There was a little girl. This little girl loved to hear stories of the “olden times”. She read and re-read Little House on the Prairie, and came of age with Anne of Green Gables. During the summer, she would visit her grandparents.
Her grandma would sew her matching skirts and petticoats for her and her dolls. Her grandfather would take her on long walks on the Prairie Path, telling her about the pioneers that traveled through to the west, about stars and how they got their names, and about the railroads.
They would take her to the old-fashioned mill nearby where people dressed in period clothing and where there was a general store that you could buy things that had gone out of style over a century before. And they took her to battle reenactments where there seemed to be tons of people, all of whom looked like they just stepped out of a storybook. (It is possible she was too young to really understand what they were reenacting)
This little girl grew up to love sewing, cooking, and quilting. She has always lived in the burbs or in cities. She still loves historical fiction, and marvels at women’s ingenuity and art. So she has decided to experiment with learning to be more self-sufficient and in touch with they way things were lovingly produced by women for thousands of years.
Whoa! Really cool Becca! And I loved the way you just described Gramme and Grandpa. I’ve never read a blog before that so endearingly talked about family then to suddenly re-realize that it was talking about my own!
I finally got on your blog and this passage is so cute! It brought a tear to my eye. I remember your anne of green gables stage…I wonder if grace would like those books?
Oye! Someone after my own heart and so close in proximity! I live on the outskirts of the DC metropolitan area. I linked to your blog from someone else’s when the title captured my interest. All things old-fashioned seem to hold a charm and doing them yourself is even better! My grandmother passed away and left her knitting/crocheting stash to me so now I’m timidly trying out the craft, but have yet to have success in knitting. Maybe someday.
So because of those various interests of mine I’ve quite enjoyed reading through your blog. Thanks for posting!
Perhaps you and Lindsey (previous commenter) and I should all get together for some coffee – in one of our homes of course! I am in the DC area too – it must be something about this place that makes us all want to escape! We can help Lindsey knit and you can remind me how to crochet. I’ve been collecting jeans for a few months now, all ready to make a rug, when I came upon your tutorial today – how wonderful! Keep up with the fabulous blogging – you’re in my reader now.