Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:34:51 +0100, D wrote:

Sounds like Mobergs utvandrarna where the woman wants to go home, and
the man wants to stay. Kind of weird that my wife now wants to move, and
I want to stay.

It's a good read. Part of Beret's problem was the Dakotas are mostly
steppes. Per had his farming but all she had was looking out at endless
grass or during the winter endless white snow. He realizes she is
depressed and has the brainstorm to whitewash the inside of the cabin to
brighten it up. That put her over the edge.

Rolvaag himself grew up on Dønna island in a family that fished in
Lofoten. Looking at photos of that area I wonder if that made his
descriptions of the horror of endless prairies a personal thing. The land
was available and cheap but it must have taken a while to adapt. I don't
do well in the flatlands and don't think I could handle it.