by Laura McLemore Buffalo Coat in Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove MN – Photo Courtesy of Sarah Uthoff One of the charming elements of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series is the inclusion of at least one Christmas…
Year: 2014
Annual Christmas Shopping Guide 2014 | Beyond Little House
We’re running a little late this year, but there’s still time to get that perfect gift for your Laura fan under the tree before Christmas. Whether you are looking for the perfect present for the Laura Ingalls Wilder fan in…
The Proposals Are IN! | Beyond Little House
Hooray! We have received all the proposals to help craft LauraPalooza 2015. We’re so excited to put the agenda together for you. Familiar friends and new faces abound. Prospective presenters will be notified in early February, 2015.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Season Ends | Beyond Little House
Master’s Hotel – Burr Oak, Iowa October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip during or after October, make sure you call ahead. They may or…
Posted in Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Little House Travel Tagged with: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder Homesites
Life, Infused by Little House
This morning, searching for inspiration about positivity, I came across this in a long list of quotes: “Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open.”– Rose [Wilder] Lane I love finding Laura-related…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Caroline Quiner Ingalls (Ma), Laura's Legacy, These Happy Golden Years
Richard Fisher Donates Part of Artifact Collection to Homesites
This year saw most of the Little House homesites become the beneficiary of a wonderful donation of Little House artifacts from Richard Fisher of Cleves, Ohio. Richard has been collecting artifacts related to the Little House books since the 1970′s,…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: bread plate, Burr Oak, De Smet -- LIWMS, Fifth Independent Reader, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Independence, Little House on the Prairie, LIW-Related Items, Malone, Mansfield, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Pa's big green book, Richard Fisher, Spring Valley, The First Four Years, Walnut Grove
View from an Outlier | Beyond Little House
There’s been a breakthrough in Laura Ingalls Wilder research. The grave for Rose Wilder Lane’s and Claire Lane’s infant son has been tracked down–in Utah, of all places, and the information, including the death certificate, is all over the Internet.…
A Good Pie | Beyond Little House
“It is better to make a good pie than a poor poem.” Laura Ingalls Wilder. I had to laugh when I came across this observation Laura made from her Rocky Ridge Farm. How like her! A few weeks ago, our…
Posted in Cooking, Laura's Legacy, Quotations from Laura Tagged with: Homemade Pie, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pie
LauraPalooza 2015: Call for Proposals | Beyond Little House
It’s August 25, Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder’s wedding anniversary. What does that mean the year before a LauraPalooza conference? Time for the Call for Proposals! Proposals for LauraPalooza 2015: Through Laura’s Eyes will be accepted through the end of…
Posted in Administrivia, Announcements, LauraPalooza 2015 Tagged with: brookings, call for proposals, LauraPalooza 2015: Through Laura's Eyes, SDSU, South Dakota
Many Hands Make Light Work | Beyond Little House
by Laura McLemore Calling all volunteers! Great conferences don’t just happen. The LauraPalooza Steering Committee depends on the able hands, minds, and most of all, talents of our membership. In both 2010 and 2012 we’ve relied on a core volunteer group…
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