One of the limits of this blog is that truly organic discussions, no matter how pertinent or thoughtful, can so easily get left behind. I’d love to explore an alternative to comments that would keep discussions dynamic, interesting, and front-and-center.…
Author: Sandra Hume
Great Discussion a Few Chapters Back
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Little House Cooking in the NYT
I love when The New York Times goes Little House, especially in an I-thought-I-hated-these-books-but-look-how-cool-this-part-is way. “Little House in the Hood” is a rather interesting story from the NYT Magazine — a cooking column, actually — that references Little House in…
The Long Winter, Chapter 25: Free and Independent
We’re back at the feed store. Blizzards leave a lot of time for thinking, and Almanzo spends his days doing just that — not cracking jokes or even seeming to notice his chores as he does them. Even more shocking,…
Crosswise Letter Writing, Mary Dislike, and Generic Chapter Titles
Before I launch into the chapter summary, I’d like to address a few things from “Fair Weather“: Did anyone catch the reference to Ma writing her letter? She writes it horizontally, the way one normally writes a letter, and then…
The Long Winter, Chapter 23: The Wheat In the Wall
We wake up to find the cozy tunnel gone, the snowdrifts scoured (again with that word, which I didn’t realize how evocative it was until Wendy brought it up) down to the bare ground. We also find out it is…
New Long Winter Schedule — With Dates!
Sandra here. I’ve been overseeing most of the The Long Winter chapter postings and schedule. I’ve been a little overextended of late with personal and professional issues (all good!), which means I haven’t given this the time I expected to,…
The Long Winter, Chapter 11: Pa Goes to Volga
The blizzard that sent Laura and Carrie home from school is finally over. (Except it’s Tuesday, and the blizzard started on Friday, which makes it four days by my count. But I digress.) The first mention is made of the…
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Kara Lindsay Takes Leave of Absence from “Little House”
Kara Lindsay, “Laura” in Little House: The Musical, has taken a leave of absence from the production. She’ll return in Spokane on April 8. As of now, I’ve been unable to find information on why she left, and I would…
Issue 16, Winter 2009-2010
The newest issue of the Homesteader is complete and ready for order. In this issue: extensive follow-up interviews with Kara “Laura” Lindsay and Kevin “Almanzo” Wilder, from the traveling Little House musical an update and more details on LauraPalooza, this…
Sign Up for More Long Winter Chapters
Our read-along is taking the slow train through the Tracy cut, but it is coming. Got a chapter in mind that you’d love to cover? Feel compelled to document when the family decides to crowd into the kitchen? (“No Trains”)…