housewifery

Praying and Playing in the Great Depression
Praying and Playing in the Great Depression

This little story was first published in 1931, at the start of America’s Great Depression. As difficult as that time was, Grandmother felt that the 1870s was the “harder” time. Hard times aren’t unprecedented and for us in 2020 with our many concerns about the future, advice from past generations is always encouraging. From Grandmother: “When times were hard with…

Garden Huckleberries, an Unusual, Easy to Grow Fruit (plus a pie filling recipe)
Garden Huckleberries, an Unusual, Easy to Grow Fruit (plus a pie filling recipe)

A pie filling recipe, suitable for canning, which uses garden huckleberries

2020, Here We Come
2020, Here We Come

As much as New Year’s Day is a snore of a holiday for non-partying me, I love starting a new year. A fresh start, a new bullet journal, a chance to start over. I’ve heard it said that the 20s don’t technically begin this year, but actually start in 2021. Maybe that’s correct, but I’ll follow the crowd on this…

Vic and Sade, 1930s and 1940s

A fun way to get a glimpse of home life “way back when” is to listen to an old radio show called Vic and Sade. Vic and Sade was a daily 15 minute show so popular at the time that each episode aired several times a day. Most of the episodes have been lost or destroyed but the ones that remain…