Guest post by Suzanne Falck-Yi Last week, a hailstorm shredded my garden. I was standing at a window near my office at the local college, thinking of Laura and Manly in their first four years, watching marbles of ice pour…
Overcoming Our Difficulties
“A difficulty raiseth the spirit of a great man. He hath a mind to wrestle with it and give it a fall. A man’s mind must be very low if the difficulty doth not make part of his pleasure.” By…
The First Four Years; Chapter 4: Section 12
Guest post by Barbara Mayes Boustead The 1880s were a cruel decade in the Dakota Territory and elsewhere on the Plains. Winters were brutally cold and snowy, with vicious blizzards (extra credit if you can remember which winter was the…
Beyond Little House Talks to Bill Anderson about New Walnut Grove Book | Beyond Little House
On August 9, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum at Walnut Grove released a new book by esteemed Wilder biographer and LauraPalooza featured speaker William Anderson, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Walnut Grove. We caught up with Anderson to find out more. Beyond…
Laura Legacy Award Ceremony 2012
During LauraPalooza 2012, we had the second Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy Award presentation ceremony. This award is presented to someone living who has strongly contributed to improving Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom. The award was first presented to William T.…
Happy Anniversary
Laura and Almanzo sat waiting. In the center of the sitting room a marble-topped table stood on a crocheted rag rug. On the wall was a large colored picture of a woman clinging to a white cross planted on a…
Malone Unveils Schoolhouse
The Almanzo Wilder Farm has finished its replica one-room school project and is unveiling it in a big event with guest speakers this Saturday. Sadly I won’t be going, but board member Connie Neumann is so we look forward to…
The First Four Years; Chapter 4: Section 11
Guest post by Melanie Fishbane We leave the third year behind, a year where Manly suffered the stroke that would leave him partially paralyzed for the rest of his life. The stroke that probably meant that he could no longer…
Put Yourself in His Place | Beyond Little House
Once upon a time, a crowd of men were working in the woods where they had to do their own cooking. They took turns at being cook and they made a rule that when any one of them found fault…
New William Anderson Book Released | Beyond Little House
Laura Ingalls Wilder scholar William T. Anderson and Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy Award Winner sent us this announcement. I, for one, can’t wait to see what he’s written. It’s available for purchase right NOW at the gift shop at Walnut…