Don’t miss Anna’s post today! It is brief yet thoughtful. A quick stroll through her blog demonstrates she has studied carefully and learned well from the examples provided by vintage literature. An accomplished cook and seamstress, she is not to be dismissed as one who doesn’t ‘know better’. She is also self-described as a ‘sometime attorney’. She is impressively degreed, however her family and her home are clearly the greatest source of pride.
Always insightful and inspiring, her post sums up what it meant to be a homemaker in days past. While there is a dearth of homemakers today some things remain constant: First, a home does not run itself simply because mother isn’t home running it. Second, homemakers work hard. Always have, always will if they are doing it right. Erma Bombeck used to joke that housekeeping, done properly, may kill you. ; ) I don’t think anyone has actually perished from housekeeping but it IS a formidable task to do it well and make things lovely. What is life without home and loveliness however?
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You know, I learned alot about homemaking from reading novels, too. L.M Montgomery’s books and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s especially!
I think older homemaking books are the best. I have one called Voices of American Homemakers which was so very enlightening. I think the thing that stuck with me the most was one blurb about them not having time to socialize except on Sunday’s…every other day they expected to be tied up with their homemaking chores. At the time it really blew my mind because it really sounded like they just didn’t consider doing anything but their duty during the week/Saturday. Such a difference from our current culture’s frame of mind.
I think Anna has hit upon something that a lot of women don’t realize ( or don’t want to realize) that homemaking takes ALOT of time ( especially to do it well). It isn’t drudgery, just using your time to bless your family instead of buzzing about here and there and leaving it undone ( or half done).
Great link! I love the last bit “Without a guiding presence in the house, things go down deep and fast.”Amen to that one! I find that true even if I just work outside a bit too much.