Comments on: The Long Winter, Chapter 4: October Blizzard

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:27:02 +0000

I recently rediscovered the Little House books and am surprised at how much I have enjoyed re-reading them as an adult. It really gives you some perspective on just how tough the winters would have been. I’m in Minnesota and already getting sick of winter, and I have untold amounts of distractions and creature comforts around me, compared to what they had. It’s amazing what they endured.

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[...] 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: Linn

Linn — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:37:47 +0000

I love reading your reflections on each chapter. I know these books (perhaps, especially this one since it was always one of my favourites) by heart and recognize each and every detail you mention, but it’s so interesting to hear someone else talk about them for a change.

By: Jeanine

Jeanine — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:05:31 +0000

I am enjoying the recaps of the chapters – The Long Winter was never one of my favourites when I read the books as a child, but I have come to appreciate it more as an adult, and absolutely love the ending (and…sorry to jump ahead…whenever I mash potatoes I think about that dinner!).

Wendy – I keep haunting your blog for the report on Little House Food Week!

By: Lauri

Lauri — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:48:24 +0000

First, the “wonder of the beans” and everyone in close quarters – oh my! At this point in the book, I wonder if the old Indian could be right. Though this seems like a nice break from the frantic work of the harvest. It will seem less snug and more suffocating as the book continues.

By: Sandra Hume

Sandra Hume — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:17:52 +0000

Having been in the (to scale) shanty at Ingalls Homestead, and having young kids of my own, the whole idea of Grace “running around” makes me a little bit crazy.

You’re so right about that “Oc-October.” I swear I can even picture Karen Grassle saying it.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:09:51 +0000

I ate “bean soup” during Little House Food Week and found it most enjoyable, with sour milk biscuits dipped in… but then, I had plenty of other food.

By: MamaHen

MamaHen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:49:00 +0000

I never noticed that Pa called Grace Blue Eyes. I’ll have to go back and re-read that.