Thanksgiving dinner was good. Pa had shot a wild goose for it. Ma had to stew the goose because there was no fireplace, and no oven in the little stove. But she made dumplings in the gravy. There were corn…
Month: November 2009
Sloo and Slough
When I was in De Smet this summer, we were talking about the Big Slough and as always a quote from Emily of Deep Valley popped into my head. Other people in the conference planning group said they had the…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Cherry Jones, De Smet -- General, Farmer Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mankato MN, Slough
Being Thankful
When Laura shares her feelings of thankfulness with her Missouri Ruralist readers, she makes note of all the things we sometimes don’t take the time to be thankful for, the everyday things to which we never give a thought. Inasmuch…
LauraPalooza Details
You asked for it. Here they are–the details on LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies. Click on the image below to a PDF with all the pertinent info. Questions? Write beyondlittlehouse at gmail dot com.
A Quilt With No Name
Summer has faded and the cool breezes are here. It’s the time of year when the drone of the air conditioner is replaced with the hum of the heater and I pull our heavy quilts out of their storage crates.…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: On the Banks of Plum Creek, quilts, These Happy Golden Years, trini
About Presenting at LauraPalooza …
I’ve been getting a note or call here and there from folks who’d like to present something at LP, but don’t have an academic paper to present. When I plotted out the call for papers, I simply didn’t think about…
Twitter Rhymes
If you’ve been following Rose Wilder Lane and Half Pint Ingalls on Twitter, you’ve already seen this exchange — my favorite Twitter couplet ever, because it rhymes. @HalfPintIngalls: Almanzo likes big bustles; he cannot lie. @RoseWilderLane: As the young people…
A Lesson from Ma
Ma Ingalls has apparently become a teacher in a new series out in blogland. I thought the first lesson a great one, and look forward to future installments. What can you learn from Ma Ingalls?