Month: September 2009

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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Anne vs. Laura

Last week I got wind of a fight I didn’t want to participate in — mainly because I could never choose a side. The question at stake: Who’s Cooler: Anne of Green Gables… or Laura Ingalls? Wow. I felt like…

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Grandpa’s father

Lately, I’ve been thinking about Samuel Worthen Ingalls. Laura’s great-grandfather. He interests me because he is the one ancestor Laura never met who makes it into one of her books as a minor character. As I wonder what kind of…

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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.…

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Fall Fun at the Wilder Homesites

Just because summer’s over, don’t think the fun at the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites has to end!! This weekend — September 12-13 — celebrate Laura Ingalls Wilder Days in Pepin, Wisconsin — the Little House in the Big Woods. And…

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The Winner of the First Quote Contest is ….

Roberta! Four of you slogged through to the very, very end, and from those four, a winner was randomly chosen. Congratulations to all of you who made it! Roberta, you now need to contact me privately at alauters[at]yahoo[dot]com so that…

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Quote Contest

You all are truly Laura-lovers. You’ve memorized the books and cite chapter and verse when it comes to even the most obscure quotes. It also looks like you had fun participating over the past two weeks. I’ll release the comments…

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Kids Think the Darnedest Things…

One day when Pa was hunting, two Indians came. They came into the house, because Jack was chained. Those Indians were dirty and scowling and mean. They acted as if the house belonged to them. One of them looked through…

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Quote #12: Last one!

You all have through Monday to post your answers, and I’ll make this one easy: ———————————– “It can never be a long time ago.”

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Quote #11:

Just two quotes to go! Here’s today’s: ——————– “Then the sun went down, far away in the west, and it was time to make the camp ready for night.”

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