This question has been a common one over the decades, with not much of an answer available until recent years. Gina Terrana, who has researched the life of Mary Power and published articles on her in the Laura Ingalls Wilder…
Month: August 2009
Summer Giveaway #5 Winners
It’s hard to believe that it’s already back-to-school time!! And, time for the results of the last Summer Giveaway (#5). The computer at random.org picked these two lucky winners: Jennie and Amie. Please email [email removed] with your mailing address. Thanks to all…
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…
The Prairie is a Dangerous Place
What image comes to your mind when you hear the word prairie? I wonder if sometimes we have a tendency to romanticize our view, choosing to remember Laura’ s vivid descriptions of that large empty flat land with the enormous…
LauraPalooza 2010 News
Folks, we’ve got some exciting news on the LP 2010 front. First, we’ve confirmed John E. Miller and Pamela Smith Hill as guest speakers. Miller is the author of at least three books and numerous articles about the Wilder-Lane women…
A Rose in December
All this talk about Rose has again made me reflect on her life. Since I am, indeed, in the researching-and-writing stage of working on a biography of Rose, it’s not hard for me to settle in to thinking about her.…
Why Little House is Purple
I like purple. I like it a lot. It’s my favorite color, in fact. I remember when I first learned how purple came to be. During those carefree childhood days of summer, my grandparents kept all of us kids well…
Rose Wilder Lane … Who Knew?
Well, we did. But apparently, now that the venerable New Yorker has run an article about Rose and Laura–containing no new information, and just a lot of commentary based on recycled sources–cyberspace is whirling with debate about Rose’s politics, the…
Summer Giveaway #5
If you could go back and meet someone from Laura’s world, who would you visit? What would you talk about? Share your thoughts in the comment section and be entered in a drawing for a copy of my book Rose Wilder…
Pie Plant
One of the key questions I had about The First Four Years had nothing to do with the plot, the relationships, or Laura. It had to do with pie plant. You may remember the scene: Laura was cooking for the…