Do you ever play the “what if” game in regards to the Ingalls and Wilders? I sure do. What if the Ingalls had stayed in the Big Woods, mightn’t they have been better off? It seems like their most prosperous time was…
Year: 2009
Let the punishment fit the crime
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about discipline, and how I want to raise my children to have an intrinsic moral code to guide their own behavior and make good choices in life, and what disciplinary tactics would be most…
How Research Takes Hold of Us
I was glad to see Rebecca’s post on my new book, More than a Farmer’s Wife: Voices of American Farm Women, 1910 to 1960. I especially appreciated that it resonated so deeply with her and her experiences as a farmer’s…
Summer Giveaway #1
Do you have a favorite Little House site? Why is it your favorite? Share your memories in the comment section and be entered in a drawing for a copy of my book Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco. In two weeks I…
Gingerbread
I just learned that June 5 is National Gingerbread Day, who knew? In honor of this much loved holday, I think we should all get out the molasses and make LIW’s famous gingerbread recipe. Happy baking!
Where To Stay In Pepin?
In what must have been a cloud of immense grief on the discovery that the Historic Anderson Inn was closed, I just realized to my surprise that I have neglected to secure lodging in Pepin next month. I’ve been on…
Summer Giveaway
Ten years ago I followed the footsteps of Rose Wilder Lane in San Francisco. This summer, to mark the anniversary of that trip, I am giving away ten copies of my book Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco! Approximately every other…
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Thoughts from a Farmer’s Granddaughter
I said I was going to write a review of Amy Mattson Lauters’ latest book, More Than a Farmer’s Wife. But I’m not going to do that after all. You see, the book resonated with me so much that something…
Distinctly “Little House” Phrases
Yesterday as I was cooking dinner in the kitchen (lemon pasta with shrimp, if it helps the setting), my daughter wandered in. “Mom,” she said, “what’s ‘Jiminy Crickets’?” Admittedly, my first thought was Pinocchio. Isn’t it Pinocchio who has Jiminy…
Reflections on Cheese, From a True Wisconsinite
Ah, cheese. Until those silly California cows started their “happy” dance of cheese-making, Wisconsin served as the number-one source of good cheese in the United States. But as a Wisconsin native, I can tell you without a shadow of a…
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