April 2009
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Laura's Cousin
Imagine picking up a copy of Little House in the Big Woods and reading it for the very first time. Imagine reading about the sugaring-off dance at Grandpa’s, and the jigging contest between Grandma and Uncle George.
And then imagine, just for a moment, that you are reading about your own family.
That’s how it was for
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New Tour Dates for Little House – The Musical
A new article at Playbill lists a few more dates for the 2009-2010 tour.
Is it coming to a theater near you?
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The Michigan Connection…
My husband and I recently visited the Detroit Public Library in Detroit, Michigan, where the original manuscripts of The Long Winter and These Happy Golden Years are housed. It is a trip that I have been wanting to take for a good many years, and I was very excited when I found out that we
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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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Little House in Strange Places
In the oddest Little House sighting of the day, I was reading Megan McArdle’s blog on the Atlantic Monthly’s web site regarding Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter’s defection from the GOP to the Democratic Party. And lo and behold …
Can you spot the Little House reference?
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Beans in the Bean Pot
As I savored the rich, lovely brown taste of my mother’s Boston Baked Beans at Easter this year, I had a thought: Did Ma have a bean pot?
Like Ma’s family, mine has roots in New England, and one recipe that’s been passed down through the generations is for those beans, which never seem to turn
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Country Contentment
“One gains a lot by going out into the world, by traveling and living in different places,” Rose said to me one day, “but one loses a great deal, too. After all I’m not sure but the loss is greater than the gain.”
“Just how do you mean?” I asked.
“I mean this,” said Rose. “The best
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Off the Beaten Trail…
I often say that I’ve been to all of the Little House sites multiple times. However, that isn’t quite true. The fact is, there are many Little House related sites that I haven’t visited and probably never will. They are scattered all over the country — New York, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
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Vacation Planner Finale
I’ve been getting questions lately from people who stumbled on one of the Vacation Planner posts and couldn’t find the rest, so I thought I’d tie together any loose ends and post links to the entire series so that it’s all together in one place.
If you are planning a Little House vacation, here is all
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