Hello dear friends and
gentlefolk. Welcome to 2020. It’s a new year as well as a new decade! (Not only
is this a new calendar decade, but it also happens to be a new decade in my own
timeline- I will be turning 30 this year.) I know I have been somewhat remise
in my duties as a blogger, creator and general story teller. With the new
decade comes a renewed commitment to the former. I have so much I am looking
forward to sharing with each of you in the coming year and beyond.
If you will allow me, I
would like to set the stage for the new journey upon which I (and I hope you
will join me) am about to embark on.
As you may know, my
description reads “Welcome kindred spirits and gentlefolk. My Name is
Ms. B (or Rebecca.) I will tell you that staying connected to the past is an important
part of life here on the Flying V-S Farm.
Please join me as I share my journey of embracing the past in the
everyday with simple, authentic and time honored traditions.”
There are two words
and a phrase that have come to be defining parts of how I want to life my life
in this new chapter.
Authentic
To be authentic is to
be “made or done in the traditional or original way that faithfully resembles
the original.” As a lover of time travel
and living history, I aim to be as authentic in my life as is humanly possible.
Not only to the traditions of the past but to who I am as a person. This
includes to be “inspired by the past” as well.
Simple
To be “plain, basic or
uncomplicated form, nature or design; without much decoration or ornamentation.”
I have found over the past decade that I fail at anything I have set my mind to
that I have inherently made to be “overcomplicated.” Embracing the simplicity
in which things used be done will make it easier to live the life I have
envisioned and achieve the goals I have set for myself. I understand fully that
this does not make the things in one’s life “easy.” Rather, it gives one a
sense of peace.
Time Honored
To be “respected or valued because it has existed for a
long time.” Embracing the past is to embrace what those who have come
before have done. Time honored traditions are things which have been passed
down to the younger generations either through direct contact with an elder
relative (like my dear Gran) or through the written knowledge we are privileged
to have access to in the modern day.
These
words have become the framework for the life I wish to pursue. It won’t be easy
by any means with our modern notions or being labeled a millennial. I intend to
do it to the best of my ability. And I look forward to sharing it all with you
my dear friends.
~Ms. B
