My neighbor, who came from a city where her husband worked for a salary, said to me, “It is difficult for any one who has worked for wages to get used to farming. There is a great difference between having…
Month: July 2011
LauraPalooza 2010 in Convene Magazine
Earlier this year, an editor from Convene, the magazine for the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), asked us for some photos from LauraPalooza to accompany a small write-up of our event. The story was published in the April 2011 issue.…
Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum Calendar 2011
Almanzo Wilder Doll The Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum have released the following event schedule for 2011. Although the mailing address is Malone and it is the bigger town, the farm itself…
Little House on Oprah
Over at oprah.com there’s a blog and it happens to be “Summer Reading Week”. Check out this story where homage was paid to Laura Ingalls Wilder. Wendy McClure’s The Wilder Life was given a mention too! The article also tells…
Backward Turn Backward
It’s been a year since my mom passed away…a long and oftentimes very difficult year. My mother was in poor health after she broke her leg several years ago and just wasn’t able to live her life the way she…
The Hot Wind Blew
At last the wheat was in the milk and again Manly estimated that the yield would be forty bushels to the acre. Then one morning the wind blew strong from the south and it was a warm wind. Before noon…
LauraPalooza 2010 – Memories
Can you believe it’s been a whole year since LauraPalooza 2010? Can you believe it’s only a year to LauraPalooza 2012? Since I first heard about a possible conference with only one subject – Laura Ingalls Wilder – I was…
Looking Ahead to LauraPalooza 2012: What Would Laura Do?
I hope you’ve been enjoying the recap and review of last summer’s first-ever research conference devoted to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the legacies of both women. As I followed along with Sarah Sue’s video posts, I was…
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Last Day of Laurapalooza 2010
The Laurapalooza conference was officially over. Dean Butler stayed around and did additional signing and spoke with visitors. Some conference attendees headed further west to De Smet, South Dakota and attended the pageant that night. I however had to head…
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Day Five of Laurapalooza 2010
Today the actual conference sessions were only in the morning followed up a spelling bee at lunch time and then everyone headed out. Some people headed home, others went to see the Betsy-Tacy houses which featured special events for the…
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