National Public Radio came out with their list of 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels. What’s missing? Our Little House books. I guess this depends on where one would categorize the Little House series. This blog post explains why some of the…
Month: August 2012
Sharing Laura
Can you believe it’s been a month and a half since LauraPalooza? I had such a terrific time. It was even a reunion for me, seeing everyone I had met at LauraPalooza 2010 and have gotten to know through Beyond…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Cultural Impact, LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies, LauraPalooza 2012
Exciting Wilder Days in store for Mansfield
Charlotte Stewart signing autograph for Sarah Uthoff It sounds like they are pulling out all the stops for Wilder Days in Mansfield, Missouri. It’s always a great event with chances to do things that you can’t the rest of the…
LauraPalooza 2012 Day 3 Video
Welcome to Day 3 of LauraPalooza, Friday, July 13, 2012. We have three videos for today. The middle one has a long bit of Barbara Walker’s speech, I hope you enjoy it. Note that YouTube has started a stabilization feature.…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Administrivia, Amber Waves, Amy Lauter, Barbara Walker, Cooking, Crafting, Laura Ingalls Wilder, LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies, LauraPalooza 2012, Linda Halpin, Little House Cookbook, Music, quilts, Wendy McClure
Happy Anniversary…
Today is the 127th anniversary of the day Almanzo and Laura became husband and wife. And the day that Almanzo agreed not to expect Laura to obey him. They were married for over sixty years and shared, not only a…
The “Little House” Books: Popular Then, Popular Now, Why?
Guest post by Ann Weller Dahl Since the first “Little House” book was published in 1932, this classic series has remained popular, both in this country and around the world. It was so popular, in fact, that a television series…
Walnut Grove Roving Report
Normally when I travel to one of the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites I do a short radio show from on the spot as a roving report. I didn’t get that done on my LauraPalooza trip with everything else going on,…
LauraPalooza 2012 Day 2 Video
Day 2 of the LauraPalooza conference was July 12, 2012. There are two videos for the general events of the day. I will also be doing a separate video for the Legacy Luncheon, but since that’s going to be more…
Walnut Grove on TV
Nicole Elzenga of Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, was featured on TV show, The Women of Sweet Swine County. Go roughly 10 minutes into the video to find Nicole. HINT: Wait until the video loading bar turns blue…
LauraPalooza 2012 Day 1 Video | Beyond Little House
A little later than I originally hoped, but here is Day 1 of this year’s LauraPalooza videos. LauraPalooza 2012 Day 1 I start out Wed., July 11, 2012 driving to Mankato, Minnesota. Along the way I run across a lot…
Posted in LauraPalooza 2012, Little House Travel Tagged with: Laura Ingalls Wilder, LauraPalooza 2012, Sarah Uthoff, Trundlebed Tales