Wow, you guys are serious contenders, here! ________________________________ “Every seam must be exactly right before Ma would let her make another, and often Laura worked several days on one short seam.”
Author: Amy Lauters
Quote #4
“Again there was silence, except for the crunch of their feet on the snow-covered path.”
Quote #3
“Even in songs Ma did not approve of gambling, but her toe could not stop tapping while Pa played such tunes.”
Quote #2:
So far, everyone who’s posted (I can see them in the moderation cue) is correct! This is going to be a tight contest, I can tell. I can also tell that I have to make these quotes a little harder.…
Call for Paper Proposals: LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies
Now forming: The Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association, which is the official organization sponsoring the LP 2010 conference. As we work out the legal details of membership and charters, we’ll continue to update all of you. Meanwhile, we…
Quote Contest: Rules and First Quote
OK, to make this fair, we’re holding all comments on each of these quotes in moderation for a full 72 hours. This means no copying-and-pasting! Once those comments are posted, the entries for that quote are closed. We will post…
New Contest Starts on Monday!
Sharpen your pencils, get out your books, and get ready for a new contest here at Beyond Little House. Starting Monday, we’ll be posting a different quote every day from the original eight Little House books. Your task, should you…
Little House Traveler
Re-reading Little House Traveler this weekend, I was struck by two particular things: 1. Despite the fact that she presumably had a decent income by the time she made her trip back to South Dakota with Almanzo, Laura was compelled…
LauraPalooza 2010 News
Folks, we’ve got some exciting news on the LP 2010 front. First, we’ve confirmed John E. Miller and Pamela Smith Hill as guest speakers. Miller is the author of at least three books and numerous articles about the Wilder-Lane women…
A Rose in December
All this talk about Rose has again made me reflect on her life. Since I am, indeed, in the researching-and-writing stage of working on a biography of Rose, it’s not hard for me to settle in to thinking about her.…