The Little House books are full of cherished Christmases, each uniquely special. It takes a real gift to make a charming Christmas out of this paltry holiday celebration, however. The chapter begins full of hope and joy; the spirit of…
Author: Rebecca Brammer
Ask the Experts: The Hard Winter Guests
While you have been discussing the chapters of The Long Winter, Dr. Laura stated that another family lived with the Ingalls during that winter. I have not heard that information before and would love to know more about this fact.…
A Word from Willie
“They can’t ride on my velocipede!” The phrase springs into my head upon the mere mention of the name Willie Oleson. Willie is a fun character, I think. Like the character of Nellie, Willie in the book series is a…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Minor Characters in Little House books, Musical--Little House on the Prairie
Happy Birthday Almanzo
I’ll confess. With Valentine’s Day coming up tomorrow, my thoughts keep traveling to my first Valentine: Almanzo James Wilder. Almanzo was my celebrity crush. In the days when all the other girls in junior high school were swooning over Kirk…
Happy Laura Ingalls Wilder Day!
What? You hadn’t heard? That’s right, today is officially “Laura Ingalls Wilder Day” in the state of Wisconsin, as proclaimed by its governor, Jim Doyle. The proclamation was presented at 1 pm today by Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton at the…
Little House in Court: What Happened?
The Little House on the Prairie site In the fall of 2008, the Little House on the Prairie homesite near Independence, Kansas, made national headlines due to a lawsuit filed against them by Friendly Family Productions, who own the rights…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Friendly Lawsuit, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Independence, Laura's Legacy
Vote for Half Pint
Many of you may be familiar with @HalfPintIngalls and her experiences on the “twittergraph” — and if you’re not, you’ll want to be! Half Pint has been nominated for the Shorty Awards in humor and you can support her by…
Mary’s Birthday
Today is the 145th anniversary of the birth of Mary Amelia Ingalls. It’s also the 174th birthday of her father, Charles Ingalls (Pa), but as nobody threw him a party, let’s just talk about Mary. Despite frigid temperatures and snowy…
Happy Birthday, Mary
We previously announced a birthday party for Mary Ingalls hosted by the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky, for this coming Saturday morning, January 9, from 10 am to noon. Response has been so…
A Little House Christmas Tree
There’s something about Christmas that makes people think “Little House.” Something about those Christmases of long ago that people connect with. The simplicity… the joy… it’s what people want their Christmas to be like. And yet so often it’s not,…