Our favorite meteorologist, Barbara Mayes Boustead, will be presenting her work on Laura’s Long Winter on Nov. 17 in Sioux Falls, S.D. From the poster: Laura’s Long Winter: Putting the Hard Winter of 1880-81 into Perspective Wednesday, November 17, 2010…
Author: Amy Lauters
The Hard Winter in Context
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Little House Surprises
Two weekends ago (and yes, I’m late in posting, sorry), I went camping at Beaver Creek Valley State Park in the southeastern corner of Minnesota, just north of the Iowa border. The plan? To tour the Niagara Cave in Harmony,…
Happy Anniversary, Laura and Almanzo!
Our favorite couple celebrates 125 years of wedded bliss today. Share your congratulations below.
Remnants of LauraPalooza: Help me clean out my office
As I write this, a month has passed since we wrapped up our first ever LauraPalooza. I’m trying to process how I feel about the event. It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun. I think it…
News from Mankato
The Mankato Free Press featured LauraPalooza in its Currents section this weekend. You can read the article here.
A Few More Questions About LP Answered:
Is there any room left? We have 151 pre-registered for LauraPalooza. This is quite a jump from my original vision! I have since upgraded the space we’ll use for most events to a larger area–the ballroom–in the Centennial Student Union.…
This just in … The Walnut Grove Itinerary
From our trip coordinator (Walnut Grove native and Mass Comm student) Denise Tietz: Laurapalooza 2010 Saturday July 17 Walnut Grove, MN Itinerary About 2 p.m.: Arrive in Walnut Grove 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: **Family Festival, Walnut Grove City Park **Art Exhibit …
Bonnets or Birkenstocks? Clothes at LauraPalooza
One of our members raised an excellent question in an email last week. What should she wear this summer to LauraPalooza? This question, fraught with potential faux pas and challenging for those flying in, deserves a deeper discussion here on…
Prairie Roses
I was always fascinated by Laura’s sentimentality in naming her first–and ultimately only–child. She named her after the prairie roses that bloomed in June, and it struck me as a particularly whimsical and romantic thing to do, a sign of…
LauraPalooza Pre-Registration Closes May 31
We have more than 100 Laura scholars, fans and researchers now registered to attend LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies in July. If you want to join us, you have until May 31 to pre-register. Depending upon the number of seats available after…