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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one.  I used to think, before I had kids, 
that I was just fantasizing to escape my reality, but after re-reading 
them as an adult to my own kids, I realize that it was more than that. 
Like you, I thought of it a survival puzzle solving.  I also loved the 
adventure classics...they're the best.
Re: Boxcar...there was a small creek at the bottom of the hollow where I 
grew up.  My friends and I made a 'refrigerator' in the creek, and 
dammed it for a swimming hole just like they did in the book.
I've blocked out much of my childhood, but that was a good memory.  I'm 
pretty sure that those books influenced my homesteading.  Now, I look at 
'waste' and figure out how to use it.



VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> --- On Fri, 10/10/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > That sounds wonderful! I am glad you had such a great friend. 
> > Speaking of books and boxcars, did anyone ever read _The Boxcar 
> > Children_ when they were kids?  I loved those books, fantasized
> > about living that way.  Maybe they influenced my homesteading 
> > desires.
>
> I read the Boxcar Children and sure it influenced my choices. I also
> was fascinated by deserted island stories.. Robinson Crusau.. Swiss
> family Robinson.. Mysterious Island..     Kind of like puzzle solving
> to imagine that if we were in such a place to imagine what kind of
> resources would be needed, would you recognize them, and how you
> would utilize? Van Dell


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