The Almanzo Wilder Farm has finished its replica one-room school project and is unveiling it in a big event with guest speakers this Saturday. Sadly I won’t be going, but board member Connie Neumann is so we look forward to…
Tag: Farmer Boy
Happy Endings…
I haven’t been feeling well lately and have also been very busy. So, what’s on my mind when things slow down and I get to rest and recover? Why, it’s the Little House books, of course! I was thinking about…
Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum Calendar 2011
Almanzo Wilder Doll The Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum have released the following event schedule for 2011. Although the mailing address is Malone and it is the bigger town, the farm itself…
Wilder Barns Burn! — in 1851
Extra, extra, read all about it! Wilder Barns Burn But don’t panic — this is no recent devastation, but rather, a headline culled from an 1851 edition of the Franklin Gazette, courtesy of the Franklin County Historical Society in New…
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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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Sloo and Slough
When I was in De Smet this summer, we were talking about the Big Slough and as always a quote from Emily of Deep Valley popped into my head. Other people in the conference planning group said they had the…
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Lessons from Laura
Mansfield, Missouri, held its annual Little Laura/Little Farmer Boy contest this past weekend. I asked my seven-year-old niece if she wanted to wear her prairie dress and participate in the contest. “No,” she answered without hesitation. “I want to be…
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Boys like Laura, too, don’t they?
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.…
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Independence Day
“Father, how was it axes and plows that made this country? Didn’t we fight England for it?” “We fought for Independence, son,” Father said. “But all the land our forefathers had was a little strip of country, here between the…
Lazy, Lousy Reprise
With apologies, rather than write a brand-new post I’m going to revisit Eliza Jane. With such insightful, sophisticated comments, it seems a shame not to. Dawn wrote: Is it possible that it was just true? That she was annoying and…
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