Make Way for . . . Time
Mr. Kolenkhov is the Russian dance teacher in one of our favorite Jimmy Stewart movies, You Can’t Take It With You. After helping to roll back the rug to give Essie ballet lessons in the family living room, he pulls…
Category Favorite Books
The Boys in the Boat
Ray and I recently listened to an amazing book about an American team who won gold at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. I highly recommend The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936…
Simple Christmas Pleasures — Wilder-Style and Local-Style
Last Saturday on the Wilder Homestead just outside Malone, New York, Laura and Almanzo Wilder fans gathered inside the Farmer Boy’s home for mulled cider and Christmas cookies. They sang carols and listened to readings of Christmas chapters from Farmer Boy.…
Honoring His Great-Great Grandfather — Author Charles Dickens!
Each moment you spend with your children is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live that moment together. The same is true for each moment you spend with others you hold dear — your husband, your parents, your grandparents, your friends, your…
Almanzo Wilder, Mr. Wilder, and the County Fair
Malone, New York, had already been incorporated for 55 years when Almanzo Wilder was born in 1857. Today Malone has almost 6,000 residents. Ray and I spent the night there the night before we visited Almanzo’s childhood home. On our…
A Visit to Almanzo’s Home
Our family has been celebrating the life and writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder this year, the 150th anniversary of her birth. We have published a video about her life, plus several videos about places she lived. You and your family…