In the oddest Little House sighting of the day, I was reading Megan McArdle’s blog on the Atlantic Monthly’s web site regarding Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter’s defection from the GOP to the Democratic Party. And lo and behold … Can…
Year: 2009
Pa’s Fiddle… On Your MP3 Player?
Yes, you heard that right… you can now hear Pa’s fiddle tunes on your MP3 player. Dale Cockrell, of Pa’s Fiddle Recordings, has produced two CDs thus far of songs contained in the Little House books. The CDs are available…
Beans in the Bean Pot
As I savored the rich, lovely brown taste of my mother’s Boston Baked Beans at Easter this year, I had a thought: Did Ma have a bean pot? Like Ma’s family, mine has roots in New England, and one recipe…
Country Contentment
“One gains a lot by going out into the world, by traveling and living in different places,” Rose said to me one day, “but one loses a great deal, too. After all I’m not sure but the loss is greater…
Hey! A New Little House Musical Web Site!
And it’s needlepoint!
Off the Beaten Trail…
I often say that I’ve been to all of the Little House sites multiple times. However, that isn’t quite true. The fact is, there are many Little House related sites that I haven’t visited and probably never will. They are…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Rebecca, The Lesser-Known Sites
Vacation Planner Finale
I’ve been getting questions lately from people who stumbled on one of the Vacation Planner posts and couldn’t find the rest, so I thought I’d tie together any loose ends and post links to the entire series so that it’s…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Homesite Vacations, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Little House Travel, Rebecca, Vacation Planner
The Mystery of the Oval Glass Bread Plate
For themselves, they decided to buy a present together, something they could both use and enjoy. After much studying of Montgomery Ward’s catalogue, they chose to get a set of glassware. They needed it for the table and there was…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Cheryl, LIW-Related Items, Mansfield, Research, The First Four Years
Lazy? Lousy? Really?
Something that has always bothered me in the Little House books is the whole Eliza Jane debacle. I couldn’t figure out why Laura presented such a bleak picture of her sister-in-law. Part of the reason for that is the timeline.…
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Tweeting!
Now everyone’s favorite brown-eyed Laura Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert, is tweeting over at Twitter. Find her at @MelissaEGilbert, where she posts about her dogs, the entertainment industry, her family, her post-forty expanding buttocks, and anything else that strikes her fancy. She also answers questions…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Alison Arngrim, Melissa Gilbert, Sandra, Television series -- Little House on the Prairie