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Teaching from Rest…Mostly
It’s the beginning of a new homeschooling year. Yikes!
I want to share a couple of quotes from a helpful book to encourage you and remind myself of some important truths.
If you’re not homeschooling at the moment, don’t worry. Some of these ideas apply just as well to whatever vocation or task you’re tackling. If you are homeschooling, I hope these encourage you like they do for me.
Canning: Reviving the Art of Survival
We’re reaching new heights of automation and simplification every day, and our commercials are full of appliances that do it all. But what have we lost in our pursuit of progress? Could you survive without a grocery store? Could I?
The fact that I have to answer, “No,” is a bit worrisome. It’s time to start walking backward instead of forward–back to where the art of survival was common knowledge.
Rolling Stones: Little House, Part 2
When you think about the Old West era, it feels like forever ago, doesn’t it? But really, it hasn’t even been 150 years. Just try to wrap your brain around all the changes that have happened since America was mostly settlers, saloons, and tumbleweeds.
One of the craziest aspects to me is the loss of skills that used to be common, even vital. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s family displays oodles of these skills and values, and I list just a few in this week’s post. See for yourself what we’ve lost in just over a century.
(And then take a few moments to appreciate what we’ve gained as well. Thank you, running water!)
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