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Living Like Theses Happy Golden Years: Managing

February 16, 2012
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“There you have it, Laura!” Pa said. “It’s all in that word “manage”. You might not get far with Clarence, even if you were big enough to punish him as he deserves. Brute force can’t do much. Everybody’s born free, you know, like it says in the Declaration of Independence. You can lead a horse [...]

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Living Like These Happy Golden Years: Failure

January 26, 2012
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Pa assured her. “You’ve never failed at anything you tried to do, have you?” “Well, no,” Laura addmitted. “But I…I never tried to teach school.” “You’ve tackled every job that ever came your way,” Pa said. “You never shirked, and you always stuck to it till you did what you set out to do. Success [...]

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Living Like Little Town on the Prairie: Wants vs Needs

January 19, 2012
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“Laura?” “Yes, Pa?”  ”You want some of these new-fangled name cards, don’t you?” Pa asked. “I was just thinking the same thing, Charles,” said Ma. “Well, yes, I do want them,” Laura admitted. “But I don’t need them.” ~ Little Town in the Prairie p. 195  I almost feel like I don’t need to add [...]

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Living Like Little Town on the Prairie: Always Something Good

January 5, 2012
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“And the day was not even Sunday. As long as the blackbirds lasted, and the garden was green, they could eat like this every day. Laura thought, “Ma is right, there is always something to be thankful for.”  ~ Little Town on the Prairie p. 106 In this part of the book, the blackbirds had [...]

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Living Like Little Town on the Prairie: Battles and Thankfulness

November 3, 2011
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“The prairie looks so beautiful and gentle,” she said. “But I wonder what it will do next. Seems like we have to fight it all the time.” “This earthly life is a battle,” said Ma. “If it isn’t one thing to contend with it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. [...]

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Living Like Little Town on the Prairie: Time

October 6, 2011
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“BOOM! The air seemed to shake. “Great Guns!” Pa exclaimed sleepily. “Why? Why?” Grace demanded. “Pa, Ma, why?” Carrie asked, “Who is it? What are they shooting?” “What time is it?” Ma wanted to know. Through the partition Pa answered, “It’s the Fourth of July, Carrie.” The air shook again, BOOM!” ~ Little Town on [...]

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Living Like The Long Winter ~ Being Determined

August 18, 2011
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“Then suddenly he shook his clenched fist at the northwest. “Howl! Blast you! Howl!” he shouted. “We’re all here safe! You can’t get at us! You’ve tried all winter but we’ll beat you yet! We’ll be right here when spring comes!” ~ The Long Winter p. 288 Instead of moving on to Little Town on [...]

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Living Like The Long Winter ~ Heroes and Cowards

August 11, 2011
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“Clean sold out, uh?” said Pa. “Clean sold out! said Royal. “I’d be willing to pay pretty high for some wheat,” Pa said. “I wish I’d brought out another car load,” Royal replied. “Sit up and have some supper with us anyway. Manzo brags on his pancakes. ” Pa did not answer. He walked to [...]

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Living Like The Long Winter ~ Grinding Grains

August 4, 2011
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“We have a mill,” Ma replied. She reached to the top of the cupboard and took down the coffee mill. “So we have,” said Pa. “Let’s see how it works.” Ma set the little brown wooden box on the table. She turned the handle for a moment, to loosen every last grain of coffee from [...]

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Living Like The Long Winter ~ Progression

July 28, 2011
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“That’s so,” said Pa. “These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraph and kerosene and coal stoves – they’re good things to have but the trouble is,  folks get to depend on ‘em.” The Long Winter p. 193   We look at this paragraph and think, “Railroads and coal stoves? [...]

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