The Practice Homestead

The English Moors, Photo Credit:  Daniel Rao One of the areas I'm trying to cultivate this year (ha, get it?) is the study  of homesteading, both modern and historical. Of course, there are multitudes of websites and blogs and social media you can follow (maybe more on that in another post) but part of what I wanted to do was build a small home library of books, both inspirational and practical, that would not only teach me skills for modern homesteading, but also help me understand the history and importance of homesteading and to help me find my own emotional foundation to the practice. The first book I finished in 2021 is The Quest of the Simple Life  by William James Dawson, published in 1907. For a book published at the turn of the last century, there is admittedly not a lot of really practical advice, or DIY projects for homesteading. Instead, the book takes us back to a different time, where the hum of London in the industrial age is contrasted with the life of the country f