tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post3000257868249776044..comments2022-07-19T07:48:28.683-04:00Comments on Belle, Book, and Candle: Hattie Big Sky by Kirby LarsonBellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-58602338690633020052013-07-16T08:46:05.747-04:002013-07-16T08:46:05.747-04:00Gosh, Joyce, you could write your own book of '...Gosh, Joyce, you could write your own book of 'pioneer' adventures. I do love the smell of clothes right off the clothesline. I rarely use my dryer but it does come in handy in the middle of winter! And, I have never, ever had to pump water. I am a spoiled, urban woman!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-82222004193372886222013-07-15T19:52:25.112-04:002013-07-15T19:52:25.112-04:00Actually my mother had a washing machine with a ga...Actually my mother had a washing machine with a gasoline engine so it wasn't quite like taking clothes down to the creek to wash them. It set out on the back porch (not closed in) and I can't remember her heating water on the stove but she must have and then had a couple rinse tubs which were filled with cold water. We were lucky to have the best well in the area (though later a cousin seemed to think the water is what caused so many in the family to have cancer!). It was pumped by hand (we have a well like that out our back door but the hand pump no longer works - we have a water pump we use the water to water trees and flowers etc. and sometimes the garden.) Wash day WAS a chore and of course all of it was hung on a clothesline, even in the dead of winter. Since I was fairly tall I learned early to "peg" clothes and the art of keeping all the socks together, all the towels together, jeans, etc. I do have clotheslines and I might use them more once I'm retired. <br /><br />Joyce in KS Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-10881077139077421382013-07-15T17:35:09.037-04:002013-07-15T17:35:09.037-04:00That does make a difference. I'll have to loo...That does make a difference. I'll have to look for Hattie Ever After. Thanks!Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-84637087814254493292013-07-15T08:14:22.018-04:002013-07-15T08:14:22.018-04:00Good grief, Joyce. I cannot imagine raising nine k...Good grief, Joyce. I cannot imagine raising nine kids with no washing machine! What an ordeal, but like you say, everyone was living the same way so I guess it didn't seem strange...just backbreaking!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-87938438411345278662013-07-15T08:11:20.787-04:002013-07-15T08:11:20.787-04:00Based on other information I have read about the h...Based on other information I have read about the homesteaders, I thought it was pretty realistic. And there is a second book, 'Hattie Ever After', so we find out what happens next. I knew there was a sequel so maybe it was easier for me to accept the ending. Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-8386041898006347182013-07-14T23:01:58.604-04:002013-07-14T23:01:58.604-04:00I like pioneer/homesteading stories so am sure I&#...I like pioneer/homesteading stories so am sure I'd like this one. The early years of my life - until I was 10 or 11, we had no electricity, no running water and cooked/heated with wood. My mother raised nine children under these circumstances. I can't imagine. All the neighbors lived the same way though. Pioneers had even more challenges. I'm glad I live in this day and age; I so appreciate all our modern conveniences! <br /><br />Joyce in KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-80630511462892031382013-07-14T13:45:31.391-04:002013-07-14T13:45:31.391-04:00This book sounded good, so I read it, too. And I l...This book sounded good, so I read it, too. And I liked all the homesteading aspects of it, I just didn't find the ending all that satisfying. Did you like the ending? Or just think it was okay?Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.com