Tag: A Trail of Crumbs
Rules of the Great Depression: Do Without
For the past two days we’ve talked about the rules of the Great Depression. Use it up Wear it out Make do And today’s is possibly the hardest. Do without. Sigh. Do without. There were many things folks went without during the years of… Continue Reading “Rules of the Great Depression: Do Without”
Rules of the Great Depression: Make Do
There were four rules of The Great Depression that helped folks make it through those tough economic times. Use it up Wear it out Make do Do without Yesterday we talked about using up what we’ve got and wearing it out. Today, we’re going to… Continue Reading “Rules of the Great Depression: Make Do”
The Rules of the Great Depression: Use It Up. Wear It Out.
There were four rules to surviving the Great Depression: Use it up Wear it out Make do Do without Folks in my soon-to-release novel A Trail of Crumbs: A Novel of the Great Depression (coming March 27…wink, wink) had to follow these rules in order to… Continue Reading “The Rules of the Great Depression: Use It Up. Wear It Out.”
11 Facts about Black Sunday
If you read A Cup of Dust you know that the story ended on Palm Sunday, 1935. All seems well. Sunny, bright, blue sky, the dust is over. If, however, you know the history of the Dust Bowl, you are aware that the day didn’t… Continue Reading “11 Facts about Black Sunday”
4 Ways Depression Era Housewives Were Tougher than I am
It’s no big secret. I’m not the world’s best housewife. But when compared to the housewives of the 1930s? Oh, please. I’m like a little slug compared to them. I did a good deal of research into what life was like during The Great… Continue Reading “4 Ways Depression Era Housewives Were Tougher than I am”
Finding friends in books.
I remember the first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I was in eighth grade and going through a rough time. My best friend had just decided that she didn’t want to be my pal, let alone my best one. I… Continue Reading “Finding friends in books.”
5 Depression Era Tricks for Saving on Groceries
I consider myself a frugal shopper. I clip coupons, compare prices, shop the sales. But my accumulative savings are nothing – NOTHING – compared to the housewives of the Great Depression. While researching for the Pearl Spence Novels, I learned how the women of… Continue Reading “5 Depression Era Tricks for Saving on Groceries”
Open your eyes. You’re home.
When I was a kid we went on several road trips. Most of them took us to Ludington where we visited family, ran up and over sand dunes, and let the waves of Lake Michigan push us here and there and everywhere. The drive… Continue Reading “Open your eyes. You’re home.”
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