Episode 150 - LW - Cap Garland
Wilder on the Prairie
Episode 150 The Long Winter, chapter 9, "Cap Garland" Join us this week as we discuss shoes of the 1880s, George Bradley, Mary Power, Minnie Johnson, Cap Garland, "patent" desks, Florence Garland, Ben Woodworth, Arthur Johnson, the date of the blizzard, Mr. Foster/Silas Holmes, the Beardsley girls, the Wilmarth boys, Mead's Hotel, and Couse's Hardware.
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Episode 149 - LW - Settled in Town
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Episode 149 Chapter 8 of the Long Winter, "Settled in Town". Join us this week as we discuss the Long Winter being translated for the Japanese market after World War II, how long it takes for wood to weather grey, who was Ellen's calf's father?, John Carroll, roll-top desks, Thomas Power, Daniel Loftus, the difference of straw vs. hay, the definition of "all hollow", the Sherwood family, the Garland family, the Owens family, "to bach", and Mr. Foster.
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Episode 148 - LW - Indian Warning
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Episode 148 The Long Winter ch. 7, "Indian Warning" Join us this week as we discuss the third person omniscient narrator, where Royal and Almanzo homesteaded, which tribe the Native American may have been from, outdated depictions of Native Americans vis a vis language used, origin of the word "geezer", Ellie vs. Nell Boast, "to ceil", Laura not being allowed to stack hay in town, and Psalm 55:6.
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Episode 147 - LW - Indian Summer
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Episode 147 Ch. 6 of the Long Winter, "Indian Summer". Join us this week as we discuss the origins of the phrase "Indian summer" and dovkies.
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Episode 146 - LW - After the Storm
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Episode 146 Ch. 4 of The Long Winter, "After the Storm". Join us this week as we discuss tar paper nailed to the roof, what an "Indian summer" is, why Laura wore a shawl instead of a coat, "to scud", Mary not believing Laura's "queer notions", great auks, and why snow melts in the south.
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Episode 145 - LW - October Blizzard
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Episode 145 Ch. 6 of The Long Winter, "October Blizzard". Join us this week as we discuss Pa's sunflower song, baking soda in the bean broth, changing the bean water, cambric tea, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", "All the Bluebonnets Are Over the Border"/"The Blue Bonnets".
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Episode 144 - LW - Fall of the Year
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Episode 144 The Long Winter ch. 3 "Fall of the Year" Join us this week as we discuss equinoctial storms, battens, how big is a bushel?, sweet preserves, winnowing beans, shocking sod corn, pinning muslin to your knee while sewing a sheet, and Ma's green pumpkin pie.
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Episode 143 - LW - An Errand to Town
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Episode 143 Ch. 2 of The Long Winter "An Errand to Town". Join us this week as we discuss when the first frost is in DeSmet, cutter bar teeth, 5 cents for the cutter bar tooth, Charleton and Gerald Fuller, what a "pocketbook" is, the definition of "primly" and "rivet".
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Episodes 142 - LW - Make Hay While the Sun Shines
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Episode 142 Long Winter ch. 1 "Make Hay While the Sun Shines" Join us this week as we discuss 1941 Newbery winners, celebrities born in 1940, what happened between "Silver Lake" and "Long Winter", when you make hay, big bluestem grass, the definition of "to grub", garter snakes, definition of "haycock" and "whiffletree", a recipe for ginger water, and muskrat lodges.
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Bonus Episode 3
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Thank you for 100,000 downloads! :) To celebrate, here are my 10 favorite chapters (so far) of the Little House books.
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Ch. 2 of The Long Winter "An Errand to Town".
Join us this week as we discuss when the first frost is in DeSmet, cutter bar teeth, 5 cents for the cutter bar tooth, Charleton and Gerald Fuller, what a "pocketbook" is, the definition of "primly" and "rivet".