Although Laura fans have long been interested in the Iowa School for the Blind and Sight Saving School (ISBSSS) where Mary attended in Vinton, Iowa, for many years the interest was one-sided. It was an active school and there were…
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events 2014
One of my annual events on the podcast is to do an episode looking ahead to Laura events in the coming year. Kudos to the large number of organizations who got their exact dates out there early so I could…
Mary Ingalls Society Hosts First Event
Locals braved icy conditions to turn out 40 strong at the very first and very successful event hosted by the ISBSSS Mary Ingalls Society on Jan. 10, 2014. The event was a combination celebration of Mary Ingalls’s birthday (coincidentally a…
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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Fandom Roundup 2012
This is the third year the Trundlebed Tales podcast has done a retrospective looking back over the events in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom. 2012 was a busy year with a lot of events, from the publication of the new edition…
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Mary Ingalls Society Founded
Group of Blind Students at Vinton By now you may have seen a similar post I made on Trundlebed Tales, but I wanted tomake sure everyone had seen this, plus there is a lovely article in the The Cedar…