Long ago they knew many of the things that we do not know today. We have so much to learn, and as I get older this is one thing I crave, to fi ......
About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
May 25, 2020 Living Like the Past
To not feel overly anxious about how badly people are behaving during this very serious pandemic I must stay busy and listen to the nudge that must co ......
May 13, 2020 Living Like the Past
Living with purpose is much more rewarding than living for fun.I find contentment when my life is balanced. It has not felt or looked balanced lately ......
May 7, 2020 Living Like the Past
Now is the time.... People seem to have an attitude that they are owed something or want to blame all the time. We cannot blame the sun because ......
April 27, 2020 Living Like the Past
When Charles and I started living more like the past, it did not take long before we realized how important this was for our life.We started understan ......
April 24, 2020 Living Like the Past
If we have a plan.With what all is going on and the many hours I have been sewing masks I have had a lot of time to think about this post.I have been ......
April 14, 2020 Living Like the Past
We are all going through a very traumatic time being that we are having a very serious pandemic. At first many people went through denial ......
April 5, 2020 Living Like the Past
I normally try to reply to your emails but I have gotten behind. I have read all of my emails and I enjoy hearing from you and reading how you are doi ......
March 30, 2020 Living Like the Past
My blog has been around for many years now so I repost some pictures because they are helpful with a new post and because they are in much older ......
March 26, 2020 Living Like the Past
For right now, each day that goes by we should be doing all we can do to help protect ourselves and our family from getting the virus.I make sure to w ......
March 24, 2020 Living Like the Past
Our Generations before us were very resilient because they understood better than any of us today the hard times that may come at any time.They lived ......
March 17, 2020 Living Like the Past
So here we are... never thought of this one before.... The rapidly growing virus. So we shift gears and get ourselves out of the shock of i ......
March 10, 2020 Cooking from Scratch
In my last post that I just did, I mentioned that I would post a easy sandwich bread to make. Bread is not hard to make and only requires a few s ......
March 9, 2020 Living Like the Past
It was curiosity that we decided to study the past. To learn how our generations before us lived. The more we learned the more we wanted to know. ......
March 3, 2020 Living Like the Past
Above is Bernadette's past time, remove the cushions off the chairs in the house.Stay calm and Run, is that how you feel about now? I have ......
February 28, 2020 Living Like the Past
Here we are in a concerning time with all the flu virus, coronavirus, elections, stock market declinning. We are being told different things each day. ......
February 18, 2020 Living Like the Past
I skipped a week of posting to get some things done. I sewed a dress, then I made a new bobbin lace pillow to make lace on. I canned some ......
February 4, 2020 Living Like the Past
A long while back I wrote about having a feeling of homesick even when we are home. For me, I learned that was a mixture of grief and fond memor ......
January 24, 2020 Living Like the Past
I thought I would update on my One Room Proper cleaning that I started awhile back. I must say this has been the best discipline for me to ......
January 18, 2020 Gdonna's TIPS
There are so many things that lead to so many more things to research. One thing leads to another and then I feel that I know so little about so much. ......
January 7, 2020 Living Like the Past
I am going to ask you a question. Are you doing the necessary? It is interesting the things that are unfolding as we study more history and ......
January 1, 2020 Living Like the Past
One thing for sure is we never know from one day to the next what will change. I was slicing ginger two days ago and my finger became part of th ......
December 27, 2019 Living Like the Past
To live a vintage life is not so simple when we live in a modern time as we do. It is something we have to learn and practice if we truly want to live ......
December 18, 2019 Living Like the Past
Each year for many years now, Charles and I have been doing history projects here in our home. We pick a year we want to study and to resemble, we sta ......
December 11, 2019 Living Like the Past
I like to challenge myself to learn more and to do this as long as I can. We learn best by doing and by our failures and success. I learn best by gett ......
December 3, 2019 Living Like the Past
As the weather cools we change the type of clothing we wear and often the food we eat. In the past they certainly ate seasonal. Today we can purchase ......
November 26, 2019 Living Like the Past
Each day is different, we have 24 hours to fit in all that needs to be done and get our needed sleep. There are certain chores that are daily and ......
November 19, 2019 Living Like the Past
As some of you that follow my blog you will know that the first day of January 2019 we started a new history project and chose to live this year as if ......
November 5, 2019 Living Like the Past
We all live in different locations and countries and some of us are going into winter soon and some in summer. At this time, after a very hot summer I ......
November 1, 2019 Living Like the Past
I posted a question from T about mold. Here was her question,This is from T that lives in a corner of Michigan that gets lots of lake effect rain. ......