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Grasshoppers… at Church!?
You just never know when you’re going to stumble upon new Laura information — but I certainly didn’t expect it at church.
Sunday morning, I sat in the family pew as usual, listening to the sermon. The pastor began to speak about the power of prayer, and then launched into a story.
“John Maxwell, in his book
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Playing Laura and Mary
In my “other” (non-Laura) life as an early interventionist, I am often discouraged at the playthings available to children. Toys of today do all the work for the kids; children don’t have to pretend anything because the toys do it all for them. As an imaginative child who spent hours each day pretending, the thought
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For Those of Us With Boys …
I do have a daughter, but she’s an independent, think-for-yourself kind of girl, and the fact that I have mildly suggested she read On the Banks of Plum Creek (we’ve read the first two together) before we go to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota this summer has pretty much made her determined to not even
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Score! Garage sales, bread, and LIW
Over the weekend I had an opportunity to go to a citywide garage sale in New Ulm, Minn., about half-way between Mankato and Sleepy Eye. I had my eye out for some household goods I need to outfit a second guest room, and thought it would be a perfect spot.
Imagine my surprise when I ran
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A Life Changing Little House Weekend
When I first heard about the Little House musical that was going to be performed at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I thought that I would really love to go. I am not much of a traveler, but I really wanted to see it. My husband was willing to go. Well, okay, he agreed
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Spring Freshet
The year was 1993, and my family was making its first-ever journey in the covered wagon minivan across the American Midwest to visit the Little House sites. I will never forget the thrill of excitement I experienced on that first trip, as the images formed in my mind over the years from Laura’s descriptions in
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Letters from Laura
I will be submitting more letters written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, to Beyond Little House in the next few weeks. It is a real treat reading these letters from the Rose Wilder Lane papers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa.
The following excerpt is from an undated
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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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Vacation Planner: Part 3 — Traveling During Pageant Season
Are you getting excited about your Little House vacation yet? I am! Get out your calendars — it’s time to choose a date.
The most popular time to visit the northern Midwest sites (South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin) is definitely July, the “pageant weekend” season. Three weekends every summer, local talent performs an outdoor drama based
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