What are we seeking in the “Self Help” section of the bookstore? Does it help or is it just something more to purchase and put on the shelf? Here’s a good little post from Becomingaminimalist.org.
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8 World War II Survival Lessons We Must Never Forget
I love this post…
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Our ancestors simply were better equipped for survival than the people of our generation. Just look at it this way: Could you imagine your neighbors heading out cross-country in a covered wagon to settle “out west” somewhere?
For most of us, the answer to that question would be a resounding “No,” probably with a few laughs thrown in. Yet there was a time in our country’s history where that was happening all over. People would pack up what they could and take out across country; sometimes with hardly any notice at all.
How is it that they could do that and we can’t? Basically, it’s because their lifestyle caused them to do many things on a regular basis, which we would call “survival skills” today. Their lives were very different, and those differences helped them face a crisis and come out on top.
When we talk about…
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The Vikings Used Comfortable Shoes
One of the original boots found in the Oseberg Burial Mound dating back to 834 AD. (Photo: skinnblogg.blogspot.no)
A number of complete Viking Age shoes found in Scandinavia and England have the same characteristics. They are flexible, soft and mostly made of cattle hide, but also other kinds of leather was used.
There are complete shoes found in the Oseberg ship burial mound in Norway, Hedeby trading center in Denmark, and Coppergate (York, Viking Age Jorvik, Editor’s note) in England.
All three of these discoveries show a similar construction and form typical for the Middle Ages.
The shoes found in the Oseberg ship consists of two main parts, soles and uppers, and are so-called “turn shoes”.
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Reconstructed boots found in the Oseberg burial mound, by Bjørn Henrik Johansen. (Photo: Bjørn Henrik Johansen/ skinnblogg.blogspot.no)
The shoemaker stitched the shoe together inside out, and then turned right side…
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Soldier’s Joy, Saturday Morning Music
Enjoy a little fiddle music to start the weekend off right. I’m stuck with snow and ice and little outdoor work is appealing today.
Morning Foragers
Morning photography from my work blog.
Winter came slowly and late to the Southern High Plains this year but finally hit us with a bang just over a week ago. Many birds were killed in the recent blizzard as were large numbers of cattle. I suspect the large mammals are having a difficult time keeping full on the meager food provided. The grasses, pinyon,and juniper around the yard provides a much needed browse for our live-in deer herd.
Merry Christmas!
I hope everyone is able to feast and celebrate something this holiday season. All the best, from Paleotool.
How Much Does it Weigh or Cost?
Two questions I seem to get every day. Not that I think most peole need or really want these numbers but it give a concrete question and (possibly) a simple number to take away.
How much does that weigh?
How much will that cost me to build?
READ ON.
It’s A Beautiful World #208
Source: It’s A Beautiful World #208
Motor Camper from Texas ca. 1920
As determined by the Texas inspection sticker on the radiator (yes the image blows up that big).
Letting Go of Accomplishments
This goes against the grain of what so may of us are taught, but it says so much.
Preindustrial Craftsmanship 