Merry Christmas to All our fellow Lauratti from Everyone here at Beyond Little House. If you have some time spend it with Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
Month: December 2011
Christmas with Laura
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Home for Christmas
The snow was scudding low over the drifts of the white world outside the little claim shanty. it was blowing thru the cracks in its walls and forming little piles and miniature drifts on the floor and even on the…
Is there a bit of Little House in your Christmas?
Christmas is one week from today! I don’t know about you, but I love to hear cheerful stories during this holiday season. Every year, I find myself re-reading some of the Christmas chapters from the Little House books because, no…
Congrats Kelly Ferguson!
What an amazing response to our Long Winter haiku contest! One of my favorite things about Laura Ingalls Wilder’s writing is her eye for detail. I credit Laura (and Rose) with teaching me how to view the world through a…
Santa Claus at the Front
A Santa Claus went from San Francisco to the battle front in France carrying with him more than $600 worth of presents for the French soldiers. This Santa Claus was Alphonse Gabriel Nicole. When the war began he was a…
LauraPalooza 2012 Committees
Just a few more days until the deadline for the call for papers for LauraPalooza 2012. If you haven’t gotten yours in yet, there’s still time! In the meantime, here is the list of committees we have worked out based…
Christmas Shopping at the Homesites
Last year I posted a list of suggestions for Christmas gifts for the Laura Ingalls fan just beginning their Laura collection. I think they are still excellent suggestions if your Laura fan still needs any of them, but we’re looking…
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Haiku and Heroines
Judging by sub-zero temps this week and the inches of snow outside my window, it’s safe to say that winter is upon us, at least at my home base in Colorado. Long or not, it’s an exciting time for fellow…
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The winner (of The Wilder Life) is…
Thank you to those who participated in our recent The Wilder Life (by Wendy McClure) book giveaway. Wow! There were some great stories and I’m sure everyone enjoyed reading them all. Maybe a few of you even learned a fact…
Christmas Eve on Silver Lake
Grace’s Christmas present was to be the most beautiful of all. They had all worked at it together in the warm room, for Grace was so little that she didn’t notice. Ma had taken the swan’s skin from its careful…