Note: Yup, re-runs again – busy getting all that food put away, and ready for frost and Sukkot. And yes, still behind on my email – apologies if I owe you one. Perhaps the single most visible symbol of the differences between my life and ordinary American lives is my wood cookstove. So much of what we do to conserve energy is invisible – we don’t go places, we don’t use things, we don’t buy stuff. And the rest often looks fairly ordinary – lots of people have clotheslines, lots of people
cabin illustration by julia rothman I felt it was about time that past and present look at something a little less European, and maybe a little more American. But that’s a little easier said than done when you’re talking about former European colonies. There’s nothing quite like a log cabin to symbolize pioneer-can-do-it spirit, but that very emblem of self-efficiency has it’s roots in - (I think you’ve guessed where we’re going here) Europe! russia island of kizhi, church of the t
A lot of people do not know a lot about the Amish, and are slightly ignorant when it comes to learning something new about a culture that is different from their own. If you were to take a trip through Northwest Indiana though, you would notice that the Amish communities are a regular part of living in this area of the country, and in some ways, people prefer their products to mass produced cheap products that anyone can buy in a regular department store. Take a journey to Nappanee, Indiana
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