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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

On 11/20/2011 4:12 PM, Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry wrote:
> I read them as a kid and then re-read them when I read to my sons. What I
> remember most is how much WORK it took to live then. They worked all day
> long to make meals and/or shelter. Then woke up and did it all again the
> next

Cutting this firewood has reminded me of a PBS series sometime in the 
90s.  Several families were put in a pioneer situation of the middle 
1800s where they had to start from scratch, building a home, planting a 
garden, and getting firewood laid by.  They were all surprised just how 
time and effort was involved in this one task.  They worked relentlessly 
and still a couple of families ran out before the winter was done.

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Don Bowen           KI6DIU
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