We apologize for the interruption in blogging this week. The Beyond Little House blogging team has been exploring “Little House” land together while planning the Laurapalooza 2010 conference. Expect a return to regular blogging next week. In the meantime, we…
Month: July 2009
Summer Giveaway #3 winners
For Summer Giveaway #3, the computer at random.org picked these two lucky winners: Laura and Shelley. Please email [email removed] with your mailing address. Remember, there will be several opportunities throughout the summer to win a copy so if you…
Prairie Tale: Part 2
Read Part 1 here regarding Melissa Gilbert’s autobiography, Prairie Tale. The publicity hit the fan before the book was even published. Headlines flashed the secrets Melissa spilled in her book regarding her own life and that of other Hollywood stars.…
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Prairie Tale: Part 1
I rarely watch tv or go to the movies. I have no interest in the Hollywood scene, never have. I pay no attention to actors and actresses, and have no idea who plays in what. With one exception. I grew…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Melissa Gilbert, Musical--Little House on the Prairie, Rebecca, Television series -- Little House on the Prairie
Laura Palooza 2010: Your thoughts?
This weekend, several of us are gathering in De Smet, S.D., to enjoy Laura’s little town and to hammer out some details for next summer’s Laura Palooza 2010, to be held in Mankato, Minn., July 15-17. One thing we all…
Summer Giveaway #3
If Rose Wilder Lane were alive today, what would she be doing? Share your thoughts in the comment section and be entered in a drawing for a copy of my book Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco. In approximately two weeks I…
Boom!
Boom! Laura was jerked out of sleep. The bedroom was dark. Carrie asked in a thin, scared whisper, “What was that?” “Don’t be scared,” Laura answered. They listened. The window was hardly gray in the dark, but Laura could feel…
America’s King
The crowd was scattering away then, but Laura stood stock still. Suddenly she had a completely new thought. The Declaration and the song came together in her mind, and she thought: God is America’s king. She thought: Americans won’t obey…
Independence Day
“Father, how was it axes and plows that made this country? Didn’t we fight England for it?” “We fought for Independence, son,” Father said. “But all the land our forefathers had was a little strip of country, here between the…
Where History is Preserved…
I recently returned from my first Little House trip of the year, and felt I just had to share about the wonderful experience I had at one of the homesites. You often hear lovely stories about visits to Mansfield, to…