Comments on: Why Laura? http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/12/why-laura/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed America's most comprehensive site dedicated to the life, literature, and many homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:49:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: more on Little House « Journey of Loving and Learning http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/12/why-laura/comment-page-1/#comment-18 more on Little House « Journey of Loving and Learning Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:55:37 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=340#comment-18 I thought to open my Google Reader today and one site led to another new, to me, and in particular, this post, which is a beautiful explanation of the author’s love of Laura Ingalls Wilder.  I feel similarly. I thought to open my Google Reader today and one site led to another new, to me, and in particular, this post, which is a beautiful explanation of the author’s love of Laura Ingalls Wilder.  I feel similarly.

]]> By: Laura Welser http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/12/why-laura/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Laura Welser Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:58:18 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=340#comment-17 Jonni! Thank you. So many of us share those same feelings and you were able to put it into words... Jonni! Thank you. So many of us share those same feelings and you were able to put it into words…

]]> By: Cheryl Whitlock http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/12/why-laura/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Cheryl Whitlock Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:06:56 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=340#comment-16 Excellent post! I grew up in a fairly large city and had very few "country experiences". The few I had made a very big impression on me. I remember walking down the rows of tomato and pepper plants in my grandfather's garden. The plants were taller than me and the smells were overpowering. I will always remember those smells on a hot summer day. Discovering Laura's books as a teenager made a huge impression on me. It was like living my childhood all over again. I could do all the things I wanted to do as a child in my mind. As I grew into an adult, I discovered the various LIW mailing lists and met the experts on this blog there. It has been a fascinating journey and I owe so much to everyone I have met over the last dozen years. Thank all of you for sharing. Excellent post!

I grew up in a fairly large city and had very few “country experiences”. The few I had made a very big impression on me. I remember walking down the rows of tomato and pepper plants in my grandfather’s garden. The plants were taller than me and the smells were overpowering. I will always remember those smells on a hot summer day.

Discovering Laura’s books as a teenager made a huge impression on me. It was like living my childhood all over again. I could do all the things I wanted to do as a child in my mind. As I grew into an adult, I discovered the various LIW mailing lists and met the experts on this blog there. It has been a fascinating journey and I owe so much to everyone I have met over the last dozen years. Thank all of you for sharing.

]]> By: Book Hunter’s Holiday http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/12/why-laura/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Book Hunter’s Holiday Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:48:06 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=340#comment-15 [...] There's a new post up over at the Beyond Little House blog, and it resonates with me so much that I wanted to direct you over there to read it. It’s called “Why Laura?” and it answers the question that I am sure must have occurred to those of you who are not (yet) fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder. You know who you are. You’re the ones wondering why a grown woman like me reads “childrens books” like the Little House series and and laughing at my suburban obsession with the details of a life in the prairie wilderness over 120 years ago. And if you are already a LIW fan, read the article. I suspect you’ll recognize yourself in the author’s comments. In any case, her essay speaks to the elegance and endurance of Wilder’s classic and simple books, originally written in her spare time and on humble notebooks. [...] [...] There’s a new post up over at the Beyond Little House blog, and it resonates with me so much that I wanted to direct you over there to read it. It’s called “Why Laura?” and it answers the question that I am sure must have occurred to those of you who are not (yet) fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder. You know who you are. You’re the ones wondering why a grown woman like me reads “childrens books” like the Little House series and and laughing at my suburban obsession with the details of a life in the prairie wilderness over 120 years ago. And if you are already a LIW fan, read the article. I suspect you’ll recognize yourself in the author’s comments. In any case, her essay speaks to the elegance and endurance of Wilder’s classic and simple books, originally written in her spare time and on humble notebooks. [...]

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