Answering Robbi
Robbi asked me a lot of questions in the comments to my post about writing about Norway , and asked a lot of questions, which I decided were better answered in a post, rather than in the comments: Robbi: My friend and I were at dinner the other night, and she brought up Garrison Keillor. She is married to a guy who is third generation American with Swedish background, and she says Garrison Keillor's books describe her husband perfectly, even down to his being prudish about nudity. Keera: I haven't heard of Garrison Keillor. Today's Scandinavians are not prudish about nudity - certainly not compared to Americans. Perhaps I was unclear in my previous post. In Victorian times, everybody was prudish. Robbi: Frankly, I don't care for Garrison Keillor or Sons of Norway. I can't relate to them. It seems that their version of Norway is the way Norway used to be in the 1800s. Keera: I was a member of Sons of Norway when I lived in California, and found it to be a pos