Welcome to Day 3 of LauraPalooza, Friday, July 13, 2012. We have three videos for today. The middle one has a long bit of Barbara Walker’s speech, I hope you enjoy it. Note that YouTube has started a stabilization feature.…
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LauraPalooza 2012 Day 3 Video
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Red Peppers in the Attic
So I’ve been reading Little House in the Big Woods. Normally this is my “skipper,” which means that when I reread the series, I may or may not include this one in the mix. It depends on my mood. But…
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Please pass the parched corn…
Thanksgiving dinner was good. Pa had shot a wild goose for it. Ma had to stew the goose because there was no fireplace, and no oven in the little stove. But she made dumplings in the gravy. There were corn…
“Apple Pie! Where in the World Did You Get Apples?”
With the start of pumpkin season this fall, BLH contributor (and author of the upcoming Wilder Life) Wendy McClure finally managed to try something she’s been waiting a while for:
Little House Cooking in the NYT
I love when The New York Times goes Little House, especially in an I-thought-I-hated-these-books-but-look-how-cool-this-part-is way. “Little House in the Hood” is a rather interesting story from the NYT Magazine — a cooking column, actually — that references Little House in…
The Long Winter, Chapter 4: October Blizzard
At first you might think that this is just another one of those mornings where Laura wakes up to Pa’s trouble song while her bed’s covered in snow. (Remember that time in By the Shores of Silver Lake?) All right,…
The Long Winter, Chapter 3: The Fall of the Year
As this chapter begins, the weather machinations are clicking along: the hot September days of haying end abruptly with three days of rain, and then, after that, the first frost. “My goodness,” Ma said shivering, while she laid kindling in…
Wild Chokecherries
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…
Pie Plant
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…