Episode 142

Long Winter ch. 1 "Make Hay While the Sun Shines"

Join us this week as we discuss 1941 Newbery winners, celebrities born in 1940, what happened between "Silver Lake" and "Long Winter", when you make hay, big bluestem grass, the definition of "to grub", garter snakes, definition of "haycock" and "whiffletree", a recipe for ginger water, and muskrat lodges.

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To celebrate, here are my 10 favorite chapters (so far) of the Little House books.

Episode 141

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 32 "Evening Shadows Fall". Join us this week as we discuss "Barbara Allen".

Episode 140

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 31, "Mosquitoes". Join us as we discuss when mosquitoes come out and what temperature, mosquito bar netting, pink mosquito bar, and what a smudge is.

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Ch. 30 "Where Violets Grow". Join us this week as we discuss violets, the weight of three-year-old todds, "draggled", the meaning of hanging a horseshoe like a "U", and "Keep the Horseshoe over the Door". 

Episode 138

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 29 "The Shanty on the Claim". Join us this week as we discuss a spade vs. a shovel, laths, the Timber Culture Act of 1873, wild onions, crocus, sheep sorrel, where did the glass boxes come from?, and where was the Lone Tree from?

Episode 137

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 28 "Moving Day"

Join us as we discuss skids, "joggling", $250 or $300 in 2024 money, "A Motto for Every Man", and "Beacon - Light of Home".

Episode 136

ch 27 By the Shores of Silver Lake "Living in Town". Join us this week as we discuss the one-mile walk into town, "ceil", "cornice", "Oh I'm As Happy As a Big Sunflower", the Jerome Beardsley family, who Louizy and Annie were, who killed Hunter, and Mitchell, SD.

Episode 135

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 26 "The Buiding Boom". Join us this week as we discuss $15.25, $1.75, Western false front architure, $42.50, and why Laura and Mary were arguing?

Episode 134

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 25 "Pa's Bet"

Join us this week as we discuss Mr. Hinz and the 2 Mr. Hawthorns, "the fat was in the fire", "anywheres", what $14 is in 2024, and how big 160 acres really is.