My niece, Kesinee Wiltrout, turns 15 today. Those of you who attended LauraPalooza may remember her as my right-hand assistant, dorm roommate, and crafting activities guru. Kesinee also helped to model and display several heirloom fabric items during the craft…
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On Turning 15
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Seeking Laura Letters
Isn’t it great when you when you’re minding your own business out in the woods and you discover a Honey Tree? Well, I found one this last weekend. I was working on promoting my Seeking Laura Letters project. I’m trying…
“Wilder Weather” from Barb Boustead
Remember Barb Boustead? Our favorite National Weather Service meteorologist wowed everyone at LauraPalooza with her riveting presentation on historical weather during The Long Winter. She’s got her own Little House weather blog, Wilder Weather. Bookmark it, because we hope she’ll…
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Happy Birthday, Laura!
A very happy birthday to our favorite author! During Laura’s lifetime, she received thousands of birthday wishes from children and fans across the country, and beyond. Feel free to leave your own birthday wishes here, or tell us if you…
LauraPalooza 2010 Issue of the Homesteader
When I started writing about LauraPalooza for the Homesteader, it became apparent pretty quickly that I had much more information than I could use in a single issue. So I decided to create a special LauraPalooza edition of the newsletter…
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Homesteader and LauraPalooza Update
Attention all LauraPalooza attendees and Homesteader subscribers: Two upcoming Homesteader issues will be released within the next month. The special LauraPalooza edition of the Homesteader is complete and should be available for ordering by January 25, 2011. The regular winter issue…
2010 Year in Review
For the pilot episode of 2010 we recapped 2010 year in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom, listen here. Look back at posts about the highlights of 2010. What other posts would you include as the top posts of 2010? Little House on…
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LauraPalooza Wins Award
The Greater Mankato Convention and Visitors Bureau Tuesday presented the Bring It Home Award to Laurapalooza. I accepted the award on behalf of everyone who attended, organized, and helped with the three-day conference last summer. Amy Lauters displays the award…
LauraPalooza Photo Challenge
Currently open on my computer is the special LauraPalooza edition of The Homesteader. If I do say so myself, it is looking sweeeeeeet. Just paging through it, scanning the text and all the photos, I’m living those two and a…
The Hard Winter in Context
Our favorite meteorologist, Barbara Mayes Boustead, will be presenting her work on Laura’s Long Winter on Nov. 17 in Sioux Falls, S.D. From the poster: Laura’s Long Winter: Putting the Hard Winter of 1880-81 into Perspective Wednesday, November 17, 2010…
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