Imagine picking up a copy of Little House in the Big Woods and reading it for the very first time. Imagine reading about the sugaring-off dance at Grandpa’s, and the jigging contest between Grandma and Uncle George. And then imagine,…
Month: April 2009
New Tour Dates for Little House – The Musical
A new article at Playbill lists a few more dates for the 2009-2010 tour. Is it coming to a theater near you?
The Michigan Connection…
My husband and I recently visited the Detroit Public Library in Detroit, Michigan, where the original manuscripts of The Long Winter and These Happy Golden Years are housed. It is a trip that I have been wanting to take for…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Laura Welser, Research, The Lesser-Known Sites, The Long Winter, These Happy Golden Years
Little House in Strange Places
In the oddest Little House sighting of the day, I was reading Megan McArdle’s blog on the Atlantic Monthly’s web site regarding Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter’s defection from the GOP to the Democratic Party. And lo and behold … Can…
Pa’s Fiddle… On Your MP3 Player?
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…
Beans in the Bean Pot
As I savored the rich, lovely brown taste of my mother’s Boston Baked Beans at Easter this year, I had a thought: Did Ma have a bean pot? Like Ma’s family, mine has roots in New England, and one recipe…
Country Contentment
“One gains a lot by going out into the world, by traveling and living in different places,” Rose said to me one day, “but one loses a great deal, too. After all I’m not sure but the loss is greater…
Hey! A New Little House Musical Web Site!
And it’s needlepoint!
Off the Beaten Trail…
I often say that I’ve been to all of the Little House sites multiple times. However, that isn’t quite true. The fact is, there are many Little House related sites that I haven’t visited and probably never will. They are…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Rebecca, The Lesser-Known Sites
Vacation Planner Finale
I’ve been getting questions lately from people who stumbled on one of the Vacation Planner posts and couldn’t find the rest, so I thought I’d tie together any loose ends and post links to the entire series so that it’s…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Homesite Vacations, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Little House Travel, Rebecca, Vacation Planner