This chapter is full of images that have stayed with me ever since my first reading of The Long Winter. To me, they’re full of burgeoning excitement. Image 1: Pa and Mr. Boast walking down the street with the Christmas…
Year: 2010
Dean Butler’s LIW Documentary
Remember Dean Butler’s Legacy Documentaries’ biopic about Laura Ingalls Wilder? It’s ready. Here’s the trailer.
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The Long Winter, Chapter 31: Waiting for the Train
Guest post by Barb Mayes Boustead Flooding in Yankton, South Dakota, Spring 1881 Spring is here! Those of us who live on the Plains know the sense of relief all too well, how feeling mild temperatures and seeing green growth…
Little House Cooking in the NYT
I love when The New York Times goes Little House, especially in an I-thought-I-hated-these-books-but-look-how-cool-this-part-is way. “Little House in the Hood” is a rather interesting story from the NYT Magazine — a cooking column, actually — that references Little House in…
Great Discussion a Few Chapters Back
One of the limits of this blog is that truly organic discussions, no matter how pertinent or thoughtful, can so easily get left behind. I’d love to explore an alternative to comments that would keep discussions dynamic, interesting, and front-and-center.…
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The Long Winter, Chapter 30: It Can’t Beat Us
It seems like it should be the end, but it’s not. The wheat has come in to “save” the town, but it’s not over yet. All the wheat means is that the townspeople have bread to eat instead of nothing…
The Long Winter, Chapter 29: The Last Mile
This chapter is pivotal in more than one way, and there’s so much said in just a few pages that to attempt to expound upon it all would be quite challenging. So I’ll just make a few comments, and let…
The Long Winter, Chapter 27: For Daily Bread
Guest post by Karen Witham In which our hero and his brave sidekick set out in search of lifesaving wheat… The chapter opens: “In the third night of that storm a stillness woke Almanzo.” There is then a rather touching…
Read-Along Update
Hi folks! With the holidays we’ve gotten a bit behind in posting the chapter summaries but we’ll be back on track tomorrow — with an updated schedule. (See right.) We’re nearing the end! And Laura Welser, we’re putting you down…
The Long Winter, Chapter 26: Breathing Spell
Guest post by Jennye Woolf It is funny that this chapter is titled “Breathing Spell” since the entire chapter seems as though people are holding their breath waiting for the next shoe to drop. It starts off still but so…