvinnelige elever bodde p&aring; sovev&aelig;relset hos oss &ndash; men de reiste siste helg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nu bytter far dress igjen og g&aring;r p&aring; et eller annet m&oslash;te &ndash; Laura sier at det &ldquo;er ikke mye ro i r&aelig;va p&aring; han der&rdquo; og hun har rett.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er bra at han har religi&oslash;se innterresser ellers blev det for langsomt for ham n&aring;r mor er borte.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vi slaktet gris denne uke, solgte det meste til onkel Edward og tante Hanna i Narvik &ndash; dem f&aring;r ikke kj&oslash;pt flesk der oppe i Nord, forst&aring;r du, s&aring; dem blir glad.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far har r&oslash;rt i smultgryta idag &ndash; og s&aring; lavet vi blodp&oslash;lse men far brukte s&aring; d&aring;rlig tr&aring;d &aring; knyte igjen posene med at den r&oslash;k og innholdet forsvant nedi gryta ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi m&aring;tte le til tross for at det var s&oslash;rgelig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Blodp&oslash;lse og sylte er jo godt, ikke sant?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg senner dig et par amat&oslash;rbilder som jeg nettop har f&aring;tt fra fotografen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Kjenner du mig igjen fra 1914 da du gav mig sovedukke?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Laura er i Trondheim idag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun reiste inn med noen kilo sildesalat som hun har lavet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun m&aring; jo finne p&aring; noe for &aring; leve &ndash; hun skulle selge den til en forretning &ndash; jeg er spent p&aring; hvordan det gikk &ndash; hun kommer sikkert innom her ikveld.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er jo fortvilt ogs&aring; &ndash; hun har en s&oslash;nn p&aring; 35 &aring;r som hun m&aring; fors&oslash;rge &ndash; han g&aring;r til henne og skal ha penger til kino &ndash; sigaretter &ndash; ukeblade &ndash; fester og alt mulig &ndash; det er jo skammelig, riktignok er han ikke sterk, men han m&aring;tte da jamen kunne finne p&aring; noe hvis han <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ville</span> &ndash; om det ikke blev s&aring; stor fortjeneste akkurat.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg sier til Laura at det skulle ha v&aelig;rt slik at <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>han</span> hadde arbeidet og tjent penger og Laura stelt huset og ikke hatt &oslash;konomiske bekymringer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun kunne vel ha fortjent &aring; f&aring;tt det litt godt p&aring; sine gamle dage.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun var jo ogs&aring; s&aring; uheldig med sine to menner &ndash; den f&oslash;rste var syk og den siste en dranker og tyrann!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg h&oslash;rer s&aring; mye rart om ekteskap og ektemenner &ndash; s&aring; jeg er glad jeg ingen mann har s&aring; slipper jeg slike bekymringer og har omsorg bare for mig selv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Er du enig? eller hvad mener du?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg leste din livshistorie og ser at du har hatt &ldquo;kvikks&oslash;lv i baken&rdquo; slik som du har flyttet og flyttet frem og tilbake &ndash; tror alle Holm&rsquo;er er urolig, Laura liker ogs&aring; &aring; renne hit og dit.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>m&aring;</span> ut av d&oslash;rene minst en gang om dag ellers er hun visst ikke frisk. &ndash; Du m&aring; hilse Alma s&aring; hjertelig, din kone og de andre og ikke &aring; forglemme lille Ruth Irene!<span>&nbsp; </span>Er hun s&oslash;t og kos?<span>&nbsp; </span>Far ber mig hilse dig!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; leve vel da, onkel Johan og p&aring; forh&aring;nd vil jeg si hjertelig takk for kassen!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Herborg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Her er mye sn&oslash; og flott v&aelig;r om dagene n&aring;r solen skinner.<span>&nbsp; </span>Siste s&oslash;ndag var jeg p&aring; Levanger og hadde med mig Einar&rsquo;s lille gutt Helge.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han er veldig s&oslash;t og kos.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Friday 21.3.47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle Johan</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you very much for the letter I received today!<span>&nbsp; </span>You write so funny, uncle, that I have to laugh you know.<span>&nbsp; </span>I see you&rsquo;re sending me a box of various things again.<span>&nbsp; </span>It really is too much and you&rsquo;re way to kind, I think, I&rsquo;d wish I could do you some favours in return &ndash; you&rsquo;ll have to come and visit the motherland, that&rsquo;s all there is to it!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I see you&rsquo;re sending me a raincoat with a hat to go with it &ndash; well I&rsquo;m very curious and anxious to see that one, you know!<span>&nbsp; </span>I really hope it&rsquo;s <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>big</span> enough for my tall, heavy frame.<span>&nbsp; </span>And honestly I have no raincoat for this spring&rsquo;s rain, I did have a rubber cape which now is in rags, so that <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>cannot</span> be worn anymore.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s possible to buy them now, but they are so terribly expensive, and then I earn little being at home with father so the money doesn&rsquo;t cover <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>everything</span> one needs.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;First I&rsquo;ll find the head of a man in the box&rdquo; you say &ndash; ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>Is it perhaps a wooden head you&rsquo;ve carved out yourself? &ndash; then <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>two plows</span> &ndash; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>compass</span> &ndash; so that I don&rsquo;t get lost in the mountain again &ndash; Yes &ndash; I&rsquo;ll let father borrow it when he walks in Holmsmarka <em>(the Holm fields)</em> so that he&rsquo;ll find his way down to &ldquo;H&aring;gen H&aring;ll&aring;a&rdquo; <em>(nickname for a local Hegra person).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Then there&rsquo;s a pencil sharpener &ndash; stockings, a dog and a cat with power in its <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>behind</span> and then the big surprise in the right arm!!<span>&nbsp; </span>I really hope the box arrives <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>soon</span> because I&rsquo;m really curious you know &ndash; but mostly about the rain coat &ndash; you see.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll write you immediately after I get it, you can be sure of that.<span>&nbsp; </span>And yes I&rsquo;ll have my picture taken wearing the raincoat and send it to you.<span>&nbsp; </span>I would very much like to visit you, but the distance is so great that it probably wont happen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Well, mother is dead now, as you know.<span>&nbsp; </span>I think it was good that she was set free, she has been suffering for so many years, poor thing.<span>&nbsp; </span>I biked to Hegra the day before she died &ndash; Jan. 17 &ndash; and sat with her for a while together with father.<span>&nbsp; </span>She knew me &ndash; but driftet into sleep on and off and her eyes were large and glasslike &ndash; she waved to me when I left and asked me to say hello to the others.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father kept a vigil over her that night and she died at 12 fifteen.<span>&nbsp; </span>We had a very nice funeral.<span>&nbsp; </span>Rented the chapel and had 60 guests for dinner.<span>&nbsp; </span>We decorated the small assembly room to look like a living room with rugs, armchairs, tables with table cloths, flowers etc. &ndash; So many flowers and wreaths arrived &ndash; tulips and plant arrangements.<span>&nbsp; </span>Considering the circumstances, I feel relieved that it&rsquo;s all over.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>There&rsquo;s been a bible school at the chapel for 6 weeks.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father went there every morning at 9 o&rsquo;clock and came home for dinner at 1 o&rsquo;clock and was gone at meetings and social gatherings every evening.<span>&nbsp; </span>3 female students stayed in the bedroom of our house &ndash; but they left last week end.<span>&nbsp; </span>Now father is changing his suit again and is going to some meeting or other &ndash; Laura says that there&rsquo;s &ldquo;not much rest in the behind of that one&rdquo; and she&rsquo;s right.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s good that he has religious interests otherwise it would be too lonesome for him when mother is gone.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We butchered a pig this week, sold most of it to uncle Edward and aunt Hanna in Narvik &ndash; they can&rsquo;t buy pork up there in the North, you see, so they&rsquo;ll be happy.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father has been stirring the grease pot today &ndash; and then we made blood pudding but father used such bad thread to tie the bags shut with that it broke and the contents disappeared down into the pot ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>We had to laugh in spite of being upset.<span>&nbsp; </span>Blood pudding and mock brawn are good together, right?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;m sending you a couple of amateur pictures which I&rsquo;ve just received from the photorapher.<span>&nbsp; </span>Do you recognize me from 1914 when you gave me a sleeping doll?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Laura is in Trondheim today.<span>&nbsp; </span>She went in with a few kilos of herring salad which she has made.<span>&nbsp; </span>She has to think of something in order to live &ndash; she was going to sell it to a store &ndash; I&rsquo;m curious as to how it went &ndash; she&rsquo;l probably come by here tonight.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s too bad really &ndash; she has a 35 year old son she has to support &ndash; he comes to her for money for the movies &ndash; cigarettes &ndash; magazines &ndash; parties and everything &ndash; it&rsquo;s shameful, granted he&rsquo;s not strong, but seems to me he could do something if he <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>wanted</span> to &ndash; even if it didn&rsquo;t pay a lot of money.<span>&nbsp; </span>I tell Laura that it should be <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>him</span> who worked and earned money while Laura kept house without having financial worries.<span>&nbsp; </span>She deserves to have an easier time of it as she gets older.<span>&nbsp; </span>She was also so unlucky with her two husbands &ndash; the first one was sick and the last one a drunkard and a tyrant!<span>&nbsp; </span>I hear so many strange things about marriage and husbands &ndash; I&rsquo;m glad I have no husband so that I don&rsquo;t have such worries and have only myself to care for.<span>&nbsp; </span>Do you agree?<span>&nbsp; </span>or what do you think?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I read your life&rsquo;s story and see that you&rsquo;ve had &ldquo;mercury in your behind&rdquo; <em>(Norwegian expression for someone who can&rsquo;t be still)</em> the way you&rsquo;ve been moving and moving back and forth &ndash; I think all Holm&rsquo;s are restless, Laura too likes to run here and there.<span>&nbsp; </span>She <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>has</span> to leave the house at least once a day or she&rsquo;s not well it seems. &ndash; You must greet Alma so much, your wife and the others and not to forget little Ruth Irene!<span>&nbsp; </span>Is she cute and nice?<span>&nbsp; </span>Father asks me to give you his regards!<span>&nbsp; </span>Live well then, uncle Johan and I want to say thank you so much for the box in advance!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Herborg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We have a lot of snow and loveley weather here these days when the sun is shining.<span>&nbsp; </span>Last Sunday I was at Levanger and brought Einar&rsquo;s little boy Helge.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s very cute and nice.</p></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"><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>
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<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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      <title><![CDATA[Axel Holm to John Holm 1946.11.24]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA AXEL HOLM DATERT 25. NOVEMBER-1946, TIL JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5 STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SO DAKOTA, U.S.A.  PAPIR OG KONVOLUTT FRA BAKERIET.  FRIMERKENE ER FJERNET.  BAK P&Aring; KONVOLUTTEN HAR HERBORG SKREVET &ndash;HILSEN FRA HERBORG&ndash;.<br />
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LETTER FROM AXEL HOLM DATED NOVEMBER 25-1946, TO JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5 STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SO DAKOTA, U.S.A.  PAPER AND ENVELOPE ARE FROM HIS BAKERY.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.  ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE HERBORG HAS WRITTEN &ndash;GREETINGS FROM HERBORG&ndash;.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Axel Holm</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1946.11.24</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal den 25-Nov.1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Johan.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Fik idag pakke ifra dig<span>&nbsp; </span>den innholdt 1 par brune sko<span>&nbsp; </span>dem har jeg nu p&aring;, dem er litt for lang men meget god.<span>&nbsp; </span>s&aring; jeg er ikke helt sikker p&aring; om Ole for dem.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>1 ure med 2 kj&aelig;der, 1 par benkl&aelig;der, 2 par str&oslash;mper (1 til Eidum) 3 baren bluser, sope barberstel med blad, kniv til Eilif, tr&aring;snelle, skokrem, snurebasse barberkost.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skal ha tak for alt.<span>&nbsp; </span>var det denne sv&aelig;re urkj&aelig;den du kj&oslash;pte av S&oslash;dderman<span>&nbsp; </span>Kan du huske vad &aring;rstal det var, for den er nu antekk, du m&aring; la mig f&aring; h&oslash;re det, for S&oslash;ddermans s&oslash;n Kalle lever i nabolaget her og er gift med en datter til B&oslash;resen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det st&aring;r bra til her<span>&nbsp; </span>idag 25 november har vi 12 gr varme, sommer straks f&oslash;r Jul.<span>&nbsp; </span>I morgen skal vi slakte en stor rugg av en gris den er ca 160. kg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skj&oslash;nner det er sm&aring; gris mott dem di har <span>&nbsp;</span>det er vel ingen under 700. kg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Skal hilse fra kona<span>&nbsp; </span>hun er ikke verst<span>&nbsp; </span>nu for 14 dage siden trodde jeg hun d&oslash;de fra os, men nei jeg fik hende tilbake av Herren s&aring; hendes b&oslash;nne gjerning var ikke fulf&oslash;rt enda.<span>&nbsp; </span>Herrens veie er ikke v&aring;re veie og hans tanker er ikke v&aring;re tanker,<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; vi for finne os i og vente pa hans utl&oslash;isning i fra treldommen her, Jeg kan ikke si andet en det for bli som han vil<span>&nbsp; </span>vi f&aring;r vere der, bede, tro, leve, til han henter sin dyrkj&oslash;pte brud fra disse t&aring;re dale.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura reiste til byen idag<span>&nbsp; </span>skulde bes&oslash;ke Ole.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han er lit plaget med hodepine og litt sur iser n&aring;r Laura kommer for hun prater livet utav ham, og det liker han ikke.<span>&nbsp; </span>Arne i Opdal det er vor gutt, dem fik sig en s&oslash;n siste Onsdag s&aring; har du en pakke til dem var det bra.<span>&nbsp; </span>Einar vor gutt er nu bra frisk<span>&nbsp; </span>dem har og en liten gut Helge. efter Helga.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har tengt at n&aring;r jeg ikke bruker uret som jeg fik fra dig. skal Helge ha det.<span>&nbsp; </span>kj&oslash;pte du det i Norge.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg har sendt dig en Misjonsbok <span>&nbsp;</span>han som har skrevet den har bod her flere dager<span>&nbsp; </span>en meget god mann.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>S&aring; f&aring;r di ha en velsignet Julefest<span>&nbsp; </span>Sente Alma Julehefter.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hils til dem fra os.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Beste hilsen Helga <span>&nbsp;</span>Axel</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>God Jul Godt Nyt&aring;r.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal the 25<sup>th</sup> of Nov.1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Johan.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Received a parcel from you today<span>&nbsp; </span>it contained 1 pair brown shoes<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m wearing them right now, they&rsquo;re a little too long but very comfortable. so I&rsquo;m not so sure that Ola will get them.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>1 watch with 2 chains, 1 pair trousers, 2 pairs socks (1 for Eidum) 3 children&rsquo;s blouses, soap<span>&nbsp; </span>shaving kit with blades, knife for Eilif, spool of thread, shoe polish, humming top shaving brush.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you for everything.<span>&nbsp; </span>is this the big watch chain you bought from S&oslash;dderman<span>&nbsp; </span>Can you remember what year that was, because it&rsquo;s antique now, you must let me know, because S&oslash;dderman&rsquo;s son Kalle lives here in the neighbourhood and is married to a daughter of B&oslash;resen.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re doing fine here<span>&nbsp; </span>today November 25 we have 12 degr, summer just before Christmas.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tomorrow we&rsquo;re going to butcher a huge pig<span>&nbsp; </span>it&rsquo;s about 160. kg.<span>&nbsp; </span>I understand it&rsquo;s tiny compared to the ones you have<span>&nbsp; </span>I guess there are none less than 170. kg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>The wife sends her regards<span>&nbsp; </span>she&rsquo;s not too bad<span>&nbsp; </span>just 14 days ago I thought she died from us, but no I got her back from the Lord so her prayer duty hadn&rsquo;t been completed yet.<span>&nbsp; </span>The way of the Lord is not our way and his thoughts are not our thoughts, So we&rsquo;ll have to put up with waiting for him to free her from the slavery here, All I can say is let it be as he wishes<span>&nbsp; </span>we&rsquo;ll be there, pray, believe, live, until he fetches his dearly bought bride from this valley of tears.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura went into town today<span>&nbsp; </span>was going to see Ole.<span>&nbsp; </span>He suffers a bit from headaches and is a little surly<span>&nbsp; </span>especially when Laura comes because she talks him to death, and he doesn&rsquo;t like that.<span>&nbsp; </span>Arne in Opdal<span>&nbsp; </span>he&rsquo;s our boy, they had a son last Wednesday so if you have a package for them it would be nice.<span>&nbsp; </span>Einar our boy is fairly well now<span>&nbsp; </span>they also have a little boy Helge. named for Helga.<span>&nbsp; </span>I thought that when I don&rsquo;t use the watch I got from you. Helge will get it.<span>&nbsp; </span>did you buy it in Norway.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve sent you a Mission book<span>&nbsp; </span>he who wrote it has lived here several days<span>&nbsp; </span>a very good man.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Have a blessed Christmas<span>&nbsp; </span>I sent Alma some Christmas books <em>(these are like magazines that come out every Christmas with little stories in them, some are for children and some for adults)</em>.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tell them hello from us.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes Helga<span>&nbsp; </span>Axel</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Merry Christmas<span>&nbsp; </span>Happy New Year.</p></div>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:27:19 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Axel Holm to John Holm 1946.7.17]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA AXEL HOLM DATERT 17. JULI-1946 TIL HER JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SO. DAK., U.S.A.  KONVOLUTT OG BREVPAPIR FRA &ndash; AX. HOLM, STJ&Oslash;RDAL - ALLE SORTER GODT BR&Oslash;D TIL HVERDAG OG FEST, TELEFON 15&ndash;. FRIMERKET ER KLIPPET VEKK.  POSTOBLATMERKE P&Aring; BAKSIDEN AV KONVOLUTTEN.<br />
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LETTER FROM AXEL HOLM DATED JULY 17-1946 TO HER (MR, SPELT WRONG) JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SO.DAK., U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE AND PAPER ARE FROM &ndash; AX. HOLM, STJ&Oslash;RDAL - ALL SORTS GOOD BREAD FOR EVERYDAY AND FORMAL OCCASIONS, PHONE 15&ndash;.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.  &ndash;POSTOBLAT&ndash; STICKER ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE.<br />
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                                    <div class="element-text">1946.07.17</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal en 17 Juli 1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re broder med familie.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Fik den 15 denes en pakke,<span>&nbsp; </span>Som vi siger dere tusin tak for, det var aldeles passe st&oslash;relse p&aring; t&oslash;flene <span>&nbsp;</span>dem blir fin nu n&aring;r den kolde norske vinter setter inn og det g&aring;r fort, for nu er sl&aring;tten i ful gang.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har nu meget varmt og fint veir, idag var det 39 gr C i Solen, folket som nu har tid ligger ved sj&oslash;en og koser sig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er alt bra her<span>&nbsp; </span>Mor er noget svak, jeg Skal nu straks sykle og bes&oslash;ke hende<span>&nbsp; </span>jeg er hos hende to gang i uken s&aring; det er da lit og pr&oslash;ve sig p&aring; men hun er meget t&aring;lmodig i sin lidelse, og hun &oslash;nsker sig hjem til den frelser som kj&oslash;pte hende til gud med sitt blod.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det skal nu til uka bli Trafekk flyrute p&aring; V&aelig;rnes s&aring; nu kan du g&aring; i flyet i Dell Rapid <span>&nbsp;</span>om nogle timer sedder du her og drikker kaffe av norsk vann og spiser viner br&oslash;d med Amerikans mel i.<span>&nbsp; </span>Lyntog skal vi f&aring;, s&aring; nu blir det ingen slendrian i lag med os, vi for det mer travelt end f&oslash;r.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Arne g&aring;r det fint med p&aring; Opdal <span>&nbsp;</span>han har meget &aring; gj&oslash;re og det er det som skal til.<span>&nbsp; </span>Einar er hjemme hos Eilif <span>&nbsp;</span>han skal nu reise til Nestna til sine Svigerforeldre i ferie, han er en flink gutt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har nu bes&oslash;k av Balser Eidum med frue <span>&nbsp;</span>har ingen barn.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han arbeider p&aring; hjernbane verkstedet i Narvik.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Herborg skal nu p&aring; ferie s&aring; nu blir gammel hjemme alene sammen med sine 3 griser og 1 katte og 2 tamme kr&aring;ker.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; du skj&oslash;nner her er nok og ta vare p&aring; for den som vil.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja di for leve godt alle sammen og atter en hjertelig tak for alt vi har foet fra dere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura har ikke foet pakke du skrev om til hende for en tid siden, hun frykter at den er kommet bort, pakkene blir liggende sa l&aelig;nge hos tolaren til hjennem syn der, s&aring; den kommer vel nok.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>P&aring; L&oslash;rdag skal jeg i Geving&aring;s og plukke Bl&aring;b&aelig;r til mor og gl&aelig;de hende med.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Beste hilsen Helga &ndash; Axel</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal the 17<sup>th</sup> of July 1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear brother with family.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Received on the15th the same <em>(this month</em>) a package, Which we say many thanks for, the size of the slippers was just right<span>&nbsp; </span>they&rsquo;ll be nice now when the cold Norwegian winter sets in and that wont be long, because now the haymaking is in full swing.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re having very warm and nice weather now, today it was 39 degr. C in the Sun, those who have the time are by the sea enjoying it.<span>&nbsp; </span>Everything is fine here.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mother is somewhat weak, I&rsquo;m about to bike and visit her<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m with her twice a week so it&rsquo;s not easy but she&rsquo;s very patient in her suffering, and she wishes to go home to the savior who bought her to god with his blood.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re now getting air plane Traffic at V&aelig;rnes next week so now you can step on the plane in Dell Rapid<span>&nbsp; </span>in a few hours you&rsquo;ll be sitting here drinking coffee out of Norwegian water and eating pastries with American flour in them. <span>&nbsp;</span>We&rsquo;re getting Express trains, so now there will be no jog-trotting with us, we&rsquo;ll be busier than before.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Arne is doing fine in Opdal<span>&nbsp; </span>he has a lot to do and that&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s needed.<span>&nbsp; </span>Einar is at Eilif&rsquo;s<span>&nbsp; </span>he&rsquo;s going on vacation to Nestna now to see his Parents in law, he&rsquo;s a clever boy.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re now having a visit from Balser Eidum and wife<span>&nbsp; </span>have no children.<span>&nbsp; </span>He works at the railroad workshop in Narvik.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Herborg is now going on vacation so now the old one will be home alone with his 3 pigs and 1 cat and 2 tame crows.<span>&nbsp; </span>So you understand there&rsquo;s enough to take care of here for he who wants to.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well live well all of you and again thank you so much for everything we&rsquo;ve gotten from you.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura hasn&rsquo;t received the package you wrote about to her a while back, she fears that it has gotten lost, the packages end up staying so long in customs to be checked there, so it&rsquo;ll probably get here.<span>&nbsp; </span>On Saturday I&rsquo;m going to Geving&aring;s to pick Blueberries for mother and surprise her with.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes Helga - Axel</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Axel Holm to Alma C. Wilson 1946.12.7]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA AXEL HOLM DATERT 7. DESEMBER-1946, TIL ALMA.  SKREVET P&Aring; PAPIR FRA BAKERIET.  INGEN KONVOLUTT.<br />
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LETTER FROM AXEL HOLM DATED DECEMBER 7-1946, TO ALMA.  WRITTEN ON STATIONARY FROM THE BAKERY.  NO ENVELOPE.  A LOT OF CONFUSING LANGUAGE IN THIS ONE; I&#039;VE TRIED TO STAY TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANS.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal den 7-12-1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tak for dit brev, og alt de di sender os.<span>&nbsp; </span>Fik forige dagen brev fra Johan vor han forteller os at han er sykelig, det er litt leit n&aring;r det er hjertet<span>&nbsp; </span>det er ifra de livet uttg&aring;r siger den gamle bibel bok.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er det p&aring; det gamle, Ole er lit skral, men er vist litt bedre, det er nu enstund siden jeg var og bes&oslash;kte ham.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura fik nu pakke en dag fra Inez? Nilsen (Vilson?). og hun styre veldigt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er det et meget deiligt veir<span>&nbsp; </span>det er ca 5 gr varme nu strax f&oslash;r jul<span>&nbsp; </span>har ikke hatt sne enda.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Min hustru er nu litt bedre, Jeg siger hun er som en Lerke en vakker Mai morgen, du m&aring; si Johan dette s&aring; dr&oslash;mmer han om gamle Norge.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vil du vere snild og sp&oslash;rge Johan vad m&aring;ned og &aring;rstal han reiste og vor gammel han var og om han var utl&aelig;rt smed og hvem han l&aelig;rte hos, og vor han blev f&oslash;dd om det var p&aring; gammle Palastina grensen imott Porktr&oslash;a mott syd og Kamnesset i vest, Merakerbanen i nord med tr&oslash;plass <em>(mener han Holmstr&oslash;?)</em> og Stj&oslash;rdalselva og sme Hans i bak grunden, ja dette blev mange sp&oslash;rsm&aring;l men tror at det frisker op gammle minder, og det har vi ikke nogen skade av, og sammen ligne den gammle tid da folket var sparsom, taksam, og n&oslash;isom, og gudfryktig og var redd det onde.<span>&nbsp; </span>I dag er det Kravets tid, misn&oslash;ie, bitterhed, hovmod, utakk, streik, og lite tak for vi har det s&aring; bra<span>&nbsp; </span>intet er rett. alle klager. og lite gudsfrykt og f&aring; har bruk for frelsen i Jesus Kristus.<span>&nbsp; </span><em>(Jeg har en mistanke om at den egentlige grunnen til at Axel sp&oslash;r alle disse sp&oslash;rsm&aring;lene er med tanke p&aring; &aring; skrive noe om han i avisen etterat han er d&oslash;d.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det han sp&oslash;r om her er omtrent n&oslash;yaktig de tingene som er nevnt <span>&nbsp;</span>i et avisutklipp jeg har, som jeg fikk av Axel&rsquo;s s&oslash;nn, Einar, for noen &aring;r siden)</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja nu har vi slakettet Julegrisen<span>&nbsp; </span>en stor rugg 180 kg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg stelte den meste selv. b&aring;de sylte og p&oslash;lse, jeg gjikk i l&aelig;re hos min kj&aelig;re Helga og da hun desverre ikke er hjemme m&aring; mann greie sig selv, og det gjikk bra, nu har jeg kokt s&aring;pe og den blev fin.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er godt over til rengj&oslash;ringen og er nu s&aring;pkokar, du m&aring; hels store bror med det.<span>&nbsp; </span>Helga er nu litt bedre en f&oslash;r<span>&nbsp; </span>vor lenge det varer vett ingen.<span>&nbsp; </span>for 6 uger siden trodde jeg det blev hendes Jordeferd. <span>&nbsp;</span>men jeg fik hende tilbake en tid s&aring; Gud er god mot os.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja nu er det snart Jul.<span>&nbsp; </span>Di for ha en velsignet Jul og et rikt Nytt ar, med kraft ifra Herren b&aring;de til at leve og til at d&oslash;.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Min kraft fulendes i din skr&oslash;pelighed.<span>&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Beste Julehilsen fra os alle<span>&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Helga.<span>&nbsp; </span>Axel.<span>&nbsp; </span>Es 43: 1-2</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>Skrevet av Herborg:</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Kj&aelig;re Alma!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg &oslash;nsker dere allesammen en riktig God Jul og godt n ytt &aring;r!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; hilse onkel Johan med at nu har b&aring;de tante Laura og jeg f&aring;tt pakkerne med sko &ndash; kalosjer &ndash; str&oslash;mper etc.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tusen takk!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hilsen fra Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 7-12-1946 <em>(Dec. 7-&rsquo;46)</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you for your letter, and everything you send to us.<span>&nbsp; </span>Had a letter from Johan the other day where he tells us he&rsquo;s not well, it&rsquo;s not good when it&rsquo;s the heart<span>&nbsp; </span>that&rsquo;s where life comes from the old bible book says.<span>&nbsp; </span>Here everything is the same, Ole is a little under the weather, but apparently doing better, it&rsquo;s been a while since I&rsquo;ve been to visit him.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Laura has gotten a package from Inez? Nilsen (Vilson?). and she&rsquo;s so excited.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re having wonderful weather<span>&nbsp; </span>it&rsquo;s 5 degr now just before Christmas<span>&nbsp; </span>haven&rsquo;t had snow yet.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>My wife is a little better now, I say she&rsquo;s like a Lark on a beautiful May morning, tell Johan this and he&rsquo;ll dream about old Norway.<span>&nbsp; </span>Would you please ask Johan which month and year he left and how old he was and if he was a trained blacksmith and who he learned from, and where he was born if it was at the old the Palestina border<em> (the name of an area in Hegra, just below the Nedre Hembre farm, where Ola Markussen Hembre was from)</em> to Porktr&oslash;a towards the south and Kamnesset in the west, the Meraker railroad in the north with tr&oslash;plass <em>(this may be the same as Holmstr&oslash;)</em> and Stj&oslash;rdalselva <em>(the Stj&oslash;rdal river)</em> and sme Hans (Blacksmith Hans) in the background, yes this was a lot of questions but I think that it&rsquo;ll bring up old memories, and that wont hurt us, to compare the old days when people were thrifty, thankful, and frugal, and god fearing and were scared of evil.<span>&nbsp; </span>Today is the time of Demands, displeasure, bitterness, arrogance, ingratitude, strike, and little thanks for what we have<span>&nbsp; </span>nothing is right. everybody complains. and little fear of god and few have a need for the salvation in Jesus Christ.<span>&nbsp; </span>(<em>I suspect that the real reason behind him wanting to know these things about John is that he&rsquo;s already thinking about writing a piece about him in the local newspaper after his death. <span>&nbsp;</span>I have an old copy of John&rsquo;s obituary from the Stj&oslash;rdal newspaper, given to me by Einar Holm, Axel&rsquo;s son a few years back.<span>&nbsp; </span>All the above things that Axel is asking about John are mentioned in this obituary).</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Well now we have butchered our Christmas pig<span>&nbsp; </span>a thumping big one of 180 kg.<span>&nbsp; </span>I made most of it myself. both the mock brawn and the sausages, I was an apprentice with my dear Helga and as she unfortunately is not at home the old man has to manage on his own, and it went well, now I have cooked soap and it turned out fine.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve gone on to the cleaning up and am now a soap maker, tell big brother that.<span>&nbsp; </span>Helga is a little better now than before<span>&nbsp; </span>how long it&rsquo;ll last nobody knows.<span>&nbsp; </span>6 weeks ago I thought it was her last day.<span>&nbsp; </span>but I got her back for a while so God is good to us.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well now it&rsquo;ll soon be Christmas.<span>&nbsp; </span>Have a blessed Christmas and a rich New year, with strength from the Lord to both live and to die.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>My strength will be complete in your fragility <em>(no idea what he means).</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best Christmas wishes from us all</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Helga.<span>&nbsp; </span>Axel.<span>&nbsp; </span>Es. 43: 1-2</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>Written by Herborg:</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Dear Alma!<span>&nbsp; </span>I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and happy new year! Tell uncle Johan that both aunt Laura and I have received the packages with the shoes &ndash; galoshes - stockings etc.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes from Herborg <span>&nbsp;</span></p></div>
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