Comments on: Augusta Parsons Hylander’s memories of 19th-century Swedish life, part four: Christmas and Midsummer http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/19/augusta-parsons-hylander%e2%80%99s-memories-of-19th-century-swedish-life-part-four-christmas-and-midsummer/ Family history and women's history, sort of muddled together. Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: lemon*tree http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/19/augusta-parsons-hylander%e2%80%99s-memories-of-19th-century-swedish-life-part-four-christmas-and-midsummer/#comment-242 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:22:47 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=779#comment-242 No wonder she liked these holidays and the break from work (I also eagerly anticipate the holiday season and my two weeks off from teaching…and I thoroughly love what I do!). I really enjoyed reading Augusta’s story, and your speculations. Her life had beautiful moments growing up, but how challenging it was! I can definitely understand her longing to escape it, and her focusing in memories on times that were more playful and leisurely than what she usually enjoyed.

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