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…
Year: 2009
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…
Cat’s Cradle
It was the spring of 1987, and Cat’s Cradle was all the rage in Iowa my elementary school. It was the first and only fad I ever had the privilege of starting. And of course, it was all because of…
Summer Giveaway #4 Winners + bonus
Wow, everyone did an awesome job with Laura’s A-Z, Summer Giveaway #4. The computer at random.org picked these two lucky winners: Amy and Elliemae. And for a surprise bonus, Kim gets one for posting the most words! Please email [email…
Boys like Laura, too, don’t they?
In a conversation with my sister-cousin, Nicole Kohls, this weekend, talk turned to Little House. Now, Nic is one of the cousins, along with her sister Sara, who regularly played with my sister, Tracy, and I when we were small.…
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From Oprah to Guideposts, Little House Has Something for Everyone
More than fifty years after her death, Laura Ingalls Wilder is still changing lives. Read this heartwarming article in Guideposts magazine about a little girl who came to understand the meaning of family through a visit to the Little House…
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Ask the Experts: A Little House Wedding?
I am getting married next summer and as I have been a huge LIW fan my whole life, I would like to include something LIW into my wedding…I think I’m looking for a quote to put on the programs or…
The Truth About Silver Lake
We really need to have a talk about Silver Lake. You see, just this week I’ve read comments concerning it on two different blogs of recent visitors to De Smet. One states that she is going to visit “Silver Lake (which,…
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