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.
Little House Cooking in the NYT
A New York Times food writer discovers the delicacies inherent within Big Woods hog butchering.
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?
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.
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.
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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