Modern Comforts

Today the big topic in class was modern comforts. In our new book, The Sign of the Beaver, the main character is twelve years old but able to take care of himself for seven weeks in the wilderness alone. After much discussion about how I rely on air conditioning, TV, my cell phone and my car, the kids came to the same general consensus- Mrs. North is a wimp. You know what? They are exactly right. I am signing off to go sit on the couch and watch some TV.