Jonni Craven
Neighbors
Recently I found myself stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, so I started thinking about Little House. I had plenty of time because in the more than 45 minutes I was there, not one person stopped to help. And that’s why I started thinking about Little House, because I’m pretty sure that
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What If
Do you ever play the “what if” game in regards to the Ingalls and Wilders? I sure do. What if the Ingalls had stayed in the Big Woods, mightn’t they have been better off? It seems like their most prosperous time was in that snug little cabin in Wisconsin. Things kind of went downhill from there. Oh
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Gingerbread
I just learned that June 5 is National Gingerbread Day, who knew?
In honor of this much loved holday, I think we should all get out the molasses and make LIW’s famous gingerbread recipe.
Happy baking!
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Too Good To Be True?
Sandra’s excellent post last week about Rose’s contributions to On The Way Home made me think about our expectations of Laura. Not Laura the book character but Laura, the real woman.
Most people probably think of Laura as the embodiment of sweet, simple, old-fashioned things. I often see her quote - ”I am beginning to learn that
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Laura and her dogs
One of my favorite characters in the Little House books is Jack, the brindle bulldog, Laura’s loyal friend and companion through the first 3 books. Even though Laura is surrounded by a loving family, there are times when it seems like Jack is the only one that truly understands her. Having been blessed with a
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That Engagement Ring
Laura held her hand up to the first light of the new moon. The gold of the ring and its flat oval set shone shone in the faint moon radiance. Three small stones set in the golden oval glimmered…a garnet, with a pearl on each side.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder, in These Happy Golden Years
Reading those words
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Wedding Silver
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve always tried to find a way to bring my interests into my daily life. It may have been wearing my hair like one of the Brady Bunch, convincing my mother that I needed that Partridge Family purse (which I was too embarrassed to wear in public, sorry
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Camping at the Ingalls Homestead
To my mind there’s nothing better than spending a day at the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet – unless it’s spending the night. Yes, you heard me right, you can spend the night on the Ingalls’ land, allowing you to get a small peek into what it must have been like to live on the
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Alice Wilder in Florida
I’m pretty good at finding a “Laura” connection in ordinary things, even vacations. My husband has a business trip to Rochester, NY – woo hoo, it’s only a short 5 hour drive to Malone! I need to visit my sister in southern Alabama – time to check out Westville, Florida, where Laura and Almanzo lived
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Why Laura?
Mention “Little House on the Prairie” to most people and they’ll immediately think of the 1970s TV series starring Michael Landon. Or they’ll remember reading the books when they were kids. Or they’ll be like my voice teacher: give you a blank stare because they’ve never watched TV and children’s books about pioneering are apparently
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