It's Not Just Me!

Ha ha! Look what I found in amongst some bargain books today!

Yes, it's just what it says. Someone apparently decided to try out half or more of the stuff in the Laura Ingalls Wilder books! I've only read the first chapter so far, but it's amazing how popular those books were and still are. 

I don't know if this speaks to how pervasive "classic children's literature" is, or just to how widely loved this particular series of books are. Or maybe it's just an innate sense in us all to preserve, save, prepare for the unknown. It could be some sort of yearning for a time when life was so much simpler. You did these things because they were necessary for survival. There weren't any other choices.

And crafts that are spoken of here? They were born out of necessity, but also the human need to be creative. No matter how many people try to tell me they "don't have a creative bone in their body", I don't ever buy it. Maybe it doesn't manifest in a way that "seems" creative, but even a change to a recipe has creative overtones. Creating a new type of display anyplace is a form of being creative. 

In the end, it's just nice to have validation that I'm not the only crazy one out here.  ;-) 

I wouldn't say I'm going as far as this book purports the author did, but I am looking forward to reading all of it. There must be a bit of Fate involved here, because A - I don't like shopping, but I was gratuitously shopping today, and B - this particular store has not ever, to my knowledge, had bargain books just sitting out in the middle of the aisle. 

I'm quite excited about it. Not just the sense of camaraderie, though. I just want someone else's take on it all. I am already sensing another read through of the books themselves, which I haven't read in years. And it's not like I'm exactly trying to "live" the Laura Ingalls life. 

But as I always say - never say never! Ha ha! And also - you never know where inspiration will strike.

:)