Rose Wilder Lane
A Rose in December
…a Rose in December (is) much rarer than a rose in June, and must be paid for accordingly.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder, in The First Four Years
This quotation has been going through my head for the last month, every time I go in or out my front door and see the beautiful rosebushes still in full bloom
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A Rose in December
All this talk about Rose has again made me reflect on her life. Since I am, indeed, in the researching-and-writing stage of working on a biography of Rose, it’s not hard for me to settle in to thinking about her. As a woman, Rose seemed tense, conflicted, inwardly struggling with depression and outwardly maintaining the
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Why Little House is Purple
I like purple. I like it a lot. It’s my favorite color, in fact.
I remember when I first learned how purple came to be. During those carefree childhood days of summer, my grandparents kept all of us kids well supplied with freeze pops. My cousin and I would each eat half of our popsicle, then
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Rose Wilder Lane … Who Knew?
Well, we did. But apparently, now that the venerable New Yorker has run an article about Rose and Laura–containing no new information, and just a lot of commentary based on recycled sources–cyberspace is whirling with debate about Rose’s politics, the expressed values in the Little House series, and even Christian doctrine as expressed in the
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Summer Giveaway #3
If Rose Wilder Lane were alive today, what would she be doing? Share your thoughts in the comment section and be entered in a drawing for a copy of my book Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco. In approximately two weeks I will let the computer at random.org pick the winners. There will be
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What If
Do you ever play the “what if” game in regards to the Ingalls and Wilders? I sure do. What if the Ingalls had stayed in the Big Woods, mightn’t they have been better off? It seems like their most prosperous time was in that snug little cabin in Wisconsin. Things kind of went downhill from there. Oh
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Summer Giveaway #1
Do you have a favorite Little House site? Why is it your favorite? Share your memories in the comment section and be entered in a drawing for a copy of my book Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco. In two weeks I will let the computer at random.org pick the winners. There will be
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Summer Giveaway
Ten years ago I followed the footsteps of Rose Wilder Lane in San Francisco. This summer, to mark the anniversary of that trip, I am giving away ten copies of my book Rose Wilder Lane’s San Francisco! Approximately every other week I will post a topic and those who post a comment regarding that
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Too Good To Be True?
Sandra’s excellent post last week about Rose’s contributions to On The Way Home made me think about our expectations of Laura. Not Laura the book character but Laura, the real woman.
Most people probably think of Laura as the embodiment of sweet, simple, old-fashioned things. I often see her quote – ”I am beginning to learn that
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