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The Life Stories of a Pioneer Girl
By Rebecca Brammer on June 29, 2010 | 3 Responses
The Wilder Home in Mansfield, Missouri, has released a factual documentary, Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Life Stories of a Pioneer Girl. The DVD is available for purchase at the Wilder Home’s website.
Posted in Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Laura's Legacy, LIW-Related Items, Mansfield | 3 Responses
The Way Melissa Sees It
By Rebecca Brammer on June 3, 2010 | 3 Responses
We review “Mary’s” new celebrity memoir.
Posted in LIW-Related Items, Television series -- Little House on the Prairie | Tagged Alison Arngrim, book reviews, Little House on the Prairie, melissa anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson | 3 Responses
Little House Traveler
By Amy Lauters on August 17, 2009 | 2 Responses
Re-reading Little House Traveler this weekend, I was struck by two particular things:
1. Despite the fact that she presumably had a decent income by the time she made her trip back to South Dakota with Almanzo, Laura was compelled to track her finances in her journal.
2. She and Almanzo were farmers to the bone; their
Posted in Almanzo Wilder, LIW-Related Items | Tagged Amy | 2 Responses
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Activist?
By Amy Lauters on June 29, 2009 | 1 Response
First, thanks to everyone who listened to my first official radio interview. It was an interesting experience, and I appreciated an interviewer who’d obviously read the book first! Thanks to Sandra, too, for posting the link to the recording of the show.
The interviewer made me think about Laura again, in the context of her work
Posted in Cultural Impact, LIW-Related Items, Missouri Ruralist, Research | 1 Response
Neighbors
By Jonni Craven on June 19, 2009 | 1 Response
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
Posted in LIW-Related Items, Missouri Ruralist, Quotations from Laura | Tagged Jonni | 1 Response
Reflections on Cheese, From a True Wisconsinite
By Amy Lauters on June 1, 2009 | 1 Response
Ah, cheese. Until those silly California cows started their “happy” dance of cheese-making, Wisconsin served as the number-one source of good cheese in the United States.
But as a Wisconsin native, I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that we take our cheese much more seriously than anyone in California.
Take our elementary education,
Posted in Caroline Quiner Ingalls (Ma), Cultural Impact, Little House in the Big Woods, LIW-Related Items | Tagged Amy | 1 Response
That Engagement Ring
By Jonni Craven on May 1, 2009 | 9 Responses
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
Posted in LIW-Related Items | Tagged Jonni | 9 Responses
Pa's Fiddle… On Your MP3 Player?
By Beyond Little House on April 28, 2009 | Leave a response
Yes, you heard that right… you can now hear Pa’s fiddle tunes on your MP3 player.
Dale Cockrell, of Pa’s Fiddle Recordings, has produced two CDs thus far of songs contained in the Little House books. The CDs are available for purchase on his website.
But now the songs have been released for single song download. At
Posted in LIW-Related Items | Tagged Dale Cockrell, Pa's Fiddle | Leave a response
The Mystery of the Oval Glass Bread Plate
By Cheryl Whitlock on April 23, 2009 | 4 Responses
For themselves, they decided to buy a present together, something they could both use and enjoy. After much studying of Montgomery Ward’s catalogue, they chose to get a set of glassware. They needed it for the table and there was such a pretty set advertised, a sugar bowl, spoon-holder, butter dish, six sauce dishes, and
Posted in LIW-Related Items, Mansfield, Research, The First Four Years | Tagged Cheryl | 4 Responses
Score! Garage sales, bread, and LIW
By Amy Lauters on April 20, 2009 | Leave a response
Over the weekend I had an opportunity to go to a citywide garage sale in New Ulm, Minn., about half-way between Mankato and Sleepy Eye. I had my eye out for some household goods I need to outfit a second guest room, and thought it would be a perfect spot.
Imagine my surprise when I ran
Posted in LIW-Related Items, The Long Winter, Walnut Grove | Tagged Amy | Leave a response













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