guest post by Erin Blakemore and Sandra Hume So we had this whole dialogue planned out for this section. Fire, devastation, uplift. The End. Easy, right? Yeah, not so much. The end of The First Four Years is pretty much as…
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Snowed In
Where I live in Iowa, we just survived our first big storm of the winter. (Which is a good thing because we were dry all summer and we’ve actually set a record locally for the longest time between snowstorms.) It…
Dr. George Tann
Susan Thurlow Episode 36 of Trundlebed Tales all about A Doctor Fetched By A Family Dog, Dr. George Tann. It originally aired Saturday, October 27, 2012.Listen to host Sarah Uthoff and Susan Thurlow as they talk about Dr. George Tann.…
Little House: EXTINCT! Could It Happen?
Tuesday morning seemed ordinary enough. I got my oldest off to school, fed and dressed my younger two, and packed them into the car for the weekly drive to Story Hour at the library. My toddler excitedly pushed the handicapped-accessible…
A Controversial Anniversary in Mankato
When we planned the 2012 LauraPalooza, we missed the fact that 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of an event that had direct bearing on the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Dakota Conflicts. In Little House on the Prairie, Mrs.…
Living History Farms Sale
Living History Farms is a major living history site in Des Moines, Iowa. It covers the story of agriculture in Iowa from the native Ioway tribe through modern times with an 184os and 1900 farm along the way and an…
That Engagement Ring, part 2
Some of you might have read a post of mine from a couple of years ago where I mentioned a very slight obsession I have with Laura’s engagement ring. For years I thought I was the only one but something…
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Prairie People
Sitting in my doctor’s office, I glanced through the June 6 issue of People Magazine and saw this quote from Tina Fey in a section called “What to Read to Your Kids”: “For a full year my daughter loved this Disney…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Days 2011 in Burr Oak Iowa
Burr Oak’s 35th Laura Days “Images of the Past” at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum Tours/Gift Shop Open:Saturday, 9 am-5 pm (closed for parade); Sunday Noon to 4 pm Events on Saturday, June 25th • “Wilder 5-K”…
Up next: Chapter 15
We’re waiting for the Little Town read-along summary post from Annika — Annika, are you out there? We understand that life happens, so please let us know if you need us to reassign your chapter.