Life Lessons—and Flaky Biscuits—From the Great Depression

Life Lessons—and Flaky Biscuits—From the Great Depression
Serve these flaky biscuits warm, topped with honey. Melissa K. Norris
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My father was a child during the Great Depression. Though the Great Depression ended some 80-odd years ago, for those who lived through it, the effects still govern their choices and lives. For those of us who only know of the time period via history books, there are valid lessons we can learn and apply today.

My grandmother raised her family during and through the Great Depression years. They didn’t have electricity or indoor plumbing. The outhouse and hand pump still stand at their home, a testament to simple living and hard times.

Melissa K. Norris
Melissa K. Norris
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Melissa K. Norris is a fifth generation homesteader and founder of MelissaKNorris.com and the popular Pioneering Today podcast. With her books, website, videos, podcast, and social media, she reaches more than a million people each month to help them learn simple, modern homesteading skills for a healthy and self-sufficient life. She lives with her husband, two kids, and a plethora of farm animals in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state.
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