“The food administration now becomes a great machine of mercy destined to carry the American spirit into the homes and hearts of a great host of bewildered, confused human beings, hungry, discouraged, saddened, submerged by the wreckage resulting from the…
Month: November 2011
Thanksgiving Time | Beyond Little House
As Thanksgiving day draws near again, I am reminded of an occurrence of my childhood. To tell the truth, it is a yearly habit of mine to think of it about this time and to smile at it once more.…
Posted in Quotations from Laura
A Wilder Giveaway!
Wendy McClure’s book, The Wilder Life, has been chosen for the first round of the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Memoir & Autobiography category! Make sure you take a trip over to Goodreads before Nov. 20th and vote. In recognition…
The Joy of Learning
The topic that had been given me for my club lesson was music. Now the only instrument I can play is the phonograph and I venture to sing only in a crowd where I can drown my voice in the…
Christmas Event at Rocky Ridge
Earlier when I did a post about the closing dates of all the homesites, I asked a follow up question about whether they’d be having a Christmas event. Mansfield thought they might have one, but weren’t sure yet at that…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Christmas, Holidays, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mansfield, Rocky Ridge
Membership Reminder
Last week I mailed out 25 more new memberships and renewals, including one each to Denmark, Sweden and Italy. So, now that I’m caught up, I’m going to start e-mailing out direct reminders to those of you who haven’t renewed…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Administrivia, Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association, LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies
An Autumn Day
King Winter has sent warning of his coming! There was a delightful freshness in the air the other morning, and all over the low places lay the first frost of the season. What a beautiful world this is! Have you…
Season Ends
October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip after that, make sure you call ahead. They may or may not be able to accommodate you by…