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Have no fear — the Little House on the Prairie museum site is safe! At the kind invitation of museum director Michelle Martin, I took an overnight trip to Independence, Kansas, to present about the Wilder Weather of Laura’s books!  … Continue reading →

On March 29, I participated in the Making of the Great Plains symposium at the University of Nebraska.  The conference debuted a new style of presenting information:  electronic posters!  We electronic poster presenters were charged with creating a display of … Continue reading →

Remember the winter after the Long Winter? It was described in Little Town on the Prairie.  If you’re struggling to remember it, don’t feel bad — there wasn’t much of a winter there at all.  Laura describes mild temperatures and … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Laura readers, ever notice that she hardly ever talks about being sick?  Other than a near-fatal bout with diphtheria in The First Four Years and the “fever ‘n ague” (malaria) in Little House on … Continue reading →

We had a flirtation with snow back in early November, but it was only on the ground for a few brief hours.  From a meteorologist point of view, it “counts” as a snow… but from a girl gazing out the … Continue reading →

The Colorado and Wyoming mountains and plains saw their first snowfall of the season earlier this week, and now the East Coast and adjacent mountains are getting their turn.  So far, the Great Plains have been snow-free.  Wonder when our … Continue reading →

I have been waiting for a long time for the weather to change and inspire me to write a new blog entry, but we’ve been stuck in the same pattern for the better part of a month!  We had some … Continue reading →

After a summer that tipped the scales on the warm side, fall weather seems to have arrived to eastern Nebraska all at once!  Corn fields are beginning to turn a harvest gold, and bright yellow sunflowers (and ragweed!) are in … Continue reading →

It has been an exciting weekend!  After seeing information from the last conference at which I presented about the Long Winter, a science reporter at USAToday.com became interested in Laura’s Long Winter.  The result is a very nice feature article … Continue reading →

I finally had enough of a summer break to read The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure, a book that had been on my reading list since it was released several months ago.  It’s a great read for anybody who used … Continue reading →