Trundlebed Tales

Join us for our annual Laura Ingalls Wilder birthday party. Every year we ask people to call in and tell us their Laura story. This year we're coming back after 2 years where we didn't get it done. (Time 1 was interrupted by a Disney trip and Time 2 was a complete technology meltdown, I couldn't hear you and you couldn't hear me so I talked to myself for an hour.) So this year's celebration will be our 8th. Laura fans are invited to call in and share either the story of how they became a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, their favorite Laura Ingalls Wilder related experience, or annual family traditions based on Laura. Based on requests, I'm continuing it as an hour so you'll have plenty of time to call in. So please call in and help fill the time. If you want to share your story, but don't want to talk on air, you can send a story to me ahead of time or in the chatroom live during the show. Live callers or chat get time before sent in stories. Call tollfree 1 (877) 633-9389 Contact me through social media at Trundlebed Tales or send stories to info@trundlebedtales.com

It's a month of birthdays with Laura and Almanzo and Pa and Ma's anniversary. We've got news from several of the homesites including the Mansfield museum coming down, Tessa Flak leaving De Smet, and events coming up this summer.

Today Travel Times looks at fans of one of the best history mysteries - What happened on Oak Island? It's an island in the north North Atlantic and SOMETHING happened there. We don't know what. We don't know when. But the TV show "The Curse of Oak Island" is setting out to explain. People have been looking for the assumed treasure on Oak Island since 1795 the search has taken money, time, and even lives. Start to dig and find out all you can about Oak Island. The Secret Treasure of Oak Island by D'Arby O'Connor The Curse of Oak Island by Randall Sullivan The History Channel's The Curse of Oak Island

What happened in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during 2020? It was Carrie Ingalls 150th birthday so lots of things were planned, but with COVID almost all of them were canceled. Laura people became another kind of pioneer, a digital kind. Two of three pageants created digital content and Alison Arngrim (Nellie Olsen) went online by reading to us. Then the "American Masters - Laura Ingalls Wilder: From Prairie to Page" debuted and set off another round of online discussion. Come along and tell us all about it. 

This month we've got birthdays, documentary news, and more as we look back to December and on to January and February.

Join Drew Uthoff as he joins host Sarah S. Uthoff to talk about winterizing his new car. Drew is a new driver and has gotten some things for his new car for Christmas and he's going to learn what to use them for. Check out what he's adding and if there is anything you should add to your own car.

I did one episode about this trip with everyone and thought that would be it. However, since about the middle of July my schedule has been unpredictable and I had time this morning so I thought I'd go ahead and talk about my trip by myself. However, to get other people's reactions be sure to listen to my big group episode on it. I'm going to talk about the schedule why we set it up the way we did, what didn't work, what did, why and what I want to do next time.

The COVID pandemic has moved a bunch of conferences online. How are online conferenes different from live ones?  Are they worth it? What are they like? Should you attend?