LIW-Related Items
Little House Traveler
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
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Activist?
Respecting Laura as a farm activist, her life before the “Little House” books.
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Neighbors
Thinking about Laura and neighbors and being stranded on the side of the road…
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That Engagement Ring
The search for that garnet and seed pearl ring is over…or is it?
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The Mystery of the Oval Glass Bread Plate
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
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Score! Garage sales, bread, and LIW
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
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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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