Trundlebed Tales

Ep 124 Wendi Lou Lee Baby Grace and the Prairie Devotional

Wendi Lou Lee joins host Sarah Uthoff to talk about her experiences being involved with the "Little House on the Prairie" NBC TV show. Lee was one of a set of twins who played Baby Grace. The real life Grace was, of course, awesomesauce because she was born in Iowa and attended a normal school. So we're looking forward to hearing Lee's take on the TV show. Lee has also written A Prairie Devotional. She'll share with us about all of it. 

Ep 123 Karen Grassle Little House Ma on Bright Lights, Prairie Dust

Karen Grassle joins host Sarah Uthoff to talk about her new memoir, Bright Lights, Prairie Dust. Grassle, of course, played Laura Ingalls Wilder's Ma on the 1970s NBC series, We're going to talk about her experience on "Little House." We'll dig into what it was like to film the series. Then we'll discuss her life beyond as a theater actress and a woman's right advocate. You're going to want a copy of her new book. Here's the link to Karen's website: https://www.karengrassle.net Upcoming appearence: https://www.karengrassle.net/news

Ep 122 A Tour Around Trundlebed Tales

I always say you can find Trundlebed Tales all around the web. Well, what does that mean just where can you find me? We'll talk about all the stuff I do around the web including all the information I give out, the stuff I produce and where all you can find me on social media.

Ep 121 Prairie Patchwork 50th Anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant

All the different Laura Ingalls Wilder De Smet, South Dakota sites have worked together to put an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant. It's going to be spread out over 3 weekends with all kinds of events. This is an overview of the highlights, a little later than it should have been, but I hope will tell you what's going on and prep you for my roving reports for the event.

Travel Times Homestead NPS

This summer I made my second visit to the Homestead Nationa Park Service unit. It's the Homestead National Historic Park. This park commermorates the Homestead Act from the very first homestead to the last. Get a report on what you can see and do in Beatrice, NE.

World Read Aloud Day Mother West Wind’s Children Part 7

Today we're going to celebrate World Read Aloud Day by reading part of Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. Burgess. We're picking up from our 10 minute episodes last year where we were testing microphones. This time our story is "Reddy Fox the Boaster." 

Ep 120 Honoring Memorial Day

What is the purpose behind Memorial Day? What are Memorial Day services like?  Want to see what I'm talking about, check out my Memorial Day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH-c2OPXDbQ

Ep 119 Laura Ingalls Wilder Collectibles

As part of Alison Arngrim's reading I've discovered that there are a lot of things that Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie fans that have no idea that there are things to buy. I've put doing a visual walk through all the things you can buy, but today we'll just go through the list.