From Starvation to Frozen Dinners in a Few Thousand Years: The History of Refrigeration
It was strawberry season again. Strawberries are so good and so inexpensive…
Mollie Dorsey Sanford: Frontier Wife, Frontier Life
An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens,…
House Gods – Building a Book, Building a Home: Jim Kristofic
Visionary and value shaper, Jim Kristofic grew up on a Navajo Reservation…
History of the Outhouse: The Poo Papers, Part 1
Okay, raise your hand if you have ever used a privy. My…
Sylvester Graham and His Wonderful Cracker: History of Graham Crackers
Long before I'd heard of Sylvester Graham, when I was a child,…
Non-Electric Dreamin’: Lehman’s Store Serves the Amish, Homesteaders, and the Big Wide World
Jay Lehman had a dream. It was a modest dream. But the…
Brassica: The Queen of Greens
I recently had breakfast with my three-year old granddaughter, Josephine, in a…
Moonshiner Popcorn Sutton: A Legend in His Own Time
I first learned about Popcorn Sutton by trawling the viewing options on…
Medical Folkways in America – Part One: Maggots, Hairballs, and Eels
I was reading through some old books looking for information on this…
Where There Is No Doctor: A Manual for All Reasons
I’ve been engaged in a “healthcare debate” in my head for years. …
Prehistoric Homesteaders: A Meditation
A couple weeks ago I was vacationing in the Painted Desert and…