Two weekends ago (and yes, I’m late in posting, sorry), I went camping at Beaver Creek Valley State Park in the southeastern corner of Minnesota, just north of the Iowa border. The plan? To tour the Niagara Cave in Harmony,…
Year: 2010
Pa’s Church Bell Video
Here’s a quick little video from footage I didn’t use for the Laurapalooza videos. I hope you enjoy it! Pa’s Church Bell Sarah S. Uthoff blogs at TrundleBed Tales; look for her on Twitter and YouTube.
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Little House Toys
If the toys available to a child determine his or her interests, my kids will be Laura fans from the get-go. I’m always on a mission, it seems, to figure out how to create Little House related toys. I’ve got…
Hoover Library is a Twitter
Every Labor Day I introduce a brand new program about Laura at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Remembered event at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. This year they’ve arranged for me to get wireless access…
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Beyond Little House
Got 45 minutes to spare? When it comes to Laura, of course you do. Beyond Little House’s Sarah Uthoff and Amy Lauters were guest speakers today on Iowa Public Radio’s “Talk of Iowa” on a segment called “Laura Ingalls Wilder…
Happy Anniversary, Laura and Almanzo!
Our favorite couple celebrates 125 years of wedded bliss today. Share your congratulations below.
Remnants of LauraPalooza: Help me clean out my office
As I write this, a month has passed since we wrapped up our first ever LauraPalooza. I’m trying to process how I feel about the event. It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun. I think it…
And One More on the Way Posts List
As part of the countdown for the Laurapalooza conference I began a series of travel posts of places “on the way” to the conference or that you might add to any Laura trip. The series has been very popular, but…
And One More on the Way: Spring Valley, MN
Somehow Spring Valley was overlooked and didn’t get a page on the homesite list. Until we get that corrected, I wanted to do an And One More on the Way post about them. Visit their website: http://www.springvalleymnmuseum.org Spring Valley Church…
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Ingalls Homestead Hosts Harvey Dunn Plein Air Event
Wagon at Ingalls Homestead The second annual Harvey Dunn Memorial Society Plein Air Event will be held Aug. 13-15, 2010 at the Ingalls Homestead one mile southeast of De Smet. Artists of all levels of experience are encouraged to participate.…
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