No question this time… just a little game. Let’s do an A-Z Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane. I will start us out with A and the next person to comment must leave a word (or phrase) that starts with B and is associated with Laura’s (or Rose’s) life or books. Let’s continue through the whole alphabet and see how far we can get! For example:
- A – Apples
- B – Buttonholes
Play along in the comment section and be entered in a drawing for a copy of my book Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco. In approximately two weeks I will let the computer at random.org pick the winners. There will be several opportunities throughout the summer to win a copy so if you miss out this time, keep trying. Feel free to enter the drawing, even if you already have a copy of the book. (And, you are welcome to comment more than once. However, your name will only be entered once.) Win one for a friend or for your local library. Most of all have fun! (For more information on Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco visit www.PrairieMania.com.)
A – Apples
C – Corncob dolls
D – Delaine
A Apples
B Bees
C Corncob Dolls
D Doc Baker
E Evening fiddle songs by the fire
F Fire in the chimney!
G – Gypsy King
H – Holbrook (Caroline’s mother and step-father were Holbrooks)
I – Ingalls, of course! Also, Almanzo’s ice blocks.
J – Jack!
K – Kerosene lantern
L – Lunatic fringe
M – “May bees don’t fly in September”
(my all time favorite Ma line!)
N- Nellie
O – Osage Indians
O- Owen (as in Mr. Owen, the schoolteacher in THGY)
Q – Quinine
R- Rose
S – sleigh ride
Tinkham (The lady who has the first sociable that Laura and Mary POwer attended)
U- Uncle Tom
V – Volga
W- Wilder, Winter & many more
W- Wilder (as in Almanzo
)
X – Xanthophyll (think spelling match)
Y – Youth’s Companion
Z – Zenobia!
Start it over again!
A – Almanzo
B – Boasts
C – Caroline Celestia
D- Dolly Varden
E – Edmund “Cap” Garland
F – Fiddle
G – Grasshoppers
G – Gennie (aka Genevieve E. Masters aka Nellie Oleson… at least in part)
[This game is so much fun! I'm already curious if somebody will find a second word beginning with the letter X.
)]
I’m already in awe of Jamie for pulling out xanthophyll!
H — Harthorns
I- Indians
Jerusalem Crickets!
K- Knife in the Dark
L – Laura
M – Morgan horses
N- Netting (mosquito netting)
O – Old Grimes is dead (the good old man)
P – paper dolls
Quiner
Railroad
S – Skip (and Barnum)
T- Train
U-Uncle George
V – Velocipede
W- West