I was always fascinated by Laura’s sentimentality in naming her first–and ultimately only–child. She named her after the prairie roses that bloomed in June, and it struck me as a particularly whimsical and romantic thing to do, a sign of…
Month: May 2010
De Smet Pageant Cast Updates
Wilder Bros De Smet Pageant 2009 I hope many of you who attend the conference plan on going on to De Smet and also seeing the pageant there. It really is a different experience than the Walnut Grove conference and…
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New FAQs for LauraPalooza
Going to LauraPalooza? We’ve got an updated FAQ.
Summer Storm … or Late Spring, I Guess
So tonight I was instant-messaging my husband — or to be accurate, he was instant-messaging me — while I was on a call with someone about a Homesteader story. The fellow on the phone was also a Laura Ingalls Wilder…
Rooms for Rent in De Smet
Upstairs Lobby to Deluxe Hotel Every year Mt. Pleasant, Iowa is inundated with visitors for one week around Labor Day weekend during the Midwest Old Threshers celebration. The rest of the year they can support a couple of small hotels,…
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LauraPalooza Pre-Registration Closes May 31
We have more than 100 Laura scholars, fans and researchers now registered to attend LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies in July. If you want to join us, you have until May 31 to pre-register. Depending upon the number of seats available after…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Site In De Smet
Have you ever noticed you come back from a Laura trip full of stuff, ideas, and photos, but it takes you awhile to absorb it all or get around to finishing all those projects that popped in your head on…
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Locusts Attack Australia
Have you ever wondered what it was like in Walnut Grove after the grasshoppers fell for the shimmering cloud? Well, you can take a look at a modern day attack. It’s the worst invasion of grasshoppers in Australia in 30…
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Road Work in De Smet
This summer construction will be going on on De Smet’s Third Street, where the Ingalls family lived after they moved to town once and for all. It’s also the street that houses Prairie House Manor. Water mains in the center…
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The Way I See It: Melissa Sue Anderson on the Today Show
I find it somewhat ironic that first Laura’s books were converted to television — and now the stars of that television series are all writing books. We told you about Melissa Gilbert’s Prairie Tale: A Memoir last year. Melissa played…