Feb 01 2009
Building A Home
In many of Louis L’amour’s novels, he talks about the process of building a home. Jubal Sackett, Kiowa Trail, Kilkenny, and many others he describes the manner of the pioneer in raising a home from the earth.
Today the process has changed some. Most of us don’t go out and fell logs with which to put together a cabin. Certainly there are some out there who do. We don’t typically find a place suitable for defense against attack, though there are definitely those out there who build their homes like fortresses.
Instead we hire contractors and architects and generally stop by now and again to see the progress. Most of us just go out and find the house we want and buy it. Building a home is now more of a metaphor for creating a structured family life than for the literal gathering and placing of materials.
For the adventurous soul, however, the opportunity to build a home does still exist. It takes a differen kind of determination, courage, and risk than it did 150 years ago. Now the risks are largely financial rather than physical. But these risks are real and just as prohibitive.
