This year saw most of the Little House homesites become the beneficiary of a wonderful donation of Little House artifacts from Richard Fisher of Cleves, Ohio. Richard has been collecting artifacts related to the Little House books since the 1970′s,…
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Richard Fisher Donates Part of Artifact Collection to Homesites
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Season 2013 Ends
October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip during or after October, make sure you call ahead. They may or may not be able to accommodate…
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Laura Season 2013 Gets Underway
Catch up what’s going on this month in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom with Trundlebed Tales May Update Podcast. I had originally posted the information below on my personal blog, but at Connie Neumann’s request I am reposting it here with…
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Laura Homesite Season Ends
October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip after that, make sure you call ahead. They may or may not be able to accommodate you by…
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Christmas Shopping at the Homesites
Last year I posted a list of suggestions for Christmas gifts for the Laura Ingalls fan just beginning their Laura collection. I think they are still excellent suggestions if your Laura fan still needs any of them, but we’re looking…
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LauraPalooza 2010 – Memories
Can you believe it’s been a whole year since LauraPalooza 2010? Can you believe it’s only a year to LauraPalooza 2012? Since I first heard about a possible conference with only one subject – Laura Ingalls Wilder – I was…
Day One of Laurapalooza
This week we are at the halfway point. It’s been a year since we were gathered together at the first large scale continuing conference on Laura Ingalls Wilder and in one year hopefully we’ll be getting ready to greet you…
Laura Season Opens
I just did a quick call around to see when the Laura museums open for the year. This is subject to change in other years, but I thought might give everyone a good idea when they are open. If you…
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Video of Day 1
This is kind of rough footage, but I think it will give you a feel for what it’s like to be at the conference and hopefully you’ll want to come next time. Laurapalooza Trip Day 1 This video covers Day…
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From Spring Valley, Minn.
The Man of the Place and I went camping in Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, Minnesota, this weekend. This gorgeous area, full of rolling farmland and clear trout streams, offers a bounty of natural resources. It’s no wonder, then, that…