duh. . . . . Norwegians at St. Olaf. maybe that is why . . .

"There are lots of Norwegians at St. Olaf," said Wencke Berger without showing any sign of moving.  "And people of Norwegian descent.  Maybe that's why--"   from Anne Holt's crime novel What Never Happens

Well, the observation is significant in the plot of this novel by Norway's former Minister of Justice whom you may have heard interviewed after the shootings in Norway last month.  And, there is always a tiny bit of a thrill to find one's "home" noticed and mentioned.  Still, to those of us who live here the observation is no big surprise.  What is more interesting is to wonder what those folks contribute to the continued life of the place founded by immigrants more than 125 years ago.  "Maybe that's why--"  We'll ask that in 201.