There’s been a lot of behind-the-scenes planning and excitement here at Beyond Little House over the past few weeks, as we work on the scope and schedule for the big summer 2010 conference. The Department of Mass Communications at Minnesota…
Year: 2009
Just Go On and Forget It
There had been a little misunderstanding and consequent bad feeling in an organization to which I belong. It has been causing quite a little tempest in a teapot as such things always do, even tho they should not break out…
Rocky Ridge: A Dream Come True
I’ve loved Laura ever since I was eleven, when my sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Lazarus, started reading the Little House books to our class. It was love at first read and I was hooked. I checked the books out of the…
Heartbreaking News: The Economy Brings Down LIW Lodging
Last summer I had the pleasure of lodging at the Historic Anderson House in Wabasha, Minnesota. It’s just over the Mississippi River from Wisconsin and a lovely place to stay during a Pepin visit. Today, I called to finalize plans…
From Pillar to Post
Having moved several times in the last few years, I well understand Ma’s dismay in These Happy Golden Years when Pa starts talking about wanting to go West again. “I was so tired of being dragged from pillar to post,…
Calling on Fans and Admirers …
Are you a “fan” of Laura Ingalls Wilder, or an “admirer”? Do you need to know every detail of her life, or are you satisfied with the books and television series? Have you ever wondered whether Albert existed, or whether…
It is all in your own hands…
The sunlight and shadows in the woods were beautiful that morning, the sunlight a little pale and the air with that quality of hushed expectancy that the coming of autumn brings. Birds were calling to one another and telling of…
Alice Wilder in Florida
I’m pretty good at finding a “Laura” connection in ordinary things, even vacations. My husband has a business trip to Rochester, NY – woo hoo, it’s only a short 5 hour drive to Malone! I need to visit my sister…
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Heap Big Snow Come
I admit it. I’m a sucker for blizzards. I suppose that’s because I’ve never had to, you know, live through one. Tonight, I just might. Forget the sudden cloud speeding from the northwest. We’ve been hearing about a blizzard expected…
The Prairie House Manor
Among the earliest citizens of De Smet was its banker, Thomas Ruth. Banker Ruth receives several mentions in The Long Winter as having bought out the lumberyard and then the last bag of flour at costs higher than the Ingalls…