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TElliott
Farmgirl in Training
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Terisa
Lebanon
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - May 03 2007 : 8:08:32 PM
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Ok so it's not actually about a farm, but it is a series by a science-fiction writer (who's other works I have not read) that gives some amazing tips on hard-living.
The writer is S.M Sterilng, and the series starts with the book "Dies the Fire". There are three books in all, but this first one will give you a taste of whether or not you like the style.
I love this book because I'm pretty much obligated to, as it is set in the Willamette Valley, right here where I live. He writes about the places I drive, work, and live. So the gist of the book?
Something changes the way the world works, and basically nothing that combusts will work. No gunpoweder. Not electricity. Nothing mechanical will work, period. So... your characters are made to survive the world like primitives, making everything by hand. Planting their fields, harvesting, protecting their families and their food (which not supprisingly, tends to be THE most importaint factor for whether you live or die). You can imagine the implications, so it's a fascinating read - but in the lines of the book there are well researched methods of doing things the way we would have to if life as we know it ever changed. The way many of we farm-girls are already trying to do it!
I realize I'm bias because it's set in my very own backyard, but it's enough to get you moving at bit. You sort of take things for granted in life, and the book helped me see that we are not simply handed everything with a guarantee that lasts forever. Each day things are simple, we are blessed. But if ever things changed, could you do things the old fashioned way and keep your family going? I would wager that the survival outlook among the women of Mary Jane's Farmgirl connnection would be a among the most promising. This series is among my very favorite - up there with my Jean Auel books and their lessons on living off nature. Happy reading, everyone!
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
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Posted - May 04 2007 : 2:37:03 PM
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Very interesting, Terisa. It's a topic frequently discussed at out dinner table! I'll have to check the book out.
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 04 2007 : 9:54:14 PM
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Very Cool! It has made it on to my "to read when I have a chance" list :)
Alee |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 05 2007 : 09:39:10 AM
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I put it on my list too..thanks Terisa..I am always looking for new books to read!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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mkmomus
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Merle
Greensboro
NC
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 5:13:52 PM
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Terisa,
I went and got this from the library on your say so and I just love it! I am only on chapter 6 but it is great. Good thing I'm on vacation.
Thansk
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