Comments on: The Long Winter, Chapter 3: The Fall of the Year

By: Book #17 – The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder « A Room of One's Own

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:30:21 +0000

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By: Beyond Little House | The Long Winter, Ch. 5: After the Storm

Beyond Little House | The Long Winter, Ch. 5: After the Storm — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:14:53 +0000

[...] chapters: 1: Make Hay While the Sun Shines, 2: An Errand to Town. 3: The Fall of the Year, 4: October Blizzard. To cover a chapter in this read-along, find out more [...]

By: Beyond Little House | The Long Winter, Chapter 4: October Blizzard

Beyond Little House | The Long Winter, Chapter 4: October Blizzard — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:54:42 +0000

[...] chapters: 1: Make Hay While the Sun Shines, 2: An Errand to Town. 3: The Fall of the Year. To cover a chapter in this read-along, find out more [...]

By: Wendy McClure

Wendy McClure — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:58:12 +0000

The images show up for me, Wendy! I remember you telling me that you’d made the pie but I completely blanked out on the fact that you’d blogged about it. Oh, and let me know when your write up your latest Little House food exploits, too…

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:33:28 +0000

Here’s my account of making green pumpkin pie: http://sixboxesofbooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/its-pumpkin-ma-made-it-of-green-pumpkin.html (though I can’t figure out what happened to my photos! they disappeared from the vanity cakes post, too).

I really like snacking on raw turnips–I think it probably depends on the variety and freshness.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:19:39 +0000

Getting ahead of you a little, I’m in the middle of this book with my 5 year-old son. He drew a picture for his K class (a book report) and wrote: “Pa played the fiddle. Laura was listening. It was very cold.” In this reading, I’ve noticed that many meals are lovingly described in a way that they’re not in other books.Foreshadowing of what they’re going to miss. Also, what’s happened to the blizzards in the last century? Do we just not have them any more?

Last night we read the chapter with the POV switch. It’s nicely handled: Laura looks at the town, mentions each store, then the reader goes inside the Wilder boys’ place, where they’re making pancakes. Still, my son was troubled. He stopped me and said, “How do we know what’s going on over there? “

By: Lauri

Lauri — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:29:21 +0000

Everything wouldn’t be wonderful if I had to try and fall asleep with water dripping on my face. The Ingalls are way tougher than me, and raw turnips do not sound like a delicious snack to me the way a raw carrott or apple would.

By: E

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:11:30 +0000

I have to say, I never knew what to make about Pa’s 3 degrees west/1 degree south statement. But now looking at the weather maps (and gardening maps), I understand what he was saying – the cold air plunges down in the middle of the country. 3 degrees west really is 1 degree south! During the really cold days a couple of weeks ago, Kansas was a balmy 4 degrees, while Minnesota was -10. I think SD was also balmy 4 degrees.