I’ve gotten to go to two of Wendy’s book events now because she came to both Iowa City and West Branch, Iowa near my house. When she spoke at Prairie Lights bookstore, I made a video of my experience. I…
Month: January 2012
These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 3: One Week
Guest post by Wendy Corsi Staub Poor Laura, just fifteen and far away from home for the first time, newly settled at the Brewster homestead as the district’s schoolteacher for the term. Brave Laura, attempting to make the best of…
These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 2: First Day of School
Guest post by Karen First Day of School, Laura wakes up in the unpleasant Brewster house instead of home, and plunges out of her couch bed into a cold morning. Mr. Brewster sets off to start a fire in the…
Laura’s Birthday 2012
Last year I celebrated Laura’s birthday on my podcast by discussing how birthdays were celebrated in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This year I’m planning on doing a podcast on her birthday again, but this time I’d like people…
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These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 1: Laura Leaves Home
Guest post by Naomi It’s a bitter cold Sunday afternoon in late December. Pa’s horses are following the ‘faint sled track’ (maybe the same sled track that Mr. Brewster had made a few days earlier when he came to town…
These Happy Golden Years Read-Along: Questions Answered
There is a running list over on the top right column with chapter assignments for These Happy Golden Years – click on the link to take you to the complete list. Anyone who has volunteered to take a chapter should…
From Schoolgirl to Schoolteacher to Farmwife…
Only yesterday she was a schoolgirl; now she was a schoolteacher. This had happened so suddenly. Laura could hardly stop expecting that tomorrow she would be going to school with little sister Carrie, and sitting in her seat with Ida…
Video from Pa’s Fiddle PBS Taping in Nashville
If you weren’t lucky enough to make it to Nashville last weekend (like me), here’s a taste of what the audience saw. Pa’s Fiddle And FYI to the director/commentator: It’s Charles Philip Ingalls, not Charles Paul. [Edited to add:…
Pa’s Fiddle: America’s Music
On December 1st, shortly after the invitation was posted here on Beyond Little House, I called my husband and asked him, “Would you go to Nashville with me on January 6th?” His reply (I should note here that no details…
Last Call for Membership Renewal
Laurapalooza Conference Registration will soon be open for members. To take advantage of the member only early bird registration and the member registration discount you must be a current member for the 2011-2012 year. All charter memberships expired July 1,…
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