Pioneer Nights
Sunday, November 29th, 2009OK, so the inspiration for this is many fold. I was thinking about it and then saw a post on a site where a couple did the same thing for a time.
I like the idea of forming this as a weekly theme, tradition, whatever you want to call it.
The basic concept is this – For one night a week, we’ll give up a lot of the modern conveniences in order to tie ourselves to the past and in a way, to our future. During this night our activities will became more family focused, no computers, no real housework or other things to distract us. I’d like to just sit around and talk, play games, read, plan, dream and maybe sing?
For us (as with the other couple that I read about) Thursday evenings works well. If it’s not too cold (or hot) we can turn off the heat or A/C and the lights. Start a fire in the fireplace (once inspected) and light the condo with old fashioned oil lamps and candles. Dinner could be simple leftovers or finger food of some type requiring no real energy expenditure.
Anyone care to join us? Create a Pioneer Night of your own? Local friends could join us.
Ideas behind it – togetherness, energy conservation, learning to do without, enjoying what we do have and realizing the value of what we have and the luxuries it provides, realizing what life is like without those “advantages”.
