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Ep 132 Looking Ahead at Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom This Year 2022

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 131 Come Visit Laura Ingalls Wilder and Plan Your Laura Trip Part 2

This episode is the second in a series of episodes this month that are going to talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder travel. This first episode is full of questions that you should ask yourself as you start planning a Laura trip. People think there is a one size fits all kind of Laura trip. There isn't. People are interested in different aspects of the story. Some people are more interested than others. Others might be limited by travel issues or time on a particular trip. This episode will be questions you should ask yourself before you take off on that trip to the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites, Pepin, Wisconsin; Independence, Kansas; Walnut Grove, Minnesota; Burr Oak, Iowa; De Smet, South Dakota; Keystone, South Dakota, Mansfield, Missouri; Spring Valley, Minnesota, and Malone, New York.

Ep 130 World Read Aloud Day Mother West Wind’s Children Part 8

Every year I do some reading in honor of World Read Aloud Day. It's every March 2nd in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. Sometimes I do something Laura specific, but lately I've been doing Mother West Wind's Children by Thorton W. Burgess. For awhile I was doing short episodes as I tested various microphones, but today's is going to be my standard equipment. Learn more about Burgess and find a list of links to the other stories. Today we're doing "Johnny Chuck's Great Fight."

Ep 129 Come Visit Laura Ingalls Wilder and Plan Your Laura Trip

This episode is the start of a series of episodes this month that are going to talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder travel. This first episode is full of questions that you should ask yourself as you start planning a Laura trip. People think there is a one size fits all kind of Laura trip. There isn't. People are interested in different aspects of the story. Some people are more interested than others. Others might be limited by travel issues or time on a particular trip. This episode will be questions you should ask yourself before you take off on that trip to the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites, Pepin, Wisconsin; Independence, Kansas; Walnut Grove, Minnesota; Burr Oak, Iowa; De Smet, South Dakota; Keystone, South Dakota, Mansfield, Missouri; Spring Valley, Minnesota, and Malone, New York.

Ep 128 Iowa Honey Producers Association and the Honey Tree

Join our host Sarah Uthoff talking to Jason Foley, President of Iowa Honey Producers Association [IHPA], member of the Friendly Beekeepers of Iowa, an educator of beekeeping, a certified master beekeeper through the University of Florida, 4 time "beekeeper of the year" recipient from the university of Florida, owner of "Foley's Russian Bees" and co-owner of "Honey Hollow Apiary & Gardens LLC". We're going to be talking about raising bees today. We'll also talk about the association and how producer organizations work, especially the princess system. Finally we'll turn to honey trees. Are there really trees filled with honey?

Ep 127 Laura Ingalls Wilder’s On-Air Birthday Party 2022

Join us for our annual Laura Ingalls Wilder birthday party. Every year we ask people to call in and tell us their Laura story. So this year’s celebration will be our 9th. 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.

Ep 126 Nancy Koupal and the Revised Text of Pioneer Girl

Join your host Sarah Uthoff and Nancy Koupal of the Pioneer Girl Project as they talk about their latest book Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts. The original Pioneer Girl - Laura Ingalls Wilder's previously unpublished memoir - was a run away bestseller and is still selling well. The follow up to that is a set of three books about Pioneer Girl. This is the second of this series. Do you need to buy? Tune in and see!

Ep 125 Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom Roundup 2021

What happened in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during 2021? There were fewer things cancelled than in 2021, but some things were changed how they were set up. Some things were canceled. For example, Pepin Days in Laura was scheduled, canceled, and re-scheduled over the course of the year. I hope in the coming year there will be a lot more Laura events. American Masters Walnut Grove's Pageant Discussion Top 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Homestead National Landmark's Prairie Author Event Pioneer Girl: Revised Texts Walnut Grove Chapel De Smet 2nd Best Town in the USA - USA Today poll Pa's Tombstone Bright Lights, Prairie Dust by Karen Grassle Laura Ingalls Wilder Children's Literature Festival