By Amy Lauters on December 7, 2009
Do you remember my post a few weeks back about snow storms in October?
Well, after an unseasonably warm and sunny November, it appears our Minnesota winter will arrive tomorrow–with a vengeance. The forecast calls for 5 to 8 inches of snow with winds reaching 45 miles per hour.
I wonder if I’ll be able to see
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Posted in On the Banks of Plum Creek, Playing Laura
By Amy Lauters on October 5, 2009
I went hiking this weekend along the Sakatah Singing Hills Trail in southern Minnesota, enjoying the crisp fall air and the changing colors. The Sakatah Trail follows an old railroad bed that led from west to east, beginning and ending in Mankato and Faribault, Minn.
The section of the trail I hiked with the Man of
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Posted in Cooking, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Playing Laura
By Amy Lauters on August 3, 2009
One of the key questions I had about The First Four Years had nothing to do with the plot, the relationships, or Laura.
It had to do with pie plant.
You may remember the scene: Laura was cooking for the threshers, the first dinner in her very own little house, and was running through the menu: “There
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Posted in Cooking, Playing Laura, The First Four Years | Tagged Amy
By Rebecca Brammer on July 30, 2009
It was the spring of 1987, and Cat’s Cradle was all the rage in Iowa my elementary school. It was the first and only fad I ever had the privilege of starting. And of course, it was all because of Laura.
My best friend and I had each received copies of Barbara Walker’s “The Little House
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Posted in Playing Laura | Tagged Rebecca
By Amy Lauters on July 28, 2009
In a conversation with my sister-cousin, Nicole Kohls, this weekend, talk turned to Little House.
Now, Nic is one of the cousins, along with her sister Sara, who regularly played with my sister, Tracy, and I when we were small. Games often included long-ranging arguments over who would make the best Mary, who should be Laura,
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Posted in Almanzo Wilder, Crafting, Cultural Impact, Farmer Boy, Playing Laura | Tagged Amy
By Rebecca Brammer on July 20, 2009
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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Posted in De Smet — Ingalls Homestead, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Playing Laura, Walnut Grove | Tagged Homesite Vacations, Rebecca
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