How NASA sees the storm, via satellite While the snow is minimal here in what could easily be blizzard country, I’m hearing reports from all over the country about record snowfall and cold temps in what is reported to be…
Author: Sandra Hume
A Little House Writing Lesson
A couple weeks ago I was hiking in an oceanside state reserve just north of La Jolla, California. (It was part of a trip documented in my other life, over here.) We rested at the top, breathing in the beautiful…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Miss Beadle, Mrs. Brewster, Television series -- Little House on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years
Would You Buy an Online Version of the Homesteader?
An interesting question keeps coming up in conversations about the Homesteader, especially with the release of the LauraPalooza edition: “Do you offer an online version?” The short answer is: No, we do not. But there is a follow-up to that…
LauraPalooza 2010 Issue of the Homesteader
When I started writing about LauraPalooza for the Homesteader, it became apparent pretty quickly that I had much more information than I could use in a single issue. So I decided to create a special LauraPalooza edition of the newsletter…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies, The Homesteader Issues, The Homesteader Newsletter
Homesteader and LauraPalooza Update
Attention all LauraPalooza attendees and Homesteader subscribers: Two upcoming Homesteader issues will be released within the next month. The special LauraPalooza edition of the Homesteader is complete and should be available for ordering by January 25, 2011. The regular winter issue…
Little House Meets the Sound of Music
If my Facebook friends are any proof, it seems that the worlds of Little House fandom and Sound of Music fandom have some overlap. I’ve loved the Sound of Music since I used to wait breathlessly for its one annual…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Bill Anderson, Prince and Lady, Random Little House Sightings, Sound of Music
Thoughts on Little House Christmases
I’ve been looking over the Christmas chapters of the Little House books in preparation for a post on them. As I’ve been reviewing them, something occurred to me: why post only what I think? What stays with me might not…
Less Than 10 Bucks Per CD!
LauraPalooza attendees will recognize the name Dale Cockrell, a musicologist from Vanderbilt University who spoke in Mankato about Laura, Pa, and the music he played for their family. For the past few years, one of his main projects has been…
Ask the Experts: Where Is This “Naughty” Quote From?
Dear Beyond Little House: “Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.” ~Laura Ingalls I am trying to find the source of this quote by Laura Ingalls.…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Administrivia, Ask the Experts, Caroline Quiner Ingalls (Ma), On the Banks of Plum Creek
“Apple Pie! Where in the World Did You Get Apples?”
With the start of pumpkin season this fall, BLH contributor (and author of the upcoming Wilder Life) Wendy McClure finally managed to try something she’s been waiting a while for: