Tag Archives: little house in the big woods

Little House, Revisited

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

When we’re six years old, or seven, or maybe eight, squinting over the big print in the Little House in the Big Woods book by Laura Ingalls Wilder–we’re enthralled with the characters of Laura and Mary growing up in the … Continue reading →

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Our Little House in the Big Woods

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

    I just received an official notice.  It’s been nine years since I first started blogging about our Little House in the Big Woods. Nine years ago, on a snowy winter day in 2008, the idea arose to spend … Continue reading →

Posted in December 2017 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

Conflict, ice cream & snow for breakfast

Posted on November 27, 2013 by

Picture this.  The day before Thanksgiving.  Waking up to about eight inches of beautiful fresh white snow outside our Little House in the Big Woods.  The wood stove humming and throbbing to heat our home, relishing its breakfast of hardwood … Continue reading →

Posted in November 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

What it’s like to live in the woods

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

I grew up in a ranch suburban 1960’s-style pink brick and white aluminum sided home one hour north of Detroit.  My brothers and I skipped around the edges of a cornfield to attend elementary school.  Farmers grew beans and sugar … Continue reading →

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