Beyond Little House
The Long Winter, Chapter 17: Seed Wheat
Guest post by Dr. Laura McLemore
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I have to tell you people that it is very difficult to write about blizzards as I am sitting only a few hundred feet from the Alabama coastline. And before I begin, a Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you.
Seed Wheat is another short chapter. The cold
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The Long Winter, Chapter 16: Fair Weather
Guest post by Karen Witham
After the dreariness of the last chapter, “Fair Weather” opens with the blizzard over but the after-effects lingering. The lack of a train is beginning to strike a somber note, and while Mary is her usual Biblical self, Laura is grumpy and so is Carrie. A reminder of the authority
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The Long Winter, Chapter 15: No Trains
Guest post by Erin Blakemore
Now it starts to get GOOD, people. And by good, of course I mean bad, because to Laura it’s not even worth the effort to get up in the morning (sacrilege to a group of women and men whose lives revolve around being useful and doing their chores). She does drag
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The Long Winter, Chapter 14: One Bright Day
Guest post by Laura McLemore
This is a relatively short chapter and serves as bit of reprieve from the tension of the story. In this chapter, the blizzard of the previous days has subsided. Laura is awakened suddenly. She lies in her bed listening and realizes that she was startled awake by the silence. There is
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The Long Winter, Chapter 13: We’ll Weather the Blast!
Guest post by Susan Barton Malphurs
Another bone-chilling sunrise, more ravaging winds with “wild voices,” yet Pa sings. He calls to Caroline that he is headed to the barn, but the fires are going. Ma advises the girls to remain in bed until the house is warmer. Laura can’t rest. The howl
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The Long Winter, Ch. 10: Three Days’ Blizzard
Almanzo makes pancakes, thinks about protecting his seed wheat, and recalls how he said “You can put me down as 21.”
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Walnut Grove’s Making a Classroom Cookbook
Nicole Elzenga, Collections Manager at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, tells Beyond Little House that the museum is working on another cookbook to add to their collection. (“Tastes of Plum Creek: Volume II” was published in 2005 and is still currently available in the Walnut Grove gift store and online.)
The Walnut Grove
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The Long Winter, Chapter 9: Cap Garland
Remember when Laura and Carrie got stuck in the blizzard on the way home from school and Cap walked off into the swirling snow?
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More Coverage of LauraPalooza
Mankato Free Press article on LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies
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