Author: Melissa Prycer
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Vacation Reading
This post was started in the midst of my recent vacation, but then there were internet connection issues and piles of stuff to go through when I got back to Texas and, well, you know how it is. Part of my trip was spent at a friend’s house who is also a big kid lit…
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Meeting Laura
So, guess where I went today? Today, I went to the source. I walked the same rooms that Laura, Almanzo and Rose walked. Interior photos weren’t permitted, but let me just say this: it’s one of my favorite historic houses ever. It had so many wonderful personal touches, and their lives just oozed through the…
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Anticipation. . .
In less than 48 hours, I’ll be in the same room with Pa’s fiddle, Ma’ china shepherdess, and Laura’s desk. I’ll be in Mansfield, MO, the place where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House books. It’s a literary pilgrimage I’ve long wanted to take. A college friend lives less than 2 hours from Mansfield,…
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Shopping with your favorite characters
Sometimes the simplest things lead to very interesting discoveries. During the course of a work project, I ran across this book. Do you recognize the name? Me neither. So, since our curator is out of town, I went to google and was fascinated by what I found. First, this book was an advertising premium. If…
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Football fans
Growing up in Texas, there are certain expectations. For instance, there are those that assume I have multiple pairs of cowboy boots and speak with quite the drawl. I did recently inherit one well-used pair of boots, and the drawl, well, I guess that depends on who you ask (and what they sound like). It…
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Not quite the Secret Garden, but close enough
When I bought my house, just over a year ago, there were many things that I knew I would enjoy. I knew I would like finally having colors on the walls, rather than apartment white and/or beige. I knew I would like decorating. I knew I would like having a decent sized kitchen. Here’s what…
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Idol or friend?
As a kid, my focus was always on the stories. Eventually, I figured out that some of my favorite authors had careers beyond the books I loved so much. Or that their lives were very different from what I imagined based on their novels. But no matter what, they were my literary idols. My love…
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The dark side of fame, food and t-shirts
Some days seem to have recurring themes. Today’s theme: children’s literature! I have one of those page a day calendars on my desk at work. After being out a few days, I was making it current and ran across this quote: “Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It…
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Power of Place
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about the unique magic of literary places. Not that this is something I never think of (see previous posts here and here), but it’s really come to the forefront based on a few very different things. First, a unique opportunity has arisen for the Betsy-Tacy Society. …
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Beyond the frontier
At my museum, we get a lot of school tours. Sometimes, we even get survey responses or comments or samples of the lesson plans teachers use to prep for the field trip. Generally speaking, this makes me very, very happy. And generally speaking, I’m amazed to see how creative teachers are in connecting their textbooks…
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