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Trundlebed Tales
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Trundlebed Tales host Sarah S. Uthoff will look at Laura Ingalls Wilder and other classic children's literature and social history including historic foodways and one-room schools.
Episodes
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events 2026
What's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder events in October 2026. We'll check in on Walnut Grove, Minnesota; Malone, New York; Tombstone, Arizonia.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events September 2026
Today we're looking at Laura Ingalls Wilder events in Pepin, Wisconsin; Mansfield, Missouri; Malone, New York; and Burke, New York. There are events through the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association, and the NBC "Little House" series stars are having an event in Nashville…
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events August 2026
This month has a lot of family birthdays and anniversaries. We also have Laura events going on in Pepin, WI; Independence, KS; De Smet, SD; Spring Valley, MN; Malone/Burke, NY; Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, IA; Heritage Village Museum in Sharonville, OH. Find the...
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Ep 155 Looking Back at Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom 2025
This episode is WAY late this year, BUT I finally got my episode looking back at 2025 done. I hope you enjoy it and that you're enjoying Laura fandom in 2026. The best news is that I got this edited so watch for other full-length episodes coming soon!
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events July 2026
The big event of the month was rolling out the new Netflix version of Little House On the Prairie. But we also have events. Check out events from Pepin, WI; Walnut Grove, MN; De Smet, SD; Mansfield, MO; Malone, NY; Society of the Ingalls Family; and Old World Wisconsin. Find the whole list in…
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events June 2026 Podcast
Hear all about what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month. Find events in Pepin, WI; Burr Oak, IA; De Smet, SD; Spring Valley, MN; Malone/Burke, NY; Old World Wisconsin; Century Village Museum and Geagua County Historical Society; Blackberry Farm; and Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy…
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events May 2026 Podcast
Find out everything that is going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during May 2026. Find out about events in Pepin, WI; Walnut Grove, MN; Burr Oak, IA; De Smet, SD; Spring Valley, MN. Also, learn about my programs this month. Remember to Brighten the corner where you are.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events April 2026 Podcast
A recording on what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during April. Here's the list.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Belated Birthday Party 2026
Every year on or close to Laura Ingalls Wilder's birthday I throw an online party. This year I was in Disneyland on February 7th so I couldn't do it. I normally have an opportunity for people to call in and share their Laura stories. The technology is different on my new platform, but I hope to...
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events March 2026 Podcast
This is one of our regular update on Laura Ingalls Wilder events during March 2026. Find a complete list on my blog.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events February 2026
Find out a little about my trip to Disneyland and A LOT about what happened during February 2026 in Lauraland.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events January 2026
We start out 2026 with a rundown of what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during January. We'll go through all the Laura birthdays and anniversaries in January. Then check in on Burr Oak, Iowa; Malone, New York, and Walnut Grove, Minnesota.
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Ep 154 Reading Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. Burgess
We're picking up 2 more stories from Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. Burgess. Today we are reading "The Disappointed Bush" and "Why Bobby Raccoon Washes His Food."
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Events April 2025
What's going on with Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during April 2025. Now this month's update is a little late, but I'm trying to make sure things are updating properly.
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Ep 153 Kansas City Museums
My friend Kelly and I visited Kansas City, MO. We were visiting 3 of the many museums in Kansas City, MO. We visited the new children's museum about the picture book The Rabbit Hole, the living history site Shawntee Town 1929, and Disney 100 Exhibit at Union Station.
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March 2025 Laura Ingalls Wilder Events
Look for Laura events in Dade Battlefield Historic State Park – Bushnell, FL Little House on the Prairie: The Musical Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum De Smet, SD 250th Anniversary of the US
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First Podbean Podcast Episode Release
Since we have to change systems since Blog Talk Radio is shutting down. This episode explains about the switch. Hopefully we'll get going with full episodes again soon.
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November 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
This month I have a couple of presentations this month. We've got events in Walnut Grove, MN; Mansfield, MO; and with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association. Plus, we have a new book on Rose Wilder Lane.
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October 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
October is also an unusually busy month with things happening not only in events, but in the news. Find 2 events at Malone that just recently popped up, information about a TV show documentary, word on an on-going display, tours in Simi Valley, and a class at the Newberry.
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August and September 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
This is a couple of extremely busy months this year. Between the two months pretty much every Laura homesite has had an event.
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July 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
There are a lot of Laura events every July. There are events scheduled this month in Pepin, WI; Walnut Grove, MN; De Smet, SD;Mansfield, MO; Malone, NY; Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI; Simi Valley, CA. Dean Butler's "Prairie Man" has rolled out.
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Roving Report Laura Days in Burr Oak IA 2024
A roving report to what happened in Burr Oak, Iowa during Laura Days. This year the event was June 22, 2024. Get a report on what changes they'd made since my trip in 2019. Get a report on a new place to eat - Mabe's Pizza. Get a report on where I stayed and learn about a new untitled documentary...
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Ep 152 Report from Simi Valley CA
A group of friends went to the big 50th anniversary cast reunion site tour for "Little House on the Prairie." Scott Smith and Micky Thompson went on a friends trip to one of the major events of the year in Simi Valley, California where most of the TV show exteriors were shot. Listen to Scott and...
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Ep 151 Looking Ahead at Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom 2024
Since this is late we'll go through some of the big events this year and what we're still looking forward to. Whether you're interested in the TV show, the museums, or books, there is a lot going on.
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Ep 150 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Eclipse
Today I'm going to be doing a reading from my favorite of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. An early major plot point in the book the Yankee uses an eclipse to get out of being held hostage and to gain power in the court.
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April 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
I have two programs in April and there is a lot of stuff going on. There is another production of Little House on the Prairie: The Musical. There are two cast reunion events and Malone is starting a new event.
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Ep 149 Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom Roundup 2023
What happened in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during 2023.
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Ep 148 Read Across American Mother West Wind’s Children Part 9
In honor of Read Across America we're going to get another story from Thornton Burgess. His stories were originally published in magazines and in most of them they set up the next chapter. This particular one those is short stories. We're going to start with "Mr. Toad's Old Suit."
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March 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
March is the start of the year’s Laura Ingalls Wilder season. It’s still pretty quiet. However, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum in Mansfield, Missouri is the first of the Laura homesites that close for the season to reopen each year. Walnut Grove and De Smet are both at least partially...
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Ep 147 Roving Report from Mansfield MO for Laura Ingalls Wilder Days Take 2
My friend Kelly Pelzel and I headed down to Mansfield, Missouri for Wilder Days. We didn't get a roving report done at the time. We set up a time to record it and..... BlogTalkRadio wasn't doing live shows so I recorded it instead. Listen to all our tips as we get you to take a trip with us to...
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Ep 146 Laura Ingalls Wilder’s On-Air Birthday Party 2024
What do people talk about? Normally people tell their Laura story. We all have one. How we discovered Laura and her booksWhat your favorite story is from the booksWhat’s the best thing in your Laura collectionWhat’s your favorite edition of the booksWhat’s the craziest thing did you do because it...
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February 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
February in Laura's birthday month so for a winter month we get a lot of action this month. A lot of it is online so you can participate. We'll have an online birthday party on this podcast and there will be one for the Walnut Gove Pageant where they celebrate with people who played Nellie in the...
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January 2024 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
January has an astonishing number of family dates. There are annual meetings for members in both Burr Oak, IA (Zoom link available for members) and Malone, NY. There basically weren't any Laura Christmas plays in production in December, but January is making up for it with 2 Little House on the...
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December 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
December is not the busiest Laura month, but it does have several events restart with a Christmas theme. We have events in De Smet, SD; Spring Valley, MN; Mansfield, MO and a cast event. There are also events coming up with Trundlebed Tales and I am looking for your input for several questions.
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Ep 145 Josh Gates Live
Josh Gates, host of Destination Truth and Expedition Unknown and Josh Gates Tonight plus other Discovery channel shows, gives in person speeches and tours around the country. His current show is called AN EVENING OF LEGENDS, MYSTERIES, AND TALES OF ADVENTURE. It covers his time during the…
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October and November 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
We have events this time from The Newberry in Chicago, online with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association, Mansfield, MO, Cast Reunions at Non-Homesite Towns of More than 3 Cast Members, and looking ahead to Little House on the Prairie: The Musical.
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September 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
This month two homesites are having their big Laura Ingalls Wilder event; Pepin WI and Mansfield MO. There is a smaller event in Malone/Burke NY. The larger fan events for the TV show have started up again. Find the complete list here: September 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Events – Sarah's Notebook...
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Ep 140 Roving Report from Walnut Grove MN
My friend Kelly Pelzel and I took an quick trip up to Walnut Grove to see the new pageant in July. After 45 years they have changed their pageant. They are taking the story and dividing it into three parts. The first one will have the most of the original pageant so they started with what will be...
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August 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
August is growing as Laura Ingalls Wilder event month. Look for events in Pepin, WI: De Smet, SD; Spring Valley, MN; Malone/Burke, NY; and NBC Little House on the Prairie TV reunion events.
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July 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
July is one of the biggest Laura Ingalls Wilder event months. We're going to look ahead to events to Pepin, WI; Independence, KS; Walnut Grove, MN; De Smet, SD; Mansfield, MO; Malone, NY; Burke, NY; Old World Wisconsin; Eagle, WI; Nelson Pioneer Farm; Oskaloosa, IA; Project Archeology; and the...
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June 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
June brings us into Summer and it's a big Laura month. Get the news from Pepin, WI, Independence, KS, Burr Oak, IA, De Smet, SD, and Spring Valley, MN.Then what's going on with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association and the South Dakota Historical Society Press. Are you going to...
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Ep 139 Looking Ahead at Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom This Year 2023
Since this is late we'll go through some of the big events this year and what we're still looking forward to. Whether you're interested in the TV show, the museums, or books, there is a lot going on.
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Ep 138 Little House on the Prairie Cast Reunion Hannibal 2023
I didn't get a roving report episode although I didn't get to do it live. Instead I'm going to give you a full report of what it was like to attend this cast reunion and how it was different from other cast reunions. I'll include some ideas about what you should plan on if you make a Little House...
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Ep 137 World Read Aloud Day Mother West Wind’s Children Part 9
Every year I do some reading in honor of World Read Aloud Day. It's every March 2nd in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. Sometimes I do something Laura specific, but lately I've been doing Mother West Wind's Children by Thorton W. Burgess. For awhile I was doing short episodes as I tested various...
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April May 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
Laura Ingalls Wilder season is really getting started. The Laura Ingalls Wilder sites that haven't opened yet for the season will open at the end of May. There is an event in Pepin and a fundraiser in Burr Oak. There is a Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association homesite updates…
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March 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
March is the month when the museums that closed down for the winter start to reopen. We have several events and a couple pieces of news.
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Travel Times New Orleans
I know what it means to miss New Orleans.... or rather I don't. I've never been there, but it's one of my friend Kelly Pezel's favorite places to visit. She's going to join me so we can learn about what to visit in New Orleans, how and why. Tracy Vozar is going to call in, too. Tracy is going to...
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Ep 136 Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom Roundup 2022
Find out everything that happened in 2022. Get updates about what's gone on at the homesites. Find out about new books to buy. Learn where to tune in for on-going programs. Sarah S. Uthoff is a nationally known Laura Ingalls Wilder authority and has presented at five of the Wilder homesites, many...
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Ep 137 Laura Ingalls Wilder’s On-Air Birthday Party 2023
What do people talk about? Normally people tell their Laura story. We all have one. How we discovered Laura and her booksWhat your favorite story is from the booksWhat’s the best thing in your Laura collectionWhat’s your favorite edition of the booksWhat’s the craziest thing did you do because it...
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February 2023 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
February in Laura's birthday month so for a winter month we get a lot of action this month. A lot of it is online so you can participate.
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Trundlebed Tales host Sarah S. Uthoff will look at Laura Ingalls Wilder and other classic children's literature and social history including historic foodways and one-room schools.
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