by gwffoundation | Sep 11, 2019 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
The black darkness of night — before electric lights – is hard for us to imagine today. We assume life simply stopped as our ancestors awaited day’s return, though historical research suggests it did not. People cleaned, cooked, plowed, prayed, and even visited...
by gwffoundation | Nov 3, 2016 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
In today’s electrically-lit world, we have very little notion of exactly how dark it can be in a house without any artificial light at all. In fact, our modern eyes have become so accustomed to bright lighting at all hours of the day and night, that we would probably...
by gwffoundation | Nov 11, 2015 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
The black darkness of night — before electric lights – is hard for us to imagine today. We assume life simply stopped as our ancestors awaited day’s return, though historical research suggests it did not. People cleaned, cooked, plowed, prayed, and even visited...
