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.)
X – Xanthippus, the Spartan general
Perhaps it’s a bit far-fetched: Xanthippus is mentioned in the “Supposed speech of Regulus” in the “Independent Fifth Reader”. In “The Long Winter” Mary repeats the “Speech” from memory.
I have to admit that I had symptoms of an obsession with X-words during the last couple of days… *lol*
Y- Yarn
I can’t remember what the last “Y” word was, and I can’t get it to show on here. Sorry if this is a repeat.
Z – Zumbro Falls
Can it be done again?
A- Attic play
This is so cool!
How about
B – Brewster School
D – Delaine
E – Examinations (as in Laura’s Teacher Examinations)
F – Farm
G- Geese over Silver Lake
H – Homestead Claim
I – Itchy Red Flannel Long Underwear
K- kernels….
I always smile when I read the part where Pa was planting corn and Grace keeps asking how many “corns” he was putting in each hole.
L – Lazy, Lousy Lizy Jane
M- Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
B – Bees
P- Plum Creek
Roberta, you are AWESOME!
C- corn crib
J – Jack Frost paintings in LHIBW