A week and a half ago, on the long ride to the airport, I was reading The Long Winter aloud to my family when I discovered a lifelong error. That is, an error of mine. Remember when Laura and Carrie…
Author: Sandra Hume
Issue 15, Summer 2009
In this issue: The author of an upcoming book on Laura shares her experience with dash butter churning A high school biology teacher talks about walking in Laura’s footsteps in trips taken from the pages of her books Looking at…
Little House Grammar
My daughter started The Long Winter over the weekend. I am keeping quiet and remaining low-key. She has no idea how thrilled I am, which is the only way she’ll finish the series. She recently completed By The Shores of…
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“You Better Just Manage.”
Rebecca’s post on discipline struck a nerve with me–in a good way. Many’s the time I’ve mentioned my kids here. I’ve got two: an almost seven-year-old daughter and a four-and-a-half-year-old son. My daughter, I say lovingly, is a “challenge.” I’m…
Where To Stay In Pepin?
In what must have been a cloud of immense grief on the discovery that the Historic Anderson Inn was closed, I just realized to my surprise that I have neglected to secure lodging in Pepin next month. I’ve been on…
Distinctly “Little House” Phrases
Yesterday as I was cooking dinner in the kitchen (lemon pasta with shrimp, if it helps the setting), my daughter wandered in. “Mom,” she said, “what’s ‘Jiminy Crickets’?” Admittedly, my first thought was Pinocchio. Isn’t it Pinocchio who has Jiminy…
Why Do You Love Little House?
Why do you love Little House? It’s a simple question, but I doubt there is a simple answer. So many of us come to our fandom through different channels. If someone asked you, would you be able to answer readily?…
Those Sweet, Simple Things Of Life
“It is so hot,” Ma said. “I believe I will have cottage cheese balls with onions in them, and the cold creamed peas. Suppose you bring some lettuce and tomatoes from the garden, Laura.” ~Little Town on the Prairie, “Mary…
The World According to Rose Wilder Lane
Dear Rose, I like you. In many ways, I think you’re fabulous. You’re so much fun to be around—a tremendous storyteller, always good for a joke (and not always a clean one!). I’m not sure I’ve ever met anyone with…
Lazy, Lousy Reprise
With apologies, rather than write a brand-new post I’m going to revisit Eliza Jane. With such insightful, sophisticated comments, it seems a shame not to. Dawn wrote: Is it possible that it was just true? That she was annoying and…
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