I live in Michigan, a pretty fair distance from the East Coast. But the effects of Hurricane Sandy are evident, even at this distance: power outages, downed trees. I see clean-up crews all over the place. And that’s simply nothing…
Month: October 2012
Roadshow Comes to South Dakota | Beyond Little House
This summer at roughly the same time that LauraPalooza was going on, PBS show Antique Roadshow came to film in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Since this is near De Smet when I visited there on my way home from the…
Posted in Announcements Tagged with: Antique Roadshow, Harvey Dunn, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mildred Boyle, PBS, South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Texting From The Covered Wagon | Beyond Little House
I am officially an empty nester now. I can’t complain. I mean, my son lives a half mile away and my daughter lives just shy of five miles away. This is actually our second time around with an empty nest.…
Posted in Cultural Impact, Laura's Legacy
Watch Jeopardy Today
Roland Frank Rydstrom of the De Smet Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society asked us to pass this along. Please tune in to JEOPARDY Friday, October 26th. A special Laura Ingalls Wilder-related answer/question will be featured in the new episode! The…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Announcements, Cultural Impact, De Smet -- LIWMS, De Smet SD, Jeopardy, Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society De Smet SD
Laura Ingalls Wilder Quilts
Episode 35 of Trundlebed Tales featured one of the speakers from LauraPalooza, talking about Quilts and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Listen as I talk quilts with quilt historian Linda Halpin. We explore trends in quilts during Laura Ingalls Wilder’s lifetime and…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Crafting, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Linda Halplin, Quilting with Laura, quilts, Sarah Uthoff, Trundlebed Tales
Memberships 2012-2013
I want to report that having sent out the last batch of cards and letters on Monday, everyone who renewed or joined LIWLRA between June 1, 2012 and now (October 19, 2012) should have received a letter and membership card.…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Administrivia, Announcements, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association, Memberships
The October Blizzard: 131st Anniversary
Due to some technical difficulties this post is delayed from yesterday. Every year as October 15th (and it is the 15th although some secondary sources list the 13th which I assume was a typo that’s been mindlessly copied) I start…
Laura Days in Pepin WI Trip 2012 Day 2
I hope you enjoyed Day of my trip to Laura Days in Pepin, Wisconsin. Get ready for Day 2 Setting up for Laura Days, putting on the finishing touches Information Booth, Get tickets here! Vendor Area including Raffle Quilt Spelling…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pepin, Pepin's Laura Days
Little House: EXTINCT! Could It Happen?
Tuesday morning seemed ordinary enough. I got my oldest off to school, fed and dressed my younger two, and packed them into the car for the weekly drive to Story Hour at the library. My toddler excitedly pushed the handicapped-accessible…
Almost Ten Months
My baby boy spends most of the day on his feet. He’s got the run of a fenced-in pen that confines him nicely. He moves around the perimeter more gracefully each day, his chubby fingers solidly gripping the thin plastic…