This year marked the 40th anniversary of my museum’s biggest event of the year, Candlelight. As part of the anniversary, we created a small exhibit and I researched the history of the event. One thing that surprised me was how quickly the key elements of the event came together: buildings decorated by community groups, performances [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Little House’
Timeless
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, Christmas, Little House, Little Women, Roller Skates on December 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Armchair Traveling
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As soon as I heard about The Wilder Life,I knew it was a must read. And apparently everyone else knew it was a “Melissa book” because nine million people asked me if I knew about it. Well, maybe not nine million people, but a lot. Including some friends I’ve never really considered as “book friends.” [...]
What would you do?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There are many random and unusual perks in being a director of education at history museum. The latest? Our annual Girl Scout Day event has a Little House on the Prairie theme. (any guesses as to who decided that?) And you can’t have a book themed event without reading parts of the book! So, I”ll [...]
Secrets Revealed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, food, Little House on March 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s not often that I read a cookbook straight through, but after dipping in to The Little House Cookbook, I knew this was one that I had to read. It has been out for a very, very long time (1979), and I have a very dim recollection of checking it out at the library when [...]
Maple-sugar-on-snow?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on February 4, 2011 | 9 Comments »
By Northern standards, the weather we’ve had this last week is Not Much. By Dallas standards? Well, life as we know it stopped this week. On Monday night, a giant ice storm hit. And the temperature hasn’t made it past 25 since. Last night, the forecasters said there was a 30% chance of a light [...]
“Wonder, contentment and more than a little hope”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on December 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On Christmas morning, just after hugs were given and coffee was poured, mom turned to me and said “You’re going to love the editorial page this morning!” This year, the Christmas editorial of the Dallas Morning News featured Little House in the Big Woods! The complete text can be found here. The editorial opens by mentioning [...]
Christmas Classics
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Betsy-Tacy, Christmas, Great Brain, lesson plan, Little House, Little Women, Roller Skates on November 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Though it’s not quite the holiday season yet, I’ve spent much of this morning reading Christmas scenes from various children’s books. For Candlelight (the museum’s biggest event of the year), I decided to create a pre-visit lesson plan for teachers visiting in December. And what better way to talk about how holidays have changed in [...]
School days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, Little House on August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today is the first day of school for most of my Texas neighbors. We also had a record high temperature of 107, but that’s beside the point. Depressing, but not the point. School is a really big part of so much of kidlit history. Because, you know, these are books about kids and they spend most [...]
Meeting Laura
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged historic sites, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on May 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
So, guess where I went today? Today, I went to the source. I walked the same rooms that Laura, Almanzo and Rose walked. Interior photos weren’t permitted, but let me just say this: it’s one of my favorite historic houses ever. It had so many wonderful personal touches, and their lives just oozed through the [...]
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