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Nellie's No Seamstress
I just saw something sort of hilarious. Watching Little House with my kids (they’re just starting to get into it), I’m checking out Nellie’s sewing technique as she plays Meg to Mary’s Marmee in the Walnut Grove school production of Little Women. Remember, the one where classmate Ginny cuts her hair to buy her mom
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Little House on Facebook
Heh. This just in from Facebook, where a pilot friend of mine shared his opinion on flying a two-engine plane. The first comment? “God hates a coward.” (Can you identify the quote?)
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The Dark Side of Little House
When I think of the Little House series, I think about contentment, family, and happy times. Cozy dinners, lively music, loving hugs … it’s all part of the overall mood, isn’t it? Then there’s By the Shores of Silver Lake. The book certainly contains many scenes that evoke familial tranquility. The depiction of the New
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Shepherdess = Home
Whew. That’s me breathing a sigh of relief. Perhaps you haven’t noticed my absence, but I’m going to apologize anyway for being away from the blog. First, I spent a month in a family RV park. Unfortunately, the promised wireless Internet (real camping!) did not materialize. But it was great fun. Three generations of my
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Racism Revisited
Recently the blog Anti-Racist Parent used my post on how to discuss racism in Little Town on the Prairie as a launchpad for a post digging deeper into this issue from the perspective of parents of children of color. It’s a pretty interesting post that led to numerous comments, most of which were helpful and
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Carrie Said … What?
A week and a half ago, on the long ride to the airport, I was reading The Long Winter aloud to my family when I discovered a lifelong error. That is, an error of mine. Remember when Laura and Carrie are walking in the Big Slough, taking a shortcut home from town where they bought
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More On Racism in Little House
Another look at racism in Little House and how to (or not) explain it to children.
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"You Better Just Manage."
How we learn to “just manage” from the Little House books.
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