At sixty years old, I live alone in a circle of trees in the middle of twelve wild and wooly…
“I had gone to bed one night, but could not sleep. My father was constantly in my mind. I seemed…
"There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made… I…
Life is full of surprises, and few people would have known that better than the Americans who participated in the…
No one knows, or will ever fully understand, why Caroline Henderson, nee Boa, daughter of a prosperous Iowa farmer, graduate…
It was 10:30 A.M. I was getting the reports ready for the upcoming management team meeting, running through the last…
March is Women’s History Month, and it seemed fitting to me that a homesteading woman should be celebrated. The woman…
I'd like to introduce you to an extraordinary life, that of the pleasant-looking young woman in the portrait above Jane…
If you have a television, you’ve probably seen the PBS series, Simple Living, or at least heard of it. If…
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"For I, methinks, till I grow old, As fair before me shall behold, As I do now, the Cabin small,…
“The days of wilderness adventure are not past! The pioneer spirit is not dead!” These stirring words were written by…