Comments on: Lost in Time http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2005/10/01/lost-in-time/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed One working mom's survival guide, parental ponderings and frustrating failures. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:36:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: StLmom http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2005/10/01/lost-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-33 StLmom Tue, 04 Oct 2005 05:02:00 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/?p=99#comment-33 Man, me either. I think of those women often and it cuts down the whining in a big way. Man, me either. I think of those women often and it cuts down the whining in a big way.

]]> By: Chicken Little http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2005/10/01/lost-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Chicken Little Tue, 04 Oct 2005 04:58:00 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/?p=99#comment-32 When I was very very young, I visited my great-grandmother on the farm. She drew water out of the well. She cooked on a wood stove. She sewed everything they wore, except overalls. A huge amount of her time was spent on food. They grew it, raised it, searched the woods for it. They killed it, preserved it, dried it, prepared it, and ate it. Any leftovers (or things we would consider waste) went to the animals. Could I go back to that time and be happy? Maybe. Could I do as well as my great grandmother did? I really doubt it. When I was very very young, I visited my great-grandmother on the farm. She drew water out of the well. She cooked on a wood stove. She sewed everything they wore, except overalls.

A huge amount of her time was spent on food. They grew it, raised it, searched the woods for it. They killed it, preserved it, dried it, prepared it, and ate it. Any leftovers (or things we would consider waste) went to the animals.

Could I go back to that time and be happy? Maybe. Could I do as well as my great grandmother did? I really doubt it.

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