Tag: Little House
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Breaking News?
Today was quite the day for breaking news in the kidlit history world: Scarlet fever wasn’t the cause of Mary Ingalls’ blindness. Friends linked to articles on USA Today, the University of Michigan alumni newsletter, and jezebel.com–and I’m sure there were more. In a nutshell, Mary most likely had viral meningoencephalitis, a brain infection. And Laura…
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Work hard for a living
I never thought I’d get excited about economic history. Or economics, in general. But when everything crashed in 2008, I got interested. I remember being completely transfixed while listening to This American Life’s podcast about the real estate meltdown (A Giant Pool of Money). And dumbfounded that I was so fascinated. I started reading the…
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Things that make me happy. . .
Staying up past midnight, finishing one of the best books I’ve read all year. And did I mention that it’s historical fiction? Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein probably has a very long wait-list at the library (it took me months to get it), but it’s so worth the wait. British women in World War…
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Timeless
This year marked the 40th anniversary of my museum’s biggest event of the year, Candlelight. As part of the anniversary, we created a small exhibit and I researched the history of the event. One thing that surprised me was how quickly the key elements of the event came together: buildings decorated by community groups, performances…
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Armchair Traveling
As soon as I heard about The Wilder Life,I knew it was a must read. And apparently everyone else knew it was a “Melissa book” because nine million people asked me if I knew about it. Well, maybe not nine million people, but a lot. Including some friends I’ve never really considered as “book friends.”…
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What would you do?
There are many random and unusual perks in being a director of education at history museum. The latest? Our annual Girl Scout Day event has a Little House on the Prairie theme. (any guesses as to who decided that?) And you can’t have a book themed event without reading parts of the book! So, I”ll…
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Secrets Revealed
It’s not often that I read a cookbook straight through, but after dipping in to The Little House Cookbook, I knew this was one that I had to read. It has been out for a very, very long time (1979), and I have a very dim recollection of checking it out at the library when…
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Maple-sugar-on-snow?
By Northern standards, the weather we’ve had this last week is Not Much. By Dallas standards? Well, life as we know it stopped this week. On Monday night, a giant ice storm hit. And the temperature hasn’t made it past 25 since. Last night, the forecasters said there was a 30% chance of a light…
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“Wonder, contentment and more than a little hope”
On Christmas morning, just after hugs were given and coffee was poured, mom turned to me and said “You’re going to love the editorial page this morning!” This year, the Christmas editorial of the Dallas Morning News featured Little House in the Big Woods! The complete text can be found here. The editorial opens by mentioning…
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