Comments on Indian Food Rocks: Four Mile Historic Park

I liked this post, Manisha. Until recently, I thou...

2007-12-04T16:55:00.000-07:00

I liked this post, Manisha. Until recently, I thought the Cherokee Trail of Tears stopped in Oklahoma.

Have you heard of a type of bean the Cherokee brought with them to Colorado?

What a wonderful trip! And beautiful photos. I wo...

2007-11-30T21:01:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful trip! And beautiful photos. I would love to take our daughter to a historic farm once she's a bit older. You've inspired me to look up some in New England :)

ha ha Manisha...then no one gets to read "nice" st...

2007-11-30T20:58:00.000-07:00

ha ha Manisha...then no one gets to read "nice" stuff everyday, nice is the keyword here.

And like Musy, though I did not grew up in a farm, while growing up in our grandparents home and even later in some of the hill areas we stayed, running water was a luxury maybe just half an hour during the day. Electricity was equally bad, with the dim lights getting brighter only after 10PM. Most of the school work used to be finished by day light and then it was oil lamps.

Cleaning those lamps everyday was a chore for the help and a lot of effort would go into trimming the wick of the lamps, filling kerosene, etc.

It never felt unusual or hard and it was same for almost everyone in that hilly town. Once we get used to certain luxuries in life that we find going back harder.

2007-11-30T20:27:00.000-07:00

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This is such a wonderful post, Manisha. Your respo...

2007-11-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

This is such a wonderful post, Manisha. Your response to Anita's comment brings forth some bitter truths.....And as for the life on a farm, i kinda' have experienced it. Back home, when i was lil', i used to visit my Grandma's place and they had just one light bulb and a table fan and rest everything was very earthy. The dung-cakes were used as fuel very commonly those days and a lil' bit of wood (that's naturally fallen from the trees) would make up the rest. It was a much simpler life. Even today, we don't have an A/c at home and i think we are better without it. And i love to use thehand pump at home, its a very good exercise :).

Anita, thank you! For always ...

2007-11-30T12:48:00.000-07:00
Anita, thank you! For always picking up on the underlying message of my post! I read in a rural electricity publication that Colorado will soon need more energy than its supply or it will have to have adequate cuts in demands. The latter is unlikely to happen as CO's population has been growing in the recent years. 70% of our electricity comes from coal and technology to capture carbon and store it is about 15 years away, later than when we need it. Apparently harnessing renewable energy is not a simple answer to the quandary. It's a bleak future that is staring us in the face.

Kribha, you're welcome. I hope you can go to a historic farm to experience it for yourself.

Sandeepa, it makes me write and you read? How very convenient! How about returning the favor in December? And I don't mean on DMC through various authors but on your personal blog!

Marymom, Walker Ranch is a great place to start off with. They open to the public for two weekends in September each year. Mary will be a year older, too. We take the creature comforts you mention for granted. Sometimes we need to make a trip back to the past to be reminded of how good we have and also, of how temporary it is.

Have notb een to a working farm just yet. Been to...

2007-11-30T10:25:00.000-07:00
Have notb een to a working farm just yet. Been to Heritage Park in Calgary, Alberta where they have old houses and their original stoves, furniture, etc. When I see places like this, I shudder to think how much more difficult life was before--- the creature comforts, I mean.

I like the NaBloMoPo, it makes you write every day...

2007-11-30T10:19:00.000-07:00
I like the NaBloMoPo, it makes you write every day and we get to read something nice every day.
Is it on for next month too ?

Nice informative post. Enjoyed reading it.

2007-11-30T08:53:00.000-07:00
Nice informative post. Enjoyed reading it.

"...also learned that the homes that have sunk ...

2007-11-29T23:58:00.000-07:00
"...also learned that the homes that have sunk into the ground leaving only the roof are built like that by design." LOL.

Yes, we may romanticize the 'days bygone" but the truth is it was a hard life...even on present day farms, life is a lot of hard labour. Thank you, farmers and other such people, for bringing us the riches of the land.

And thank you, Manisha, for reminding us what we may have to re-teach ourselves when the electricity (oil and coal) runs out! Great picture of the wagon!