Episode 174 - LW - Christmas in May
Wilder on the Prairie
Episode 174 Ch. 33 of The Long Winter, "Christmas in May". Join us this week as we discuss the tablecloth sitch, yeast cakes/sponge/light bread, seedless raisins, cream of tartar, how far the Boasts' claim was from town, a dripping pan, ways to mash potatoes, the Boasts' winter on their claim, "Where There's a Will There's a Way".
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Episode 173 - LW - The Christmas Barrel
Wilder on the Prairie
Episode 173 Ch. 32 of The Long Winter, "The Christmas Barrel". Join us this week as we discuss whaleboned basques, fascinators, what "dove colored" is, Laura's jealousy about the Christmas barrel, talking turkey, and the presence of Mr. Boast.
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Episode 172 - Waiting for the Train
Wilder on the Prairie
Episode 172 Ch. 31 of The Long Winter "Waiting for the Train" Join us this week as we discuss King Nebuchadnezzar, "The May Queen", positive stereotypes of people of Scottish descent, why the Ingalls air the bedding, what an emigrant car is, and Pa not caring about taking items from the railroad company.
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Episode 171 - LW - It Can't Beat Us
Wilder on the Prairie
Episode 171 Ch. 30 of The Long Winter, "It Can't Beat Us". Join us this week as we discuss Carrie not helping with chores (?), no more lessons, Pa not singing his trouble song, Laura's light within her, the Chinook winds, and "beauty is only skin deep".
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Episode 170 - LW - The Last Mile
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Episode 170 Ch. 29 of The Long Winter, "The Last Mile". Join us this week as we discuss how Almanzo treats Prince, what a neckyoke is, what "tugs" are, "Is that the best you can do?", Laura clarifying the timeline of the narrative, what Loftus charges for the wheat, the physcial description of Pa and the toll the Long Winter has taken on him, the respect Pa commanded, "palaver", how they divided up the wheat, and Pa being too proud to ask for help carrying 125 lbs.
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Episode 169 - LW - Four Days' Blizzard
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Episode 169 Ch. of The Long Winter "Four Days' Blizzard" Join us this week as we discuss Pa yelling at the wind, "Song of the Freed Men/We Are All Here", "It Will Never Do to Give (It) up So", "Great Is the Lord/And Greatly to Be Prais'd", "When I Can Read My Title Clear", chilblained definition, and Pa revealing where he got his seed wheat.
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Episode 168 - LW - For Daily Bread
Wilder on the Prairie
Episode 168 Ch. 27 of The Long Winter "For Daily Bread". Join us this week as we discuss the challenges Cap and Almanzo faced, the morning star (Venus), a buckskin horse, Cap and Almanzo's ages, Lake Henry and Lake Thompson, a "swell", "zenith", the identity of Anderson, wheat prices, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
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Episode 167 - LW - Breathing Spell
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Episode 167 Ch. 26 of The Long Winter, "Breathing Spell". Join us this week as we discuss Ma's state of mind about the weather, Ma twisting hay, "gee whillikins", elephant nose lengths, Pa's checker-playing abilities.
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Episode 166 - LW - Free and Independent
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Episode 166 Ch. 25 of The Long Winter, "Free and Independent" Join us this week as we discuss the fact there are no Ingalls present in the narration, whittling, tintypes, "Be sure you're right, then go ahead", "Better safe than sorry", "Free, white, and 21".
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Episode 165 - LW - Not Really Hungry
Wilder on the Prairie
Episode 165 Ch. 24 of the Long Winter "Not Really Hungry". Join us this week as we discuss potato skins, codfish, "chirk", and Laura mentioning Carrie's health.
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Ch. 15 in The Long Winter, "No Trains".
Join us this week as we discuss the fact that there was a whole heater I wasn't paying attention to, Ma's little red Morocco pocketbook, mother-of-pearl, kerosene, Charles Ely, what "per thousand" means in terms of lumber, the Chicago Inter-Ocean, braiding and sewing a rag rug, wasn't the lace supposed to be a gift for Mary?, Mary's hair length on p. 145, the origin of the word "jiffy", and the record snowfall in South Dakota.