stocking stuffer

Since stockings come in pairs, I bought two copies of this book: one to keep and one to share.

The Prairie Girl's Guide to Life is one of those books that I'm happy to see got written. It speaks to my inner prairie girl in a way that no other LIW-inspired craft book has done so far.

Long before I cared that the "Little House" books were about real people and real places, I fell in love with them because of all the day-to-day pioneer activities they included, from baking sourdough biscuits to braiding a straw hat. The "Little House" books made me want to own a kerosene lantern and learn to knit. They made me want to make candles and collect buttons, sew a quilt and write with a dip pen.

Forty years later, I may obsess over real people and real places, but I'm still a prairie girl to the core. Thank you, Jennifer Worick.
- posted by pioneergirl at 4:13 AM