“I declare,” Ma said. “It never rains but it pours.” ~from These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 20 One of the most frequent questions I have received over the years from those who love Laura’s books is, “Why hasn’t there been…
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The Life Stories of a Pioneer Girl
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Farmgirls Do the Circuit
Lake Pepin Beach A women’s club named the Farmgirls has decided to do a Laura trip/service project. It started with one chapter, but grew to include members from multiple groups. They are doing a link of the entire Laura homesite …
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Mansfield Announces New Documentary
The Winter 2009/2010 issue of Rocky Ridge Review announces that the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum was partnering with Ozark Rocky Ridge Farmhouse Public Television to produce a documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder. Tentatively titled Laura Ingalls Wilder: The…
Lauras and Their Picture Windows
Laura pops up in all aspects of my life, it seems. Even in other books. Right now — that is, when I’m not reading The Long Winter, which I’ll post about in the next day or so — I’m in…
Rainy Wilder Days
Last weekend, my niece and I traveled to Mansfield, Missouri, to celebrate their annual Wilder Days. Although there are several events from Wednesday through Sunday, the majority of the festivities took place on Saturday, which was the only day we…
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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Fall Fun at the Wilder Homesites
Just because summer’s over, don’t think the fun at the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites has to end!! This weekend — September 12-13 — celebrate Laura Ingalls Wilder Days in Pepin, Wisconsin — the Little House in the Big Woods. And…
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The Mystery of the Oval Glass Bread Plate
For themselves, they decided to buy a present together, something they could both use and enjoy. After much studying of Montgomery Ward’s catalogue, they chose to get a set of glassware. They needed it for the table and there was…
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The Spirituality of Laura Ingalls Wilder
One of the questions I’ve often been asked by visitors to my website pertains to Laura’s religious beliefs. What did Laura believe about God and spirituality? While this question is impossible to answer in one respect, since Laura is no…
Rocky Ridge: A Dream Come True
I’ve loved Laura ever since I was eleven, when my sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Lazarus, started reading the Little House books to our class. It was love at first read and I was hooked. I checked the books out of the…