[Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague

[Caointiarn]

The Foxfire series is an excellent series on "frontier living".  There are 5
books, if I remember right dealing with most every aspect of life up to &
including building wagons (it's been awhile since I read them, but they are
on my "grab 'n go" list).  On the question of where does lard  come from -
it's pig fat, rendered until white & clean. It can be used to store meat,
eggs, etc (mainly because it keeps air from whatever is stored in it).

Morgan of Hawksreach

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Books, books, books!  I love books!

Farham's Freehold is great.  Lucifer's Hammer by Pounelle (sp?) and Niven,
oh, so many good books!  Let's hear other folks ideas for books!

Nails...shoelaces (and the shoes to put them on), chapstick, deodorant
(we'll be a stinky bunch!).  Socks, underwear, work gloves...  kind of a
long list, huh?

Check out sand drip filters on the internet.  You'll learn some interesting,
useful info on field expedient water purification.

Food:  Our medieval ancestors would work hard to have about 5-6 months of
food storage to get them through the winter, and through the spring until
things started to grow and be ready to eat.  Do you have 2 weeks worth of
food in your pantry?  Do you have stuff that won't require refrigeration?
Who's got a root cellar, or knows how to build one and what goes in it?

Red, tell us more about bow drills.  I suspect that very few people actually
know about them.  Tell us your experiences so we can learn, please!

How do you guard your horses so they don't get stolen?  Hmm, requires more
people, requires more food and water.  Yipes!  Given all these
considerations, it's a wonder that our medieval ancestors survived at all.
BUT THEY DID.  And so could we, if we get smart and think about it.  So all
you smart people share your thoughts...dummies like me are ready to learn
from you!

Alan