I'm going on the road again, today -- next time you hear from me i'll be in Texas (unless I drop in briefly on a food-break on the way)! This time i'll be the driver, so no passing thoughts will be typed out on the ipad in the actual process of travel.... ;-)
My gods, how things have changed since my childhood! To be able to access the sources of information we can now, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY -- what a pipe-dream! But there it is....
So i'll be less responsive over the weekend, while I dress in anachronistic attire and talk about anachronistic everyday affairs and drink anachronistic beverages.... If you're curious, you can see some of the latter here: http://www.artofdrink.com/jerry-thomas/
;-) ...here's the opportunity the trolls love to take advantage of -- they post their snotty little comments, and hope that they'll stay visible longer than usual when i'm traveling. So i'll amend my earlier announcement that I won't be popping in to check up on things regularly -- I DO so enjoy deleting some people's snark!
Hi Tess
ReplyDeleteHave a nice break and travel safely. The dullards and trolls will always be with us, and your readers can spot them from a mile away.
We know shit from shinola when we see it.
Kind regards Eddie
:-) thanks, Eddie -- made it safely to TX! ...I never could understand why the anti's enjoy hanging out on blogs where they don't agree with what's discussed, anyway!
Delete.....and then there were two red peppers!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say "have a good trip"
All the best Jan
thank you, Jan! The weekend doing living-history was very pleasant -- not as hot as it sometimes is in the middle of Texas in September. My new "wrapper" (comfortable house-dress) was a success, too. ;-) It was a delight spending time with some particular friends.
DeleteUnfortunately a little "horse-play" turned out badly -- literally! For some unknown reason, one of the horses started battering a stall-mate, and the latter broke out of the paddock and managed to cut herself badly on the hardware. The vet came and stitched her up, but there is concern about infection, so I was just writing to friends to enquire about the "latest"....
Sounds like you have a great hobby! Wrapped dresses are my favorites. I think I should make myself another one too!
ReplyDelete:-) living-history is a delightful hobby (for some, a profession), where you get to "play dress-up" as well as "make-believe," and indulge a passion for research! My ambition in it is to be able to do anything my great-grandmother did, in her daily routine....
DeleteMy grandma never particularly trusted a washing machine and pre-washed everything with a washing board most of her life. She thought exercise was a male occupation, females had a housework.
DeleteMy mom told me how they lived before refrigerators became available - kept butter in a jar with a water, changing water frequently, mostly chickens were bought alive and kept on a terrace of their apartment.
Just like I check over clothes for spots, and pre-treat a lot of things before they go into the machine.... :-) My people were largely farmers till both my parents were well into their childhood, so growing food, preserving and home-processing was very much a constant occupation! As part of my living-history education, I've become adept at many kinds of needlework, soap-making and laundering, food preservation and many other crafts have been mastered -- a lot of work, but highly satisfying at the end of the project!
DeleteMost of my life in Russia I was heavily engaged into produce preservation during summer time, and when I was first married I didn't have a washing machine. Not to mention clothes making and knitting because very little could be bought in stores. Due to my socialism experience I feel myself like a person from different civilization, which is actually true.
DeleteI still use canning for extras of stews and soups - I always cook big quantities of it. So, when a hurricane is coming I usually have a nonperishable food already and there is no need to run into a store and buy energy bars and Campbell soups, or, if I know it would be possible to have weather-related energy outbreaks, I cook all perishable items and put in into canning jars. So, canning still could be useful .
oh, definitely! we're very pampered, having access to so much fresh food these days -- being able to preserve is how our ancestors managed to survive!
DeleteAlso, nowadays we don't have a huge price difference when food is in a season, so it doesn't make much of a financial sense.
DeleteDo you know, Tess, it was another internet disturbance of piece when you went away? Me and weilasmith who is a former v/vmary had a conversation because of it with Nigel and Evelyn on Nigel's blog.
ReplyDeleteI saw that Wooo finally saw fit to ban Nigel and Jane -- she put up with their unpleasantness much longer than I would have! Like CS's blog, I only looked at Nigel's once before deciding it wouldn't have any value for me.
DeleteI have been his friend since 2010, and his blog was my support when I was very upset with my grandma going to live in a care facility due to having a dementia. She was afraid all her life to die in a hospital, and I felt like I didn't do enough to save her from the fate she didn't wish for herself.
DeleteI did feel Nigel didn't fit Wooo's blog, but I would never foresee the magnitude of a potential conflict.
Ugh - I think horses are the best "accidents waiting to happen" on 4 legs!!!
ReplyDeleteTwo of mine managed to cut themselves when they tore down a corner of our fence recently - both ugly-looking injuries, but one relatively superficial while the other may in fact be crippling... IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING! At least neither one was my main competitive horse - thank the Lord for small favors!
they're potentially destructive animals! so large, and with damaging parts both fore and aft.... but they're also beautiful and endearing! while having her injuries washed and inspected, this lovely girl ate slices of apples from my hand delicately and lovingly -- I ardently hope for her healing, but can't harbor any antipathy for her assailant! horses are simply lovely creatures!
DeleteHi Tess
ReplyDelete"horses are simply lovely creatures" No more beautiful or useful animals on the planet. If I could afford it, I would buy a couple of horses just to look at running around a field.
Kind regards Eddie
the only thing better than looking at beautiful scenery is looking at beautiful scenery from the back of a horse. :-)
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