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Mansfield Announces New Documentary
Rocky Ridge Review announces a new Laura Ingalls Wilder documentary.
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Lauras and Their Picture Windows
Laura pops up in all aspects of my life, it seems. Even in other books.
Right now — that is, when I’m not reading The Long Winter, which I’ll post about in the next day or so — I’m in the middle of a biography of former First Lady Laura Bush. She’s on record as
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Rainy Wilder Days
Last weekend, my niece and I traveled to Mansfield, Missouri, to celebrate their annual Wilder Days. Although there are several events from Wednesday through Sunday, the majority of the festivities took place on Saturday, which was the only day we were able to be there.
We were looking forward to a wonderful day of Little House
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Lessons from Laura
Mansfield, Missouri, held its annual Little Laura/Little Farmer Boy contest this past weekend.
I asked my seven-year-old niece if she wanted to wear her prairie dress and participate in the contest. “No,” she answered without hesitation. “I want to be in a Mary contest.”
Did I mention my niece is blonde?
I find it somewhat amusing that almost
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Fall Fun at the Wilder Homesites
Just because summer’s over, don’t think the fun at the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites has to end!!
This weekend — September 12-13 — celebrate Laura Ingalls Wilder Days in Pepin, Wisconsin — the Little House in the Big Woods.
And next weekend — September 18-20 — is Wilder Days in Mansfield, Missouri, the final home of Almanzo
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The Mystery of the Oval Glass Bread Plate
For themselves, they decided to buy a present together, something they could both use and enjoy. After much studying of Montgomery Ward’s catalogue, they chose to get a set of glassware. They needed it for the table and there was such a pretty set advertised, a sugar bowl, spoon-holder, butter dish, six sauce dishes, and
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Laura Ingalls Wilder on the Web
Sometimes I like to comb the Web for what else is out there about Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s always eye-opening to see just how many lives Laura and her books have touched. And the Internet puts it all at your fingertips.
Like this blog post was recently written by children’s history book author, educational book editor,
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The Spirituality of Laura Ingalls Wilder
One of the questions I’ve often been asked by visitors to my website pertains to Laura’s religious beliefs. What did Laura believe about God and spirituality? While this question is impossible to answer in one respect, since Laura is no longer with us to ask, we get a pretty good idea of what Laura’s religious
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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 school library and read them all. I slowly collected the series and it is one
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Always, in the springtime, I want to build a house…
When the days are growing longer and the sun shines warm, on the south slopes, with the promise of golden hours to come, my thoughts persist in arranging building plans; for always, in the springtime, I want to build a house….
I have a fancy that the farm home should seem to be a product of
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