Guest post by Lauri Goforth The chapter starts with Laura deciding not to share with Ma and Pa about Mrs. Brewster and the knife.  She decides that they wouldn’t let her go back and she’d never be able to teach…

Guest post by Amanda Two more weeks!  She only had to make it two more weeks and she could go home for good and never have to live with Mrs. Brewster again!  One day at a time!  She decided to…

Guest Post by Barb Boustead Once again, let’s talk about weather!  To understand the degree of cold weather during this cold ride, it was important for me to correctly identify at least the months during which Laura was a teacher…

Guest post by Annika Barranti Being away from home is hard on Laura, but she is too proud to say anything to Ma and Pa. Still, Pa knows her better than anyone and asks if she doesn’t want to “make…

Guest post by Patty Collins Following a pleasant weekend at home, Laura’s spirits were up and she was ready to face the week anew.    After all, it was only seven weeks more and she would be home again, walking to…

Guest post by Eddie Higgins Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.  I know this from watching It’s a Wonderful Life.  In Laura land however, the double strings of Prince and Lady’s sleigh bells mean the joy…

Guest post by Karen First Day of School, Laura wakes up in the unpleasant Brewster house instead of home, and plunges out of her couch bed into a cold morning. Mr. Brewster sets off to start a fire in the…

Guest post by Naomi It’s a bitter cold Sunday afternoon in late December.  Pa’s horses are following the ‘faint sled track’ (maybe the same sled track that Mr. Brewster had made a few days earlier when he came to town…