With the start of pumpkin season this fall, BLH contributor (and author of the upcoming Wilder Life) Wendy McClure finally managed to try something she’s been waiting a while for:
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The Wheat on My Street
So turns out, this street sign is a mere mile from my house. But I rarely drive by that way so I never noticed it. Yep, we’re wheat farmers around here.
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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The Long Winter, Chapter 33: Christmas In May
[Edited to add: I’m so sorry! I did not credit Laura Welser with writing this wonderful post. -Sandra] Guest post by Laura Welser I remember, like it was yesterday (and, believe me, it wasn’t!), the very first time I read…
The Long Winter, Chapter 32: The Christmas Barrel
This chapter is full of images that have stayed with me ever since my first reading of The Long Winter. To me, they’re full of burgeoning excitement. Image 1: Pa and Mr. Boast walking down the street with the Christmas…
The Long Winter, Chapter 31: Waiting for the Train
Guest post by Barb Mayes Boustead Flooding in Yankton, South Dakota, Spring 1881 Spring is here! Those of us who live on the Plains know the sense of relief all too well, how feeling mild temperatures and seeing green growth…
Great Discussion a Few Chapters Back
One of the limits of this blog is that truly organic discussions, no matter how pertinent or thoughtful, can so easily get left behind. I’d love to explore an alternative to comments that would keep discussions dynamic, interesting, and front-and-center.…
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The Long Winter, Chapter 30: It Can’t Beat Us
It seems like it should be the end, but it’s not. The wheat has come in to “save” the town, but it’s not over yet. All the wheat means is that the townspeople have bread to eat instead of nothing…
The Long Winter, Chapter 29: The Last Mile
This chapter is pivotal in more than one way, and there’s so much said in just a few pages that to attempt to expound upon it all would be quite challenging. So I’ll just make a few comments, and let…
The Long Winter, Chapter 27: For Daily Bread
Guest post by Karen Witham In which our hero and his brave sidekick set out in search of lifesaving wheat… The chapter opens: “In the third night of that storm a stillness woke Almanzo.” There is then a rather touching…