on the left, "my Elli" from Beate Sørum; her first child, on New Year's Eve 2021
on the right, "my bitty niece Nora who loves her little cousin to bits"
photographer: Duy Vinh Dang (my brother in law)
some context: Simone and I visited Norway in 2018, at Bea's invite; teaching our usual; sampling a TRUE socialist country (not some Soviet-era cartoon that America's mansion-ed class wants ordinary voters to fear). Norway is often ranked amongst the planet's happiest countries (using scientific measures); has one of the planet's highest per capita incomes; and is one of the safest places on earth. A quote from Bea: "What you in America call a socialist we call a conservative."