tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post2114631681705917207..comments2024-01-20T18:08:44.444-05:00Comments on You Can Never Have Too Many Books: The Canadian Settler's Guide - Catherine Parr TraillSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-32520444499380876302011-05-17T20:15:23.585-04:002011-05-17T20:15:23.585-04:00i rented a video from the public library that drew...i rented a video from the public library that drew me to the two sisters' books. It compares the two women's experiences in settler life. The comparisons are hilarious at times. Catherine enjoying every aspect of life here in Canada, while Suzanna was miserable. Have you read "Roughing it in the bush"? By the end of the book I wanted to smack that poor silly Suzanna...for all her misery and complaints about life in the backwoods. Both very interesting reads.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233263730445931028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-1306316035223677362008-04-01T09:37:00.000-04:002008-04-01T09:37:00.000-04:00I so love this book. Catherine is amazingly cheery...I so love this book. Catherine is amazingly cheery and dutiful, isn't she? :) The advice is still useful for the most part, and it sure gives a fascinating look at how they actually lived, day to day, during those years.Melwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885378201188978664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-76161895569405669582008-03-13T08:49:00.000-04:002008-03-13T08:49:00.000-04:00Hi lady p (sis) - I know about liking modern conve...Hi lady p (sis) - I know about liking modern conveniences. Can you imagine doing laundry in the winter in a three room cabin? Ugh. And having to bake bread every day....make everything by scratch. I'm full of complete admiration for the pioneers. See my blog for news on snow :-) we 're almost at the record....<BR/><BR/>Tabletalk: my husband goes online to check out the UK regularly, so he was telling me about the gales too. He (and his parents in Essex) say the early spring has been really wet for you this year. <BR/>You could always visit Victoria, which is where alot of expats end up (very little snow, right beside the sea....)!<BR/><BR/>Bybee: cakes is right! and pies, and cookies....it's to ward off the COLD! My excuse, anyway! Do the Koreans have many sweets or cakes?<BR/><BR/>Eva: Have you been on the Oregon Trail? That would be cool to see. And while we all think we couldnt' survive as settlers, I think of the end of the world came (some idiot did blow up a nuclear bomb) then the few that survived, would find a way. About the only reason I could watch Jericho on tv was to see how they survived the nuclear fall-out. Given how that show survived cancellation, I'm thinking there are alot of us who grew up in the 1970's and '80's who remember the nuclear proliferation and clock-countdown. So I think it is fascinating and wonderful that you are going into a career to prevent nuclear proliferation! It didnt' exist 20 years ago as a university program - so it shows things are changing, and for the better (at least in understanding the causes if not at getting countries to not build them!)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-25189273176369142842008-03-13T08:06:00.000-04:002008-03-13T08:06:00.000-04:00That's neat that an older book still offers so muc...That's neat that an older book still offers so much good advice! I don't think I could have been a frontier settler-not tough enough. Unless I absolutely had to for my family's sake. But I did love Oregon Trail when I was little. :DEvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-58126173093683158132008-03-12T03:06:00.000-04:002008-03-12T03:06:00.000-04:00I've heard of Susannah, but not Catherine. Sounds...I've heard of Susannah, but not Catherine. Sounds like a great book, and I'm really getting into all things Canada.<BR/><BR/>Canada is the land of cakes? Cake...ummm....delish...Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-64647054169166869632008-03-10T13:14:00.000-04:002008-03-10T13:14:00.000-04:00What a dilemma, on the one hand, how could I not l...What a dilemma, on the one hand, how could I not love a country described as the land of cakes, on the other I definitely don't do snow. A real contrast. Here in the UK we are having our worst storm of the winter, no snow but gales and flooding. The weather really doesn't like us, does it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-31942127585448686312008-03-08T19:45:00.000-05:002008-03-08T19:45:00.000-05:00It would be very interesting to read the book; I'm...It would be very interesting to read the book; I'm glad I didn't live back then...I like my modern conveniences!<BR/><BR/>Hey, could you keep that snow? I've sure seen enough of that crap for a while. We are getting the second round of rain rather than snow. More flood warnings...<BR/><BR/>Had son's birthday party/meal today. He carefully planned the meal, dessert and drinks. Hard to believe he is 15! Maybe I will go read "Mansfield Park"; picked it up at the bookstore the other day. I just might turn into a Jane Austen fan yet!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256567414059449423noreply@blogger.com