Judging by sub-zero temps this week and the inches of snow outside my window, it’s safe to say that winter is upon us, at least at my home base in Colorado. Long or not, it’s an exciting time for fellow…
Haiku and Heroines
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The winner (of The Wilder Life) is…
Thank you to those who participated in our recent The Wilder Life (by Wendy McClure) book giveaway. Wow! There were some great stories and I’m sure everyone enjoyed reading them all. Maybe a few of you even learned a fact…
Christmas Eve on Silver Lake
Grace’s Christmas present was to be the most beautiful of all. They had all worked at it together in the warm room, for Grace was so little that she didn’t notice. Ma had taken the swan’s skin from its careful…
More from Dean about Nashville Event
Dean posted this in a comment below and I thought it was worth bumping up: I’m really grateful that Sandra and Connie agreed to help coordinate audience participation for Pa’s Fiddle by members of our Little House community. For those…
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January 6 in Nashville: You’re Invited to a Little House Musical Event
In partnership with Dean Butler’s Legacy Documentaries/Peak Moore Enterprises, Dale Cockrell, president of Pa’s Fiddle Recordings, will be overseeing a musical extravaganza in just six short weeks. On the afternoon and evening of Friday, January 6, Nashville’s Loveless Barn will…
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The American Spirit
“The food administration now becomes a great machine of mercy destined to carry the American spirit into the homes and hearts of a great host of bewildered, confused human beings, hungry, discouraged, saddened, submerged by the wreckage resulting from the…
Thanksgiving Time | Beyond Little House
As Thanksgiving day draws near again, I am reminded of an occurrence of my childhood. To tell the truth, it is a yearly habit of mine to think of it about this time and to smile at it once more.…
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A Wilder Giveaway!
Wendy McClure’s book, The Wilder Life, has been chosen for the first round of the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Memoir & Autobiography category! Make sure you take a trip over to Goodreads before Nov. 20th and vote. In recognition…
The Joy of Learning
The topic that had been given me for my club lesson was music. Now the only instrument I can play is the phonograph and I venture to sing only in a crowd where I can drown my voice in the…
Christmas Event at Rocky Ridge
Earlier when I did a post about the closing dates of all the homesites, I asked a follow up question about whether they’d be having a Christmas event. Mansfield thought they might have one, but weren’t sure yet at that…
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