Inkku

Dear Ingunn,

Thank you for sharing pics of Norway! I am some kind of long-lost relative of yours -- from the good old US of A!

M birth name is Susan Julia Fristad, now Susan Fristad Rouson! My grandpa came from Norway -- his name was Arthur Peder William Fristad. I am 60, and a recently retired
special education teacher, widowed, with 2 grown children and 4 grandchildren. You can write to me at srouson@sbcglobal.net. I can send you pics of faraway family!

Everyone thinks I look VERY Norwegian! Which one are you in the pics? I see a Fristad nose on the middle face in the trio pic, but don't know if that's you or not! Am I right or wrong?

My heart leaps for joy when I see photos of Norway. By the way, my grandfather came over to the States around the beginning of the 20th century. Mangled his right hand in a printing press, refused to get it amputated, went home and massaged and soaked and exercised it back to full health and usage! In the meanwhile, he learned to do everything with his left hand, even excellent handwriting, and became fully ambidexterous. One tough, persistent young man. Later he became a painting contractor, and died in Riverside, California, at the age of 64, bck in the 1950's when I was a little girl in the 4th grade.

REALLY enjoyed your blog/photos! Am going to forward them to my daughter in Colorado and my son's family, who lives here with me!