My heart’s a-flutter. For in this chapter, our heroine meets her hero for the first time, and sighs of delight echo across the prairies from romantic young (and old?) readers. At the opening of our scene, it’s still hot. Even…
Author: Amy Lauters
Founding the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association
I’ve been working behind the scenes for several weeks, now, to create the organization that makes LauraPalooza possible. It began with discussions last summer, as the group behind Beyond Little House, and several of our online friends, met in De…
Pondering Snowdrifts …
I remember thinking, when I read that Pa survived a blizzard by tunneling under a bank into a snowdrift–many, many years ago–that the drift must have been mighty big. I grew up in Wisconsin, and I’ve seen my share of…
Blizzard Warnings in Southern Minnesota
Do you remember my post a few weeks back about snow storms in October? Well, after an unseasonably warm and sunny November, it appears our Minnesota winter will arrive tomorrow–with a vengeance. The forecast calls for 5 to 8 inches…
LIWLRA T-Shirts!
We’re celebrating the founding of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association with T-shirts! The shirts are baby pink with brown ink, and the design, created by MSU alum Kristina Sukalski, features Laura Ingalls Wilder in a signature font…
Being Thankful
When Laura shares her feelings of thankfulness with her Missouri Ruralist readers, she makes note of all the things we sometimes don’t take the time to be thankful for, the everyday things to which we never give a thought. Inasmuch…
About Presenting at LauraPalooza …
I’ve been getting a note or call here and there from folks who’d like to present something at LP, but don’t have an academic paper to present. When I plotted out the call for papers, I simply didn’t think about…
A Flurry of LauraPalooza Activity
Whew. I’ve a lot of good news to report on planning for next summer’s conference. Have you submitted your presentation proposal yet? First, we’ve secured the ballroom on the Centennial Student Union on the MSU campus for all three days…
Will 2009-2010 be another Long Winter?
I know; I did the math. This winter is NOT a 21st winter. However, we in Minnesota had snow two weeks ago, and the Dakotas had a blizzard. In October. Sound familiar? No one’s been reduced to twisting hay yet;…
Wild Chokecherries
I went hiking this weekend along the Sakatah Singing Hills Trail in southern Minnesota, enjoying the crisp fall air and the changing colors. The Sakatah Trail follows an old railroad bed that led from west to east, beginning and ending…