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Patrice Lewis

A freelance writer, Patrice specializes in the subjects of rural living, craft businesses, Dexter cattle, writing, homeschooling, parenting, and simplicity. Here is an exerpt from her website (www.patricelewis.com): "We do what I jokingly call the Three H’s: Homesteading, Homeschooling, and Home Business-ing. What this means is that we are striving to grow or raise our own food on our forty-acre farm in north Idaho; we are educating our own children; and we have a home craft business that has provided our income for the past fifteen years." "Our unique lifestyle has given me the interest and capacity to write on the above subjects with some degree of confidence." Patrice Lewis

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  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Women Against Women (conclusion) by PATRICE LEWIS,

    (Part 1 of Women Against Women can be read here; Part 2 can be read here; Part 3 can be read here; Part 4 can be read here.) Feminists make the grandiose claim to speak for all women. And since women are a powerful voice in this country, our government falls for the notion that [...]

    23 Dec 2010 in Christianity/Religion &Education &Entertainment &Family &Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Women Against Women (Part 4) by PATRICE LEWIS,

    (Part 1 of Women Against Women can be read here; Part 2 can be read here; Part 3 can be read here.) The devastating effects of feminism from the 60’s and 70’s linger on, filling our cities with fatherless children who wreak havoc on society, raised by stressed and unfulfilled women who pause in their [...]

    12 Dec 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Women Against Women (Part 3) by PATRICE LEWIS,

    (Part 1 of Women Against Women can be read here; Part 2 can be read here) What feminists overlook in their single-minded pursuit of career is that men’s careers are mostly far from glamorous. Few people can claim that men who work as, say, miners or bus drivers or mechanics do so out of the [...]

    02 Dec 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Women Against Women (Part 2) by PATRICE LEWIS,

    (Part 1 of Women Against Women can be read here.) Women in the United States today enjoy incredible benefits collected from the feminist movement of the past. We have the brightest educational opportunities, the highest quality material possessions, the most golden career prospects – and yet feminists cannot help but portray women as weak, helpless, [...]

    24 Nov 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Women Against Women (Part 1) by PATRICE LEWIS,

    Ah, feminists. Women who hate women. Women who hate being women. Women who hate everything womanly and kind of wish they could be men. At least, that’s the impression hard-core feminists give to those of us in Flyover Country. I mean, why deny the things that make a woman a woman unless it is based [...]

    15 Nov 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Proud to be a Hick by PATRICE LEWIS,

    Let’s pretend you’re a hard-working urbanite or suburbanite. You commute five days a week, breathing fumes from the traffic-clogged highways. You fight for parking spaces. You deal with long lines at the grocery store and post office. And you long to breathe the clean fresh air and experience the slower pace of rural life. Finally [...]

    29 Oct 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> The Social Skills of Woodlice by PATRICE LEWIS,

    My older daughter spends time on an (age-appropriate) online teen forum where everything from religion to Lord of the Rings is discussed. She gets an enormous kick out of reading the opinions of other kids her age. The reason she finds this so educational is because she is virtually the only homeschooled kid on the [...]

    08 Oct 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> May the Force Be With You by PATRICE LEWIS,

    Today I would like to discuss one of the most ubiquitous of rural resources, the thing that literally holds body and soul together across the width and breath of Middle America, an item that millions of people consider as essential as food and water, a marriage-saving device that is unsurpassed in its manly applications, a [...]

    01 Oct 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> My Secret Shame by PATRICE LEWIS,

    Of all the country arts, nothing eludes me more than making bread.  Not from lack of trying.  I tried making bread for years, with varying degrees of success.  My long-suffering husband has gamely consumed many a dense chunk.  I tried every variation known to man, including different types and quantities of yeast, flour, temperatures, bread [...]

    22 Sep 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> The Cuteness Factor by PATRICE LEWIS,

    There’s an internet rumor running around about a letter to the editor someone alleged wrote, which went as follows: “To all you hunters who kill animals for food, shame on you; you ought to go to the store and buy the meat that was made there, where no animals were harmed.” I don’t know if [...]

    15 Sep 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Clueless in Seattle by PATRICE LEWIS,

    Recently, while turning some old bed sheets into new curtains, I got a call from my friend Janet.  We used to live near each other a long time ago, and have stayed in touch through multiple moves over the years. She now lives in Seattle, Washington.  I now live in Podunk, Idaho.  I think she’s [...]

    26 Aug 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> The Bare Necessities by PATRICE LEWIS,

    Recently we had a very exciting event happen right here in the backwoods of north Idaho.  We had a convention. Now those of you abiding in cities are doubtless saying, “Big whoop.  Conventions are a dime a dozen here.” Aaah, but this isn’t an ordinary convention.  It was a convention with a very specific dress [...]

    19 Aug 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Blender Dogs by PATRICE LEWIS,

    I like Big Dogs. Great big dogs. The bigger the better. Show me a Lab and I’ll want a Malamute. Show me a Malamute and I’ll want a Newfoundland. Show me a Newfoundland and I’ll want an Irish Wolfhound. Show me a Wolfhound and I’ll want an English Mastiff. I’m not sure there’s a breed [...]

    12 Aug 2010 in Life/Living/People
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Dust to Dust by PATRICE LEWIS,

    Oh, you’re gonna love this. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – a bureau which, I suspect, has an average IQ somewhere around room temperature (that’s the “new” room temperature, officially lowered to save energy) – has proposed to introduce “stringent and unparalleled” regulation on one of the most dangerous, threatening, and onerous of rural byproducts.  [...]

    05 Aug 2010 in Government
  • PATRICE LEWIS"> Armchair Quarterbacking by PATRICE LEWIS,

    I just returned from a week in the Big City, peddling our wares.  For purposes of illustration, our wares consist of a series of hardwood drinking tankards.  Like beer steins, made of wood.  (Hey, someone has to do it.) It was during the span of this four-day crafts fair that I once again encountered the [...]

    29 Jul 2010 in Life/Living/People