Something fabulous is going on. Remember last year? Summer 2012? The Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Assocation organized an amazing Silent Auction at LauraPalooza. Up for bid were all kinds of Little House-related goodies. Thanks to you all—every last…
Month: September 2013
LIWLRA’s First Donation!
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The First Four Years: After-the-Flood Edition
guest post by Erin Blakemore and Sandra Hume So we had this whole dialogue planned out for this section. Fire, devastation, uplift. The End. Easy, right? Yeah, not so much. The end of The First Four Years is pretty much as…
Wilder Days 2013 | Beyond Little House
As we reported earlier, it sounds like it’s going to be a great Wilder Days in Mansfield this year. Rocky Ridge Farmhouse Here is the official word: Plans are firming up for 2013’s Wilder Days in Mansfield, Missouri. September 20-21…
Little House in Simi Valley Part 2
One of the questions we often get is “how can I visit the movie ranch where the Little House on the Prairie NBC series was filmed?” We’ve gotten it enough that I pursued it to get the full scoop. As…
The First Four Years; Chapter 4: Section 13
Guest post by Suzanne Falck-Yi Last week, a hailstorm shredded my garden. I was standing at a window near my office at the local college, thinking of Laura and Manly in their first four years, watching marbles of ice pour…
Overcoming Our Difficulties
“A difficulty raiseth the spirit of a great man. He hath a mind to wrestle with it and give it a fall. A man’s mind must be very low if the difficulty doth not make part of his pleasure.” By…