Stuffy House Syndrome, Free Air, and More

Hello from The Manse, and welcome to new listeners of Homemaking Radio. Use it for your work or your walk.  Today I spoke of the stuffy house syndrome,**  quoting "The Jane Austen Diet" concerning what Austen wrote as "gloomy thoughts" or "weary minds."  People are discovering more and more that a closed up house can effect a person's presence of mind and sense of well-being. I suggest in this broadcast, the hours the house is shut, can affect the mood. 

Today I broadcast from one of the guest rooms (my children's former rooms are now guest rooms), which is newly made over with old things.

And, from my Austen walk today:

Now, regarding the "free air" written about in Jane Austen's stories;

The custom in our generations has been to get out of the stuffy house to go to other enclosed, stale air places, such as the car, the grocery store, and many other stilled air locations. Upon returning home, there remains the "creepy house" feeling, which in fact, could be the stuffy house effect.

I suggested providing some relief to you who are under duress, or anyone you know, an hour of reprieve, with the comfort of a Jane Austen walk, wordless and slow, observing with all your senses. Plan a "clear mind" hour to get air, move slowly about and be surrounded by natural sounds, sights and air.

Please enjoy your work in the home while you listen to this episode:

**Stuffy house" is formerly my expression"creepy house syndrome," a feeling of unease, eerie or strangeness in the house, often first thing in the morning, or between 4 and 7 pm. or other times, depending on the individual at home.   I observed that these were the times  when the house had been closed up without what Austen referred to as free air.

Strain and Stress at Home (7)

This may be the last of the special series of broadcasts I have published about trauma in the home. It is impossible to cover everyone's experience,. I consulted with a few old friends for things to include in this one.

  

Around the Manse:

I read a chapter from Wives and Daughters at the start of this broadcast, and also the "free air" chapter from Bryan Koslowski's book, "The Jane Austen Diet."

Sweatshirts from the brand "Time & True" are looking more feminine these days. I do not know why we didn't think of this back in the day.

These all cotton tops are good for wearing in the home when you want to wear work clothes that are still feminine-- I highly recommend them. You can get them at your local WalMart or online.

 

This one has cute tucks in the shoulders

Please enjoy your work or your walk while you listen today. 

Better off at Home (6)

Hello Everyone,

At the request of some of my readers and listeners, I have created some videos dealing with the problem of sudden stress in the family.  While I cannot know personally about every person's family situation, I tried to cover some of the basic things. 

Today's message is to encourage young people to live at home, rather than paying the high price of leaving.

          The video stops abruptly mid-sentence. I will continue in the next broadcast.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1

See also Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

Home During Sudden Sorrow or Shock (5)

Hello Everyone,

At the request of some of my readers and listeners, I have created some videos dealing with the problem of sudden stress in the family.  While I cannot know personally about every person's family situation, I tried to cover some of the basic things. 

While I am planning to go on to other subjects, I am getting such interesting feedback, ideas and solutions to sudden sorrows at home, that I had to do one more broadcast on the subject.

I have been on a sightseeing walk today. I love the neat rows of the crops in the fields surrounding The Manse:

The subject of this episode includes a few small things that may help draw a family member's heart back to their home.  I read this poem called "Outwitted" which illustrates the principle of including lost loved one, if possible, in your life at every opportunity:

Outwitted

“He drew a circle that shut me out-

Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.

But love and I had the wit to win:

We drew a circle and took him In!”

― Edwin Markham

I also read from the book, "The Jane Austen Diet" about the concept of having quiet time to balance the sudden shocks of life. 

 

Please listen while you work or walk:

        

At Home During Stressful Times (4)

Hello Everyone,

At the request of some of my readers and listeners, I have created some videos dealing with the problem of sudden stress in the family.  While I cannot know personally about every person's family situation, I tried to cover some of the basic things. I learned a lot from Barbara Johnson's book, "Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy," and other things from long conversations with a friend who went through some unbelievable upheaval in her life.

In this episode of Homemaking Radio (broadcasts designed to listen while you work or walk) I shared the common practice of a care package for someone in distress, or for yourself,  and suggested using interesting containers. 

Today  I listed a number of things that might be done which will be time well spent while you worry about the whole wide world ;-)

Please enjoy your walking or your working at home while you listen to Homemaking Radio today:

Because I might not get around to sending all these links on emails, I am posting them here for those who are interested.  

Whether you believe any of it, its important as homeschoolers to know what the other views of something are.

I am sure everyone knows how to paste the links into the browser. 

Here are some political links that give another side to the media spin on everything. Also, reading the comments beneath the videos are extremely helpful and can give you some essential laughter.

These people are not all of the faith, so don't expect perfect grammar ;-) and always listen for yourself first. Not all these reporters are of the Faith, but keep in mind that even less are the mainstream media reporters. 

A young man that studied himself out of the media narratives and has seen what is really going on 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKetfPkhLew 

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKetfPkhLew&t=179s 

This is a broadcast only, so you can do something in your house or walk, for half an hour:

https://rumble.com/vwdfl5-ep-2717b-ukraine-first-taiwan-second-stage-is-set-watch-what-happens-next.html  

You can subscribe to this report and have it in your email for a daily broadcast: 

https://rumble.com/c/X22Report   

Here is one that compares what the mainstream media compared to other sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBcexIa0DTw 

I wonder what this stage makeup is for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbxDM8iGLGc

This Canadian Girl posts some very interesting shorts that make you see what's  what, and be sure to read the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoa2qcw5o6pxgOm0LZXzz5A/community?lb=UgkxQEO8FmkRppJQp1vRdPI8H2Wjix0ioGtC

This one is quite funny, but the comments are even more comedic. It illustrates what I said a few broadcasts ago about the way people don't answer a question anymore, and no one says yay or nay. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BywXmxHdTBc&t=4s 

This is one to read: http://mileswmathis.com/minime2.pdf 

Again, keep in mind that these reporters are not all of The Faith, and will have some objectionable remarks, but the major news media is worse as far as their lying and their connections with the same money that supports the compromised politicians — on both sides of the aisle.