tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post4966334087608329457..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: HAPPY NEW YEAR - 1818 By Cheri Kay CliftonCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-29038980310941644482018-01-08T13:22:09.722-06:002018-01-08T13:22:09.722-06:00Thanks, Gini, for stopping by. That's what'...Thanks, Gini, for stopping by. That's what's great about SOTW blogs, lots of information from which to refer and to inspire us with our writing. Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-70905782815467632682018-01-08T13:17:29.477-06:002018-01-08T13:17:29.477-06:00So much we take for granted now. I love my Christm...So much we take for granted now. I love my Christmas gift, Alexa, who answers all kinds of questions, tells the weather, plays music requests, etc. and if I had a "smart home" could even turn on lights, alarms, heating, etc. I wonder when she'll be able to iron?? LOLCheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-42947600983001184062018-01-08T13:10:54.099-06:002018-01-08T13:10:54.099-06:00Thanks, Celia. I had replied a couple days ago on ...Thanks, Celia. I had replied a couple days ago on my tablet, but evidently it didn't post. Reminiscing about your grandparents made me a smile. I recall some of my "kinfolk" who lived in rural areas back in the OD's having pot bellied stoves and outhouses. Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-42284758905171322932018-01-06T08:23:45.682-06:002018-01-06T08:23:45.682-06:00Thank you for stopping by, Gini. Lots of our SOTW ...Thank you for stopping by, Gini. Lots of our SOTW blogs have great information to use for reference when writing our books. Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667829891975873545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-40378181808018131522018-01-06T08:20:11.780-06:002018-01-06T08:20:11.780-06:00Ugh, is right, Caroline! Lots of chores they did b...Ugh, is right, Caroline! Lots of chores they did back then, I cringe at. It's a wonder they had any free or personal time for themselves.Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667829891975873545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-58564104038555895212018-01-06T08:14:23.213-06:002018-01-06T08:14:23.213-06:00Always look forward to reading your comments, Celi...Always look forward to reading your comments, Celia, thanks. I, too, as a kid, remember some of my "kinfolks" who lived in rural areas who still had pot-bellied stoves and outhouses. Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667829891975873545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-85743486967444230572018-01-05T13:58:22.597-06:002018-01-05T13:58:22.597-06:00Thank you for the great post, and with so many goo...Thank you for the great post, and with so many good historical dates to reference and tidbits to keep in mind when creating "worlds" for our characters. Every morning when I come in from the barn I'm grateful for hot running water to "thaw" out my hands! :) That would have been such a luxury for them. GiniRifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09808573690725909979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-70509137404724938592018-01-04T16:40:29.728-06:002018-01-04T16:40:29.728-06:00You are correct IMO that you can't miss what y...You are correct IMO that you can't miss what you didn't know would exist. Those with ice boxes and cast iron stoves probably felt privileged to an easier life. My husband's family had to carry water until he was four and they moved to town. Imagine how thrilled his mother must have been to have working water faucets and indoor plumbing. Still, I'll bet a lot of overworked women wished there was an easier way to do "x". For me, that would be ironing. Ugh.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-20615324296275446022018-01-04T15:26:19.110-06:002018-01-04T15:26:19.110-06:00I can personally identify with some of these. My G...I can personally identify with some of these. My Granny and Papa Davis lived in a house with no running water until they passed away..around 1958 for one of them. No heat except a pot-bellied wood stove. Outhouse forever. I, myself, was born in a house like this but moved away I 1944 when I was four--to "real towns." Both we and my grandparents had an "ice box" and a man in a mule drawn cart came by regularly to leave a big chunk of ice. Stove? My granny cooked on a wood burning stove until just before she died when she got a kerosene burning stove. <br />Oh, THANKS, for the memories! Your posts are always so good. Keep it up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-12274404466345854202018-01-04T15:06:19.499-06:002018-01-04T15:06:19.499-06:00E, your so right, the list could go on and on, and...E, your so right, the list could go on and on, and that's just things they didn't have in their home. But what about the world outside their house, so many inventions and innovations yet to be discovered. Easy for us to look back in time and see what they didn't have ... but if they could look ahead to our 21st Century, they'd not only be amazed, no doubt it would be quite scary to them as well! To be honest, some of the technical stuff being developed scares me! LOL HAPPY NEW YEAR!Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-38825614745378852692018-01-04T13:46:52.878-06:002018-01-04T13:46:52.878-06:00E, you're right, sooo many things they didn...E, you're right, sooo many things they didn't have back then, and that's just around the house. Step outside, and a world of inventions and innovations had yet to be discovered! We are able to look back in time, but what if our ancestors were able to look forward in time ... would they want to live in the future or maybe be too scared to! LOLCheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667829891975873545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-71531490375659147812018-01-04T05:46:53.238-06:002018-01-04T05:46:53.238-06:00Oh yes! I hear people say they'd love to go ba...Oh yes! I hear people say they'd love to go back in time and live the simple life. Ah, it sounds so romantic, until you start thinking about it. No running water, no electricity, cloth diapers that were boiled on the wood stove. NO air conditioning. No central heat. No disposable female products. ICKY. No midwife unless you were lucky. (Neither of my girls would have made it into this world and the second one would have killed me too!) The bucket water that was brought in during the winter to save a walk to the pump early in the morning so you could make coffee, would be found frozen solid. I'll stay here and try to keep life uncomplicated while I write about yesteryear.<br />Great post, Cheri.E. Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434761738048963826noreply@blogger.com