[Sca-cooks] Harvest times
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Fri May 12 08:41:22 PDT 2006
On May 12, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Laura C. Minnick wrote:
> At 06:48 AM 5/12/2006, you wrote:
>
>> IIRC, it was actually the year she met Almanzo, and she was
>> about...I want to say fifteen....but anyway, you tend to remember
>> that year. Now I have to go do some research..
>>
>> And they cooked corn. And they burned the husks for fuel.
>>
>> Laurensa
>
> Laura was born in 1867 (I know a few LIW factoids, mostly because I
> was named after her) so that may have been '81-82 rather than
> '80-81. That was the year that Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland made
> the wild run out for food for the town. Likely saved a few lives.
>
> Carrie Ingalls' health was never the same after that winter. And
> you can get a bit of the sense of desperation, when Pa Ingalls
> mooched seed wheat off of the Wilder boys. You NEVER eat your seed.
>
> The train (and the supplies) came through in May. Why they hadn't
> off-loaded the train and brought things out by wagon, I'm not sure.
> I don't currently own copies of the books so I can't look it up.
>
> Have to say about _The Long Winter_- don't ever read it if you're
> feeling depressed. It's a soul-sapping book.
Ahh, they'll be fine. They can just follow it up with "Angela's
Ashes"...
Adamantius
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