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…
Tag: Playing Laura
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…
Cat’s Cradle
It was the spring of 1987, and Cat’s Cradle was all the rage in Iowa my elementary school. It was the first and only fad I ever had the privilege of starting. And of course, it was all because of…
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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Playing Laura and Mary
In my “other” (non-Laura) life as an early interventionist, I am often discouraged at the playthings available to children. Toys of today do all the work for the kids; children don’t have to pretend anything because the toys do it…
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