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April 2010

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The Long Winter, Chapter 30: It Can’t Beat Us

Laura wakes to the wind blowing in the middle of the night, but now it’s the Chinook, and that makes all the difference.

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Little House Cooking in the NYT

A New York Times food writer discovers the delicacies inherent within Big Woods hog butchering.

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The Long Winter, Chapter 29: The Last Mile

Cap and Almanzo make it back, having bought the wheat from Anderson for $1.25 a bushel. That the best they could do?

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“Let’s Have A Spelling Match!”

We’re planning a spelling bee and we want Little House fans’ input.

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The Long Winter, Chapter 28: Four Days’ Blizzard

Meanwhile, back in De Smet …

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The Long Winter, Chapter 27: For Daily Bread

Cap and Almanzo head out looking for a needle in a haystack. Or a wheat kernel in a dugout.

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Read-Along Update

Hi folks! With the holidays we’ve gotten a bit behind in posting the chapter summaries but we’ll be back on track tomorrow — with an updated schedule. (See right.) We’re nearing the end! And Laura Welser, we’re putting you down for Christmas in May.

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The Long Winter, Chapter 26: Breathing Spell

Food’s all but gone and it’s even too cold for checkers at the drugstore. But Pa comes home with news: Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland are going after the wheat.

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