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Left was my favorite mug at my grandparents’ house (yes the very same grandparents as in my Substack post To Grandfather’s House We Go)… my grandmother grew up in a Norwegian-American community in Iowa where all Lutheran services were held in Norwegian and my mentally disturbed grandfather was a multi-generational Texan so it made me smile.
Top-right WAS MY FAVORITE MUG until I broke it and I still haven’t replaced it. I have a set of the bottom-right mugs that I use for everything.
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@taterhole
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@marianoleonczik
Super niche lore but you’re the 2nd person this year who I’ve met that’s mentioned family ties to the Norwegian Lutheran denomination in the Midwest
May 10, 2024
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@taterhole
marianoleonczik I read the journal of someone my ancestors traveled with in the 1800s and they were so excited coming from Rogaland which is craggy and rocky and nearly impossible to farm to the Midwest they saw it as like the promised land… now living in the Midwest I must agree!!!!
May 10, 2024
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@lucius
taterhole marianoleonczik make that three. also the product of a midwestern norwegian lutheran. and a multigenerational texan
May 10, 2024
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@taterhole
lucius wow i wonder if we’re distantly related!!
May 10, 2024
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@lucius
taterhole or estrange relatives due to a blood feud
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@taterhole
lucius not unlikely because if there’s one thing about my family across the board it’s that they love beefing and infighting
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@marianoleonczik
lucius taterhole for sure cousins through inbreeding, I sense it deeeeeeep in my soul
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@marianoleonczik
marianoleonczik luciustaterhole sorry that was uncharacteristically sarcastic & obnoxious of me; I haven’t had coffee yet
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@lucius
marianoleonczik it was in the spirit of silliness, np
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@taterhole
marianoleonczik no because I am legitimately so severely inbred but in a planter aristocracy way. every single one of my dad‘s male ancestors has looked the same going back to at least the time when two of them founded the Plantation of Ulster 😔 but I guess that’s what gives me my distinct refined features and at least I’ve got some recently added genetic diversity in there…
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@marianoleonczik
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I haven’t a single mug of my own to speak of at the moment but this is my favorite mug at my generous hostess’s house :~)
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