October 13, 2007

satreday...

I would say to housewives, be not daunted by one failure, nor by twenty. Resolve that you will have good bread, and never cease striving after this result till you have effected it. If persons without brains can accomplish this, why cannot you?

Housekeeping In Old Virginia Marion Cabell Tyree ed. (1878)

I have been enjoying a day of baking and laundry and homemade soup. Yes. I baked. Bread. Mmm. I made some really good veggie soup, too. The laundry is not such an enjoyable chore, but it's nice to have it done.

It would seem, however, that there is the fruition of a movement afoot to strip me of such enjoyable days. You can read the article from the LA Times here.I just don't understand. Hat tip to Amy.







Posted by tripp at October 13, 2007 06:52 PM
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I read that article in the ink-on-paper paper this week. I fear for those young women's old age(s)...

Posted by: Megan at October 13, 2007 09:32 PM

OMG...omg...oh my

Posted by: mompriest at October 14, 2007 04:52 PM

Okay, I'm a guy who likes baking bread & doing the laundry. Read the first paragraph and backed away from my computer saying, "Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew!"

Posted by: Scott at October 14, 2007 08:55 PM

Yum. I love fresh baked bread.

Thanks for posting the link to the LA Times article.

Barf.

You know I read sentences like this: "Philosophical courses such as 'Biblical Model for the Home and Family' teach that God expects wives to graciously submit to their husbands' leadership..."

And I think, Wow. You can dress it up anyway you like, call it anything you want. In the end it's thinly veiled misogyny. Pure and simple.

Posted by: Beth W. at October 16, 2007 11:26 AM
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