What strikes me, soon into this chapter, is that it is told mostly from Almanzo’s perspective. I always have liked that. As a fellow horseperson, I could relate to how he felt when he thought he may have lost Lady…
Author: Laura Welser
The Long Winter, Chapter 6: Indian Summer
The blizzard has ended and Ma is right, there is an Indian Summer. Personally, I have never experienced a blizzard before Indian Summer! I have to admit that the very first thing I did, a few years back, when I…
My Betsy-Tacy Conversion
When I decided to attend the Laurapalooza conference in Mankato, Minnesota, next year, I knew that I just had to read the Betsy-Tacy books. I’d heard of Maud Hart Lovelace, her books and her tie to Mankato, so it seemed…
Should Little House Be Banned?
I’m not sure which came first. Was my interest in American History the reason for falling in love with the Little House books, or did the Little House books drive my need to learn more about American History? At any…
The Michigan Connection…
My husband and I recently visited the Detroit Public Library in Detroit, Michigan, where the original manuscripts of The Long Winter and These Happy Golden Years are housed. It is a trip that I have been wanting to take for…
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A Life Changing Little House Weekend
When I first heard about the Little House musical that was going to be performed at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I thought that I would really love to go. I am not much of a traveler, but I…
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Rocky Ridge: A Dream Come True
I’ve loved Laura ever since I was eleven, when my sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Lazarus, started reading the Little House books to our class. It was love at first read and I was hooked. I checked the books out of the…