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Little House Traveler
Re-reading Little House Traveler this weekend, I was struck by two particular things:
1. Despite the fact that she presumably had a decent income by the time she made her trip back to South Dakota with Almanzo, Laura was compelled to track her finances in her journal.
2. She and Almanzo were farmers to the bone; their
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Activist?
First, thanks to everyone who listened to my first official radio interview. It was an interesting experience, and I appreciated an interviewer who’d obviously read the book first! Thanks to Sandra, too, for posting the link to the recording of the show.
The interviewer made me think about Laura again, in the context of her work
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Neighbors
Recently I found myself stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, so I started thinking about Little House. I had plenty of time because in the more than 45 minutes I was there, not one person stopped to help. And that’s why I started thinking about Little House, because I’m pretty sure that
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Reflections on Cheese, From a True Wisconsinite
Ah, cheese. Until those silly California cows started their “happy” dance of cheese-making, Wisconsin served as the number-one source of good cheese in the United States.
But as a Wisconsin native, I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that we take our cheese much more seriously than anyone in California.
Take our elementary education,
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That Engagement Ring
Laura held her hand up to the first light of the new moon. The gold of the ring and its flat oval set shone shone in the faint moon radiance. Three small stones set in the golden oval glimmered…a garnet, with a pearl on each side.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder, in These Happy Golden Years
Reading those words
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Pa's Fiddle… On Your MP3 Player?
Yes, you heard that right… you can now hear Pa’s fiddle tunes on your MP3 player.
Dale Cockrell, of Pa’s Fiddle Recordings, has produced two CDs thus far of songs contained in the Little House books. The CDs are available for purchase on his website.
But now the songs have been released for single song download. At
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The Mystery of the Oval Glass Bread Plate
For themselves, they decided to buy a present together, something they could both use and enjoy. After much studying of Montgomery Ward’s catalogue, they chose to get a set of glassware. They needed it for the table and there was such a pretty set advertised, a sugar bowl, spoon-holder, butter dish, six sauce dishes, and
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Score! Garage sales, bread, and LIW
Over the weekend I had an opportunity to go to a citywide garage sale in New Ulm, Minn., about half-way between Mankato and Sleepy Eye. I had my eye out for some household goods I need to outfit a second guest room, and thought it would be a perfect spot.
Imagine my surprise when I ran
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Wedding Silver
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve always tried to find a way to bring my interests into my daily life. It may have been wearing my hair like one of the Brady Bunch, convincing my mother that I needed that Partridge Family purse (which I was too embarrassed to wear in public, sorry
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Laura Ingalls Wilder on the Web
Sometimes I like to comb the Web for what else is out there about Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s always eye-opening to see just how many lives Laura and her books have touched. And the Internet puts it all at your fingertips.
Like this blog post was recently written by children’s history book author, educational book editor,
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