The Almanzo Wilder Farm has finished its replica one-room school project and is unveiling it in a big event with guest speakers this Saturday. Sadly I won’t be going, but board member Connie Neumann is so we look forward to…
Year: 2013
The First Four Years; Chapter 4: Section 11
Guest post by Melanie Fishbane We leave the third year behind, a year where Manly suffered the stroke that would leave him partially paralyzed for the rest of his life. The stroke that probably meant that he could no longer…
Put Yourself in His Place | Beyond Little House
Once upon a time, a crowd of men were working in the woods where they had to do their own cooking. They took turns at being cook and they made a rule that when any one of them found fault…
New William Anderson Book Released | Beyond Little House
Laura Ingalls Wilder scholar William T. Anderson and Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy Award Winner sent us this announcement. I, for one, can’t wait to see what he’s written. It’s available for purchase right NOW at the gift shop at Walnut…
The Great Debate | Beyond Little House
It seems we have a bit of a debate on our hands. This article out of the Boston Globe appeared just a few days ago. And then this article on bloomberg.com, a rebuttal of sorts, just came through my Google…
As They Say, “Totes Adorbs” | Beyond Little House
So I’m not “friends” with Kevin “Almanzo from the musical” Massey on Facebook, ’cause that would be weird, but I did visit his page recently on a whim to see if perhaps he’d posted some wedding pictures for public consumption,…
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The First Four Years; Chapter 3: Section 10 | Beyond Little House
Guest post by Sue Poremba Around the same time I began reading the Little House books, I began reading biographies of famous Americans – mostly presidents and first ladies. Presidential history now fascinates me as much as the life of…
The Family Motto | Beyond Little House
It has become quite the customary thing for farms to be given a distinguishing name. It adds much to the interest of a farm home, especially as the name usually calls attention to some feature of the place that marks…
Read-along Update | Beyond Little House
We’re down to the last five sections in the The First Four Years read-along. If you want to get caught up, just click on the link in the sidebar there → on the right of the page. As a matter…
Will THIS Project Be the One? | Beyond Little House
So my Google alerts, um, alerted me to this story yesterday about yet another Laura Ingalls Wilder project in the works. This comes from Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green, who was quoted as saying he has read Little House…