Eleanor Deckert

This book began when Eleanor Deckert was 8-years old. Words from Laura Ingalls Wilder's memories from the 1860's and 70's, preserved in Little House in the Big Woods, spoke to her. "This is now. It can never be long ago." Eleanor realized, even as a child, that someday her 1960's and 70's memories would also be "long ago." She determined to carefully remember her own experiences, thoughts, beliefs and decisions so that she could one day write about people, places and the times she was living in...See more

This book began when Eleanor Deckert was 8-years old. Words from Laura Ingalls Wilder's memories from the 1860's and 70's, preserved in Little House in the Big Woods, spoke to her. "This is now. It can never be long ago." Eleanor realized, even as a child, that someday her 1960's and 70's memories would also be "long ago." She determined to carefully remember her own experiences, thoughts, beliefs and decisions so that she could one day write about people, places and the times she was living in. Today, she shares a self-sufficient lifestyle with her husband in a picturesque river valley in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada. See less