Stolen from Hannahbanana "The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed.” 1) Bold: I have read. 2) Italics: Those I intend to read. 3) Underline: Books I love. 4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read...
My father read us bedtime stories at night, and our older sister read to us most anytime. Our favorite book was an old cardboard Whitman number which kept getting re-published under various names and with varying cover art, but which contained stories that still seem excellent today. If you remember...
Good morning. My name is Tom S, and I'm a complete geek. (Good morning, Tom) Yesterday morning, I awoke about 0500. I went to the kitchen for a glass of water, and I noticed Kitten sitting out on the balcony. It was a nice enough morning, cool and clear, so I went out to say hello. While I was idly...
Located in Storm Lake, Iowa, the Heritage Tree Museum is a wonderful collection of trees from historical places all across America. The trees include a Laura Ingalls Wilder cottonwood donated by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society in De Smet, SD. Local boy scout, Darren Johnson has taken on...
So a good friend from school (Karen) passed along this e-mail that's probably been around the bend and back a few times, but was new to me. And I really got a kick out of how dead on the thing was. Perfect blog fodder because I thought it would be fun to share some specific thoughts on some of these...
Laura Ingalls Wilder remarked in "Little Town on the Prairie" how much she disliked false front buildings. She was proud that her Pa's building did not need a false front to make it look taller. The photo below is of a false front that still stands in Beadle County, SD in Bonilla. The photo is by...
OK... I know this started out as a blog on living in Montana but... I needed a place to put my 101 in 1001 list so it's going here. The idea behind 101 in 1001 is that you meet 101 goals/do 101 tasks in 1001 days. My start date is today (August 12, 2006) and my ending date is May 9, 2009. Adding to...
So I'm 19 and I'm not displeased with it. I'm not even displeased with the last year. It's been pretty worthless in terms of accomplishment, but it was fun as fuck. I like memories more than accomplishments. And I did okay on memories this year. I think that's all I can ask for. Not to freak myself...
When I was a little girl, the first chapter books I read were the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Yes, it was also a TV show with Michael Landon. Anyway, the first time I read a chapter book, I didn't understand the concept that the chapters were meant to be read in order...
The 2008 edition of the Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant in De Smet began on Friday, July 11 and runs for the next three weekends. This year the pageant is "These Happy Golden Years".THGY is the favorite book of a lot of LIW fans because of the romance between Almanzo and Laura. I admit that I really...
Sandra Hume will be the first one to tell you she is not an LIW researcher. Nonetheless, with help from a few other LIW fans, she has created a very informative LIW newsletter and blog. Sandra lives a life very close to the ones lived by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane....
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