Year: 2011

More from Dean about Nashville Event

Dean posted this in a comment below and I thought it was worth bumping up: I’m really grateful that Sandra and Connie agreed to help coordinate audience participation for Pa’s Fiddle by members of our Little House community. For those…

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January 6 in Nashville: You’re Invited to a Little House Musical Event

In partnership with Dean Butler’s Legacy Documentaries/Peak Moore Enterprises, Dale Cockrell, president of Pa’s Fiddle Recordings, will be overseeing a musical extravaganza in just six short weeks. On the afternoon and evening of Friday, January 6, Nashville’s Loveless Barn will…

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The American Spirit

“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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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