Today, I finished reading Little House on the Prairie. It’s a little sad that they worked so hard to build that house and had to leave after a year. It’s scary that they spent a night surrounded by wolves with nothing but a sheet for a door. Overall, it shows the commitment, hard work, patience, and endurance of our ancestors that moved west.
I’m excited to start watching a miniseries on running a Frontier farm on Pbs. I’m a huge fan of the pioneer way of life, and plan to experiment further with the lost skills and crafts of days gone by. It’s important to not only preserve information on this way of life for future generations, but also to practice traditional farming and animal husbandry to prepare yourself for future disasters.
It’s easy to romanticize living the way folks did in the past, but I know how difficult it was in those times. I am in no way ready to build a house using only primitive tools, but I’d sure like to know how. Taking the easy way out with modern technology is going to come back and bite us in the butt someday, and I plan to be ready.
I am a jill of all trades. Some of the roles I play include homemaker, roller derby hell-raiser, indie crafter, wife and mother, and a bon vivant on a budget.
