Heritage Days

This month I wrote an article on Heritage Days at Lewis and Clark. It's on the front page! I took all the photos in the articles too. I can't wait for the issue to come out (it get's printed today). Heritage Days was really cool and fun so I thought I'd share my article and some pictures:


On September 25th and 26th Lewis and Clark took a step back in time. The campus was home to Heritage Days. Heritage Days is a living history festival designed take guest back in time to the 1700-1840 time period. This year marked the 31st celebration of this annual event.
Heritage days featured various sorts of crafts. Guest had the opportunity to make bows, much like the ones used by early settlers for hunting. There was also rug braiding and rugs available for sale, and presentations on natural dying. There were live cannon demonstrations and story telling, along with wood carving, and a voyager canoe.
Traditional food was also available. This included tasty treats such as turkey legs, corn in the husk, homemade soup, and pumpkin rolls.
All participants dressed in traditional clothing from the 1700s-1840s. Old dresses, military coats and trousers were plenty. Dancers preformed and period musicians played to help the guest get a feel for the time they had taken a step back into.
The event was held by Alton Heritage Days, Inc. They are a non-profit organization whose goal is to educate the public in the customs, manners, clothing, food, and tools used by the early settlers of the 1700-1840. They did just that participants and guest alike left with an exciting experience and better understanding of the life of an early settler.

Everything that changed had stayed the same

I probably like tumblr better because I'd rather not write blogs about all the bad things happening in my life, I just want to forget about them. Like my dad kicked me out of my house this weekend and took my house key and car key and told me to get out and not to come back, why? because he asked me what I was going to tell the lawyers when I saw them, my mom had to pick me up with bags in my hands and tears in my eyes. Then I found out she went out with the guy she was having an affair with and I think she was trying to keep it from me. I had a huge break down, and felt like I couldn't trust either of my parents and that I had nowhere to go. Ben and I left the apartment and came back and my mom told us she was calling the police because of some stuff my dad was texting her. So the cops showed up at our apartment. And all that was just Saturday.

My mom talked to me and we have more clear rules now. I told her what I didn't feel okay with her doing.
Uhm and all the bad things I thought my dad might be doing I found out were true, even the ones he got mad at me for telling people and told me he wasn't doing.