…And they look FABULOUS. Check it out: Front and Back views of the LIWLRA T-shirts There’s still plenty of time to order yours! (That’s my untidy office bookshelf in the background.)
Year: 2010
The Long Winter, Chapter 3: The Fall of the Year
As this chapter begins, the weather machinations are clicking along: the hot September days of haying end abruptly with three days of rain, and then, after that, the first frost. “My goodness,” Ma said shivering, while she laid kindling in…
Republished: Henry Ford’s Own Story by Rose Wilder Lane
Henry Ford's Own Story Most of Rose’s books came out before the magic year where copyrighted books currently pass into public domain. Several publishing companies have taken to reprinting these books. They don’t have to pay anything for the text,…
Republished: Henry Ford’s Own Story by Rose Wilder Lane | Beyond Little House
Henry Ford's Own Story Most of Rose’s books came out before the magic year where copyrighted books currently pass into public domain. Several publishing companies have taken to reprinting these books. They don’t have to pay anything for the text,…
Posted in Uncategorized, Writings and Works Tagged with: Diverging Roads, Henry Ford, Henry Ford's Own Story, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, The Making of Herbert Hoover
Long Winter Chapter 2: “An Errand To Town”
My heart’s a-flutter. For in this chapter, our heroine meets her hero for the first time, and sighs of delight echo across the prairies from romantic young (and old?) readers. At the opening of our scene, it’s still hot. Even…
Happy Laura Ingalls Wilder Day!
What? You hadn’t heard? That’s right, today is officially “Laura Ingalls Wilder Day” in the state of Wisconsin, as proclaimed by its governor, Jim Doyle. The proclamation was presented at 1 pm today by Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton at the…
Little House in Court: What Happened?
The Little House on the Prairie site In the fall of 2008, the Little House on the Prairie homesite near Independence, Kansas, made national headlines due to a lawsuit filed against them by Friendly Family Productions, who own the rights…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Friendly Lawsuit, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Independence, Laura's Legacy
Vote for Half Pint
Many of you may be familiar with @HalfPintIngalls and her experiences on the “twittergraph” — and if you’re not, you’ll want to be! Half Pint has been nominated for the Shorty Awards in humor and you can support her by…
Announcing LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies
Read all about it: LAURAPALOOZA 2010: Conference Celebrating Laura Ingalls Wilder Hits Minnesota in July
The Long Winter, Chapter 1: Make Hay While the Sun Shines
It’s hot. It’s probably August, though the book doesn’t explicitly say. It’s the summer after the first winter near De Smet—the winter of the Surveyors’ House and the oyster-soup New Year’s dinner—and the Ingalls family is out on the claim.…