Salmon for Supper
By Lynn, on May 28th, 2007
and that would be salmon from a can. But it’s okay! I love salmon patties fried really crunchy. Yum. So that is for supper, along with some stir-fried snow peas (thank you to my really nice gardening neighbor for sharing snow peas) and some macaroni and cheese!
This certainly qualifies as eating more green.
I was reading this morning an account of a family traveling down the Ohio River in 1778, written way back then by Anne MacMeans Jamison and shared by her great-great-great-great granddaughter, Martha Barron Barrett, in Early American Life. Heart-rending! Truly life-threatening hunger – something many of us have never, ever known.
Here is a quote from An Interesting Narrative by Anne MacMeans Jamison from the magazine Early American Life, Feb. 1988:
She could stand alone, and was sensible of sharp cutting hunger: the last day, after night she would scream very bitterly, as if pained at the very heart, and continued so till about midnight, then became silent with little motion till about sun rise, and then silently departed from this world of pain, sin, and affliction.
This child was only 2 years old, and her poor mother, Anne MacMeans Jamison, buried her on the river bank. I plan to read this article in full to my children so they can understand better why we give thanks for our food.
|
About Lynn
I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.
I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.
For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool. The Players
Lil Ol' Me
Son Daniel, 23
Son, Big Joe, 20
Son, John, 17
Daughter, Michaela, 13
Annie Fatso Beagle
My Symphony
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884
What You Do Sow a thought, reap an action.
Sow an action, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a character.
Sow a character, reap a destiny.
Contact Me 
I would  for you to leave a comment, but you can also e-mail me at lynn AT thehealthyhomeschool.com
|
Recent Thoughts