Day 50 - Hard & Simple

Ben and I watched a PBS video about the Shakers so we could get some background knowledge for the book we have begun reading: ‘A Day No Pigs Would Die’. The video was made by Ken burns in the late 1980’s. It is interesting how different kids process the same information as adults. The first thing that Ben made note of was the ‘short’ work day. He had misinterpreted a statement that ‘they had done a full day’s work before breakfast’ to mean that they did not have much to do in the afternoon. The first word he used to describe their lives was ‘hard’. I am sure they would have preferred ‘simple’. As much as they do not seem like they go together, I would say both.