Trundlebed Tales

Ep 105 High Heat Old-Fashioned Clothes

One of the questions reenactors, people who wear old-fashioned clothes at living history museum sites and at living history events, get a lot is "aren't you hot?" Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes it's no. Today we'll look into why that is and what can you do in heat if you're wearing old-fashioned clothes or even what you should do yourself is you're visiting a living history site or wearing a costume during summer heat. Learn about how people used to beat the heat.

July 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update

Get a jump on everything going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during July 2019. We’ll check in on the Laura Ingalls Wilder museums having special events, the opening of Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite season, and my programs. Find out more about Walnut Grove, Minnesota: DeSmet, South Dakota; Spring Valley, Minnesota; Mansfield, Missouri, and Malone, New York. Plus about the "Little House on the Prairie" TV cast reunion and a conference.

Ep 104 45th Anniversary Little House on the Prairie Cast Reunion

Once again we join host Sarah Uthoff and Walnut Grove museum director Amy Foster as they talk about the major event the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and the Walnut Grove Pageant coming up July 12-13, 2019 in honor of the 45th Anniversary of the Little House on the Prairie TV show. This will be the largest reunion of the cast planned for this year. We’ll talk about what’s happening, who’s coming, and what to expect.  Tune in with your questions.

Ep 103 Meeting Actors with Pauly Tee

Join host Sarah Uthoff and Pauly Tee (he was previously on the show talking about visiting Little House on the Prairie TV show filming locations) as we talk about meeting actors. What do you do if you run into an actor? What can you expect at a reunion event? How do they work? What should you know before you go? We're going to focus on the Little House on the Prairie reunion coming July 2019, but these tips will be helpful no matter what the TV show, event, or con you go to.

June 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update

Get a jump on everything going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during June 2019. We’ll check in on the Laura Ingalls Wilder museums having special events, the opening of Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite season, and my programs. Find out more about Independence, Kansas: Burr Oak, Iowa, and Spring Valley, Minnesota.

Ep 102 Looking Ahead at Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom This Year 2019

A lot happened last year because of the big anniversary, but there's still interesting stuff going on this year. Since this is late we'll go through some of the big events this year and what we're still looking forward to. Whether you're interested in the TV show, the museums, or books, there is a lot going on.

Ep 101 Debra Reid, Agriculture History, and Laura Ingalls Wilder

Debra Reid, Curator of Agriculture and the Environment at The Henry Ford, joins host Sarah Uthoff to talk agriculture. Laura didn't just live in Little Houses, she lived on farms across the Midwest. But while people tend to have one idea about what farms were like in the past, it was really much more complicated. We'll examine how agriculture has helped the country through the fulfillment of the Homestead Act, what Wheat Culture was down to what variety Pa and Almanzo would have grown, and how agriculture changed between the late 19th century and the 1910s and 1920s when the Wilder farm Rocky Ridge was thriving. 

Mother West Wind’s Children Part 4

As part of my read aloud celebration AND as an experiment with microphones, I’m doing a series of short (around 10 minute) episodes. The story I'm finishing today is "Why Reddy Fox Has No Friends."