Amy Lauters
LauraPalooza Updates
There’s still plenty of room for anyone who hasn’t yet registered for LauraPalooza. We’re going to close registration May 31, unless we fill up before then, and any spots available after that point will likely be available on a first-come, first-served basis, by the day, on site.
About half of the Sears Hall beds have
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Long Winter Chapter 12: Alone
I have to restrain myself from starting this post in my finest Dickensian style: “Alone: In which the family begins to speculate about how MUCH trouble they’re in, and how truly dire this winter will be.”
We open this chapter with Laura and Mary working on their needlework projects in the sunny front room of the
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A Word About Vending at LauraPalooza …
Vendors at LauraPalooza will sell only Little House-related merchandise.
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Fun in Mankato and Walnut Grove
Oh, I’m so excited. We’ve got some details to add about the Walnut Grove field trip and activities in Mankato this summer during LauraPalooza.
First, two Walnut Grove natives, Denise Tietz and Catherine DeBates, are public relations students in my department at MSU. They’ve taken on the task of organizing activities for those who want to
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Registration Now Open
We have a full slate of fabulous presenters at this year’s LauraPalooza conference. They include:
* William Anderson
* John Miller
* Pamela Smith Hill
* Wendy Corsi Staub
* Dean Butler
… and many others who have been conducting independent research about Laura, Rose, or facets of their lives. The preliminary conference schedule is available here.
To register, fill out and
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The Julia A. Sears Residence Hall at MSU
We’ve encountered a lot of questions as folks are preparing to register for LauraPalooza. Registration opens Sunday. But one question many have asked as they think through their budgets and travel plans has to do with the on-campus housing option we’re offering.
People who opt for the dorm package as part of their registration will be
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Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota–Again
Right now, I feel a good deal like Florence Garland did in 1880:
“Miss Garland was thinking and biting her lip. She could not decide to dismiss school because of a storm, but this storm frightened her.
“‘I ought to tell her what to do,’ Laura thought. But she could not think what to do. It was
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The T-shirts Are IN
…And they look FABULOUS. Check it out:
There’s still plenty of time to order yours! (That’s my untidy office bookshelf in the background.)
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The Long Winter, Chapter 2: “An Errand To Town”
My heart’s a-flutter. For in this chapter, our heroine meets her hero for the first time, and sighs of delight echo across the prairies from romantic young (and old?) readers.
At the opening of our scene, it’s still hot. Even in September, Pa works steadily to cut hay, thinking ahead to spring when some of it
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