Timecachers by Petrucci Glenn R

Author:Petrucci, Glenn R. [Petrucci, Glenn R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Time-travel, Timecaching, Cherokee, Timecachers, eBook, American Indian, Fiction, Fantasy, Trail of Tears, Native American
Publisher: ReturnSide, LLC
Published: 2011-09-05T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter thirty-three

Alice was awakened from a sound sleep by the aroma of cooking food. Jumping from bed, she quickly readied herself and headed to the kitchen, where Catherine, Silvey, and Sally were busily executing the morning kitchen chores. “Osda sunalei,” they said, greeting her with bright smiles.

“Oh, good morning. I didn’t mean to sleep late,” she said. “You should have wakened me.”

“I thought you could use some extra rest after your long day yesterday,” said Catherine, “but don’t worry, there’s always plenty to do! Benjamin and Billy have already eaten and gone to tend to the horses. We’ll join them in the fields later.”

Silvey set a place for her at the table with a huge plate of eggs and sausage, steaming coffee, bread, and a number of bowls with a variety of side dishes. Alice’s healthy appetite usually didn’t kick in until later in the day, and she normally did not eat more than a quick snack in the morning. This morning, however, she was ravenous, her appetite stimulated by all the fresh air and exercise she had been getting. She attacked the meal like a starved wolf with a fresh kill. She downed the strong, hot coffee with the same vigor, and the caffeine cleared away her remaining drowsiness.

While Alice finished her meal, Catherine began listing the chores for the day, mostly for Alice’s benefit, since much of it was routine for the others. There were the normal kitchen and household chores, along with livestock to feed, milking to do, buckets of water to fetch, firewood to stack, the kraut-barrel to see to—a seemingly endless list of routine chores—all before they got out to the fields. Catherine’s plan was to complete these chores, prepare a mid-day meal to bring to the men, and then spend the afternoon helping them to clear a neglected field of brush. It would be a typically full day on the Rogers’ farm and Alice needed no prompting to get started. She may have been less enthusiastic if this was her normal routine, but for now she was enjoying the change of pace. The sedentary routine of her regular job required her to fit in exercise during her leisure time. The physical labor required for this lifestyle was hard, but it was a wholesome feeling. Life on the Rogers’ farm was basic. The work was tough and the pleasures were simple. There were problems to be dealt with, but most were the kind of problems people could solve using their own labor and ingenuity. The way things should be, she thought. The way they were before the daily mundane chores had been replaced by the complexities of modern life. Sure, she appreciated the advantages of modern conveniences; she wasn’t so childish as to suggest technology should be abandoned. Rather she felt it was beneficial for her to temporarily do without, making her appreciate them all the more.

Here she also felt more connected to the people, the animals, even the land around her. In just this

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