tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post628323055393405468..comments2024-01-07T18:03:39.373-06:00Comments on Family Stories: Life's Not FairCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440331516671118735noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-8399099424768232882011-03-19T08:35:38.805-05:002011-03-19T08:35:38.805-05:00Very interesting! What a treasure to see what thos...Very interesting! What a treasure to see what those times were like through your family's eyes. Thanks for sharing!Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247311735034470203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-58242086770937277202010-06-11T16:39:15.281-05:002010-06-11T16:39:15.281-05:00Caroline, I really enjoy your blog. I look forward...Caroline, I really enjoy your blog. I look forward to each new post. I just recently started a blog of my own (www.theleafhunter.blogspot.com). Actually, it’s a third attempt. I had another one that I neglected and decided to make a fresh, new start. Anyway, I think those that read my blog may also be interested in yours. So, I have added a link to your blog on my blog. I hope this is okay. If not, let me know.TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299725629751101066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-24332983430834449542010-06-07T12:18:02.989-05:002010-06-07T12:18:02.989-05:00Wonderful post! Thanks for the glimpse into farm ...Wonderful post! Thanks for the glimpse into farm life. I've often wondered what farm life was like for my many southern farmers. (The poor ones, not the ones with the big fancy houses! *wink*)<br />Reginakinfolknewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158769794139676663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-22834582582915395282010-06-05T23:51:04.848-05:002010-06-05T23:51:04.848-05:00My father and his family lived on a farm at about ...My father and his family lived on a farm at about the same time your daybook was written. I suppose it's "fair" to assume that life on a farm was similar in Iowa and in Pennsylvania. Will you transcribe and post all the pages sometime? I would love it if you did. Even this little glimpse is such a treat. Thank you!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-26611509952383420912010-06-05T21:40:56.545-05:002010-06-05T21:40:56.545-05:00Yep, we sure don't know what work is anymore! ...Yep, we sure don't know what work is anymore! As for fair - that's where you go in the summer and throw cow chips.<br /><br />Pearl was gorgeous.Becky Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375430428083496025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-48099696874759106282010-06-05T18:46:05.856-05:002010-06-05T18:46:05.856-05:00She is a beauty. It will be a few years before th...She is a beauty. It will be a few years before the kids catch on that this "fair" business doesn't exist!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918569120586036647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-9942033663372975042010-06-05T17:32:04.114-05:002010-06-05T17:32:04.114-05:00What a beauty! and what a fabulous treasure trove...What a beauty! and what a fabulous treasure trove you have in those books! Thanks for sharing...lovely!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-24409431179989232772010-06-05T16:47:41.914-05:002010-06-05T16:47:41.914-05:00My daughter is almost five, and every night we rea...My daughter is almost five, and every night we read a chapter from a Little House book (Laura Ingalls Wilder). We're halfway through "The Long Winter," and in last night's chapter, Pa and Laura were out in the unheated lean-to in sub-zero weather, twisting hay to burn because they were out of coal (and kerosene for the lamp, and flour, and meat...). My daughter said, "Why don't the just turn on the heat?"<br /><br />Later, she asked why Laura never watches TV or plays on her computer.<br /><br />One thing I've found about studying history is that it pretty much always sucks the whine right out of me. <br /><br />Oh, and that photo of Pearl is stunning. It feels like she's looking right at you through space and time.Kerry Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590443839479686201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-25627170550222793152010-06-05T15:52:46.533-05:002010-06-05T15:52:46.533-05:00Yeah, I get that martyr act, too. It's almost...Yeah, I get that martyr act, too. It's almost as much work to get them to do their work as it is to do it myself. But obviously Pearl's and Harve's hard work paid off!Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.com