Guest post by Sue Poremba When my daughter married six years ago, it was a quiet affair in front of the justice of the peace with only parents, siblings, and grandparents in attendance, and a garden party afterwards. We planned…
Guest post by Sue Poremba When my daughter married six years ago, it was a quiet affair in front of the justice of the peace with only parents, siblings, and grandparents in attendance, and a garden party afterwards. We planned…
Guest post by Daniel Rabe Mary’s summer visit is about over, she’s heading back to college on Monday. So this chapter is Sunday, and Laura decides to spend it with Mary, and not take the usual Sunday afternoon drive with…
Guest post by Barbara Mayes Boustead Laura and Almanzo, accidental storm chasers! I accidentally saw a tornado when I was 9 years old. Our family was driving “up north” from the metro Detroit area into northern Michigan. Somewhere just past…
Guest Post by Wendy Corsi Staub It’s the last day of school for the spring session, and Laura is taking a long last look around the schoolroom. She knows this is goodbye forever. She won’t be coming back on Monday…
Guest post by TLynn Dear Mary, It snowed again last week, but I think that may be last one of the winter. It was a nice, cozy winter, but I’ll be glad for spring. Almanzo and I will take Barnum…
Guest post by Jaime Brooks Once again it is Christmas Eve at the Ingalls homestead. Everyone is busy with their Christmas preparations, looking forward to the Christmas tree in town. Unfortunately the snow and wind had started and Pa decided…
Guest post by Melanie Fishbane I picked this chapter because in my recent-re-reading of THGY, I was struck by how quickly Almanzo leaves with Royal. Although Laura remembers that he had said something about it, there is no foreshadowing of…
(cross-posted from Little House Travel) This is Jim Hicks. He teaches physics at a high school in Illinois. His students call him “Uncle Jim.” Jim Hicks, physics teacher, Laurafan, entertainer Besides being a physics teacher, Jim is a literary traveler.…
(cross-posted from Little House Travel) This is Jim Hicks. He teaches physics at a high school in Illinois. His students call him “Uncle Jim.” Jim Hicks, physics teacher, Laurafan, entertainer Besides being a physics teacher, Jim is a literary traveler.…
Guest post by Naomi Shanks Summer is over and it’s back to school, but De Smet is no longer a one-room schoolhouse town. Laura’s mind has clearly moved on to other things because this new construction is glossed over shockingly…