09-29-2008, 11:25 AM
Folks,
My Mom and Dad raised 3 boys through WWII, and even when I came along, the modus was:
garden
put foods up during the growing season to enjoy in the winter
share (we're all better together than apart)
Rummage sales yield cloth to be re-designed into great clothing (learn to sew)
garden, both for soul and real food
have fun without spending lots of $$ (camp, hike, swim, etc)
garden to share produce with neighbors
be healthy through healthy practices
I grew up with veggie gardens yielding canned stuff for the winter. Bought lugs of fruit and canned all summer for winter fruit. Picked high mountain huckleberries for sublime taste, learned freezing, brewed root beer for kid libations, had a cooperative lake home (with aunt and uncle, built by all) for the very best of enjoying time out of the city... And most of all, knew that pleasure comes from small things. For me, singing while canning or doing Christmas dishes, and thinning baby carrots by eating those wondrous things.
Life doesn't have to be complex and full of whizzy stuff to be full of pleasure and good times. Enjoy what you've got and the area around you and the friends that share it with you. That's "RICH". Poor is being isolated...
Jane
My Mom and Dad raised 3 boys through WWII, and even when I came along, the modus was:
garden
put foods up during the growing season to enjoy in the winter
share (we're all better together than apart)
Rummage sales yield cloth to be re-designed into great clothing (learn to sew)
garden, both for soul and real food
have fun without spending lots of $$ (camp, hike, swim, etc)
garden to share produce with neighbors
be healthy through healthy practices
I grew up with veggie gardens yielding canned stuff for the winter. Bought lugs of fruit and canned all summer for winter fruit. Picked high mountain huckleberries for sublime taste, learned freezing, brewed root beer for kid libations, had a cooperative lake home (with aunt and uncle, built by all) for the very best of enjoying time out of the city... And most of all, knew that pleasure comes from small things. For me, singing while canning or doing Christmas dishes, and thinning baby carrots by eating those wondrous things.
Life doesn't have to be complex and full of whizzy stuff to be full of pleasure and good times. Enjoy what you've got and the area around you and the friends that share it with you. That's "RICH". Poor is being isolated...
Jane