Archives for “Frugality of the Old West”
In my current work in progress, I have placed a large, modern, garden just outside the kitchen door of the ranch house. In the days before refrigerators and all-night grocery stores, nearly every settler planted a kitchen garden once the house was finished, be it soddy, cabin or a mansion. But what exactly is a [...]
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT ASHAMED OF ECONOMY. When I began my newest novella for Be My Texas Valentine, I had to do some research on how laundry was done in the late 1800’s, so I went to my bookcase literally filled with reference books not only on the craft of writing, but [...]
