LIKE THEY DID TO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. HER LIFESTYLE AND FRIENDLY SMILE HAS A MADE HER A LIVING LEGEND IN THE UPPER VALLEY. ♪ ONSHIN: I ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE THIS WAY, SO WHY NOT? I STARTED ONE BY ONE DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS. SEAN: TO SAY LIFE HERE IS DIFFERENT MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THIS GRAFTON WOMAN LIVES AND EATS MUCH LIKE THEY TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. ONSHIN: THINGS I LIKE TO EAT OUTSIDE ARE DANDELION GREENS BECAUSE THEY’RE FREE AND THEY’RE NUTRITIOUS. THEY'RE WONDERFUL. SEAN: HER NAME IS ONSHIN BOONE. ONSHIN FROM HER BUDDIST FAITH. BOONE, A CHILDHOOD NICKNAME. ONSHIN: THERE IS WATER THERE, I HAVE TO EMPTY THAT OUT. SEAN: SHE’S A QUIRKY CHARACTER WHO LOVES COMMUNING WITH NATURE AND THE OCCASIONAL COLD BEER AT HER TINY CABIN IN GRAFTON. ONSHIN: I HAVE WRONG THE TAVERN BELL -- RUNG THE TAVERN BELL AND THAT MEANS YOU CAN HAVE A BEER. SEAN: SHE NOT ONLY DRESSES THE PART OF COLONIAL WOMAN, HER DAILY LIFE IS SIMILAR TOO. ♪ SHE CHOPS WOOD FOR HER STOVE. THAT’S HER MAIN SOURCE OF HEAT AND COOKING, AND LAUNDRY. AND YES, SHE STARTS THE FIRE EVERY DAY WITH STEEL AND FLINT. SEAN: ARE YOU OK? ONSHIN: YEAH. SEAN: THAT SCARED ME. ONSHIN: YOU ARE ALL RIGHT. SEAN SHE WRITES AND READS BY CANDLELIGHT AND EATS BASIC FARM FOOD. ONSHIN: THIS IS CORN I DRIED UP . SEAN: IN THE COLD OF WINTER, SHE USES ANTIQUATED FORMS OF HEAT FROM WARMED BRICKS IN HER BED. THAT IS YOUR FORM OF ELECTRIC BLANKET. ONSHIN: IT IS MY ELECTRIC BLANKET. SEAN: TWO A MORNING FOOTWEAR FILLED WITH HOT COALS. ONSHIN: YOU PUT YOUR FEET RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THESE FLOORS GET COLD. THAT IS THE CHAMBER POT SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO OUT AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING TO THE OUTHOUSE. ♪ SEAN: AS A KID, ONSHIN LOVED THE REENACTMENTS AT PLIMOUTH PLANTATION. SO MUCH SHE STARTED DOING IT AT COLONIAL FESTIVALS. SLOWLY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, THIS WOMAN, FORMALLY KNOWN AS WIND APPEARS IN, DECIDED TO GO BACK -- KNOWN AS BRENDA PEARSON, DECIDED TO GO BACK IN TIME PERMANENTLY. ONSHIN: I WOULD GO THERE IN MY COLONIAL OUTIFITS AND I WOULD LEAVE IN MY COLONIAL OUTFITS. THAT WAY THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING HITSORICAL EVENTS NEVER SAW ME IN MODERN CLOTHING. I SAID, WHY MY CHANGING? SO I STOPPED IT, I DONATED EVERYTHING AND STARTED WEARING COLONIAL OUTFITS AND THAT IS IT. SEAN: SHE SHED MOST MODERN THINGS FOR A NEW LIFESTYLE, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. ♪ SHE OWNS A CAR TO GET AROUND, HAS AN ELECTRIC OVEN FOR BAKING CAKES. AND A MODERN DR. -- DOCTOR. ONSHIN: LISTEN, I LOVE NOVOCAIN. IF I GO TO THE DENTIST, I WANT NOVOCAIN. I DON’T WANT COLONIAL MEDICINE. SEAN: SHE ALSO INTERNET ACCESS IN HER TINY CABIN AND KEEPS A FULL-TIME JOB. ♪ ONSHIN I AM DELIVERING THIS CAKE TO WORK. SEAN: SHE CLERKS AT ONE OF THE CO-OP FOOD STORES AND HANOVER. DRESSED IN HER COLONIAL CLOTHES, SHE HAS BECOME PRETTY WELL KNOWN IN THE UPPER VALLEY. JUST ASK HER SISTER DEBBIE. >> SHE IS A STAR. I GO OUT TO WEST LEBANON WITH HER AND EVERY STORE I GO TO, THEY KNOW HER. SEAN: DEBBIE WORKS AT THE GRAFTON LIBRARY, WHERE ONSHIN STARTED A UNIQUE TRADITION. ONSHIN: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING! ONSHIN: WE HAVE A DOUBLE CHOCOLATE WITH COCONUTS, WALNUTS AND CHERRIES. SEAN: EVERY WEDNESDAY SHE DROPS OFF A HOMEMADE CAKE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS A SLICE. IT’S BECOME KIND OF A BIG SOCIAL EVENT IN TOWN. ONSHIN: LORRAINE, CAROL, THIS IS SHARON. ♪ WE ALL HAVE A GOOD TIME LAUGHING AND TALKING. IT MAKES THE LIBRARY FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY. ONSHIN: THAT IS THE BOMB RIGHT THERE. SEAN: HER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED THE ANACHRONISTIC CHARACTER WHO BRINGS A SMILE TO SO MANY. >> SHE HAS BEEN LIVING THAT WAY QUITE A WHILE AND I AM FINE WITH IT. SHE EVEN GOES HIKING LIKE THAT, WHEN WE GO BACKPACKING. I HAVE INCHES OF HER ON A MOUNTAIN IN HER DRESS WITH A HIKING STICK. SEAN: SO SURE, THIS LITTLE PATCH OF LAND IN GRAFTON LOOKS FROZEN IN TIME. BUT AS OHSHIN SEES IT, ASIDE FROM A FEW MODERN CONVENIENCES, THE COLONIAL FOLKS HAD IT RIGHT -- SIMPLE LIVING IS BETTER LIVING. ONSHIN: GRINDING THE COFFEE OR STARTING THE FIRE, YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH EVERYTHING, THE NATURALNESS OF THE EARTH.