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A Word from Willie
“They can’t ride on my velocipede!”
The phrase springs into my head upon the mere mention of the name Willie Oleson.
Willie is a fun character, I think. Like the character of Nellie, Willie in the book series is a composite of more than one real boy. (Although the Plum Creek Willie was surely based on Willie
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Nancy Westlake of Hoover Library Honored
Hoover Presidential Library volunteer Nancy Westlake wrote Laura lesson plans and won national award.
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Kitty Latane Resigns from Pepin Newsletter
Kitty Latane, long time editor of “Notes from Pepin” resigns from her post.
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Mary’s Birthday
A birthday party for Mary Ingalls kicks off a new Ingalls gallery at the American Printing House for the Blind Museum.
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A Rose in December
…a Rose in December (is) much rarer than a rose in June, and must be paid for accordingly.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder, in The First Four Years
This quotation has been going through my head for the last month, every time I go in or out my front door and see the beautiful rosebushes still in full bloom
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A Very Mary Celebration
This past summer, I took my niece to De Smet, South Dakota. As we soared across half the country high above the clouds in an airplane, I read By the Shores of Silver Lake to her and thought what a good thing it was we didn’t have to travel to De Smet the same way
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A Lesson from Ma
Ma Ingalls has apparently become a teacher in a new series out in blogland. I thought the first lesson a great one, and look forward to future installments.
What can you learn from Ma Ingalls?
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Ask the Experts: What sickness did Ma have?
Folks, we’ve been remiss in posting the questions received by our readers lately, having a tendency to respond by email and never put them up on the site for others to read. We’ll try to rectify that, so don’t be surprised if you see a number of questions put up in the next couple of
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Laura: A Documentary
Those of you who keep up with Dean Butler’s Legacy Documentaries blog are probably as pleased as we are at the recent announcement that the Laura Ingalls Wilder project he has hoped and planned for is officially coming to fruition.
Dean Butler, whom many will remember as the actor who played Almanzo Wilder on the Little
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