Last week I mailed out 25 more new memberships and renewals, including one each to Denmark, Sweden and Italy. So, now that I’m caught up, I’m going to start e-mailing out direct reminders to those of you who haven’t renewed…
Membership Reminder
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An Autumn Day
King Winter has sent warning of his coming! There was a delightful freshness in the air the other morning, and all over the low places lay the first frost of the season. What a beautiful world this is! Have you…
Season Ends
October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip after that, make sure you call ahead. They may or may not be able to accommodate you by…
Lauralloween
It might be too late for this year, but I wanted to share this great pattern for making a pumpkin with a Laura theme. Find this one and more on Midwest Living. You will need to create a sign in…
Going to see Laura
Last Saturday, my daughter and I enjoyed the ArtsPower touring musical production of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up on the Prairie at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts in Clinton Township, Michigan. I must first say that I went…
Last Call for Committee Volunteers
Thank you, everyone who has volunteered for a committee. Some committees were more popular than others, so it was good to have people’s second and third choices. We seem to have a good selection of volunteers for each committee; we’ll…
Gathering Our Harvest
There is a purple haze over the hill tops and a hint of sadness in the sunshine, because of summer’s departure; on the low ground down by the spring the walnuts are dropping from the trees and squirrels are busy…
October Blizzard
Laura woke up suddenly. She heard singing and a queer slapping sound. “Oh, I am as happy as a big sunflower (Slap! Slap!) That nods and bends in the breezes, Oh! (Slap! Slap!) And my heart (Slap!) is as light…
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up on the Prairie
I always keep an eye out for any Laura-related event going on close to home. Not that there’s a lot going on in my part of Michigan far away from any Little House homesite. However, I did hit the jackpot…
Living History Farms Sale
Living History Farms is a major living history site in Des Moines, Iowa. It covers the story of agriculture in Iowa from the native Ioway tribe through modern times with an 184os and 1900 farm along the way and an…