The Countdown to LauraPalooza 2015 has begun. Before we pack our bags and head to South Dakota for a weekend of education, celebration and fun, some of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy & Research Association board members are taking a…
Author: Jonni Craven
LauraPalooza Registration Extended (With Late Fees) | Beyond Little House
As we’ve been telling you for the last few weeks, full registration for LauraPalooza 2012 will close tomorrow – Thursday, May 31. Due to some logistical limitations that remains true. However, in response to multiple requests for more time to…
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My Favorite Things, Part 3 | Beyond Little House
Once upon a time I used to consider myself a Laura Ingalls Wilder expert. I read all her books, I read an honest-to-goodness biography about her (the only one available at the time) and once, on my father’s cross-country business…
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That Engagement Ring, part 2
Some of you might have read a post of mine from a couple of years ago where I mentioned a very slight obsession I have with Laura’s engagement ring. For years I thought I was the only one but something…
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Neighbors
Recently I found myself stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, so I started thinking about Little House. I had plenty of time because in the more than 45 minutes I was there, not one person stopped…
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What If
Do you ever play the “what if” game in regards to the Ingalls and Wilders? I sure do. What if the Ingalls had stayed in the Big Woods, mightn’t they have been better off? It seems like their most prosperous time was…
Gingerbread
I just learned that June 5 is National Gingerbread Day, who knew? In honor of this much loved holday, I think we should all get out the molasses and make LIW’s famous gingerbread recipe. Happy baking!
Too Good To Be True?
Sandra’s excellent post last week about Rose’s contributions to On The Way Home made me think about our expectations of Laura. Not Laura the book character but Laura, the real woman. Most people probably think of Laura as the embodiment…
Laura and her dogs
One of my favorite characters in the Little House books is Jack, the brindle bulldog, Laura’s loyal friend and companion through the first 3 books. Even though Laura is surrounded by a loving family, there are times when it seems…
That Engagement Ring
Laura held her hand up to the first light of the new moon. The gold of the ring and its flat oval set shone shone in the faint moon radiance. Three small stones set in the golden oval glimmered…a garnet,…