It might be too late for this year, but I wanted to share this great pattern for making a pumpkin with a Laura theme. Find this one and more on Midwest Living. You will need to create a sign in…
Month: October 2011
Going to see Laura
Last Saturday, my daughter and I enjoyed the ArtsPower touring musical production of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up on the Prairie at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts in Clinton Township, Michigan. I must first say that I went…
Last Call for Committee Volunteers
Thank you, everyone who has volunteered for a committee. Some committees were more popular than others, so it was good to have people’s second and third choices. We seem to have a good selection of volunteers for each committee; we’ll…
Gathering Our Harvest
There is a purple haze over the hill tops and a hint of sadness in the sunshine, because of summer’s departure; on the low ground down by the spring the walnuts are dropping from the trees and squirrels are busy…
October Blizzard
Laura woke up suddenly. She heard singing and a queer slapping sound. “Oh, I am as happy as a big sunflower (Slap! Slap!) That nods and bends in the breezes, Oh! (Slap! Slap!) And my heart (Slap!) is as light…
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up on the Prairie
I always keep an eye out for any Laura-related event going on close to home. Not that there’s a lot going on in my part of Michigan far away from any Little House homesite. However, I did hit the jackpot…
Living History Farms Sale
Living History Farms is a major living history site in Des Moines, Iowa. It covers the story of agriculture in Iowa from the native Ioway tribe through modern times with an 184os and 1900 farm along the way and an…
A Blast from the Past
If you grew up in the ’60s and ’70s (like me), you might remember the book series, The Best In Children’s Books. It was published by Doubleday Book Clubs and was a 42 volume set as I learned here. Each…
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Committees for LP 2012: Ready to Do Some Planning?
We’ve given readers some periodic teasers about planning for the upcoming LauraPalooza 2012. One such teaser is the formation of sub-committees. We asked a while ago on the Facebook page for LP 2012 about volunteering for various committees, and a…
Why Did Laura Write?
A blog reader wrote in with the following: Here is a message that appeared on another forum: …there is some discussion about how much of the works are actually [Laura Ingalls Wilder’s] or her younger sister’s memories, and how much/what…