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Oops!  I meant, "Chili"!   Well, actually, it should be "Chili Sandwich" for the end of May!  :) This is what I like t...

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Grace Pearl Ingalls was born on May 23,1877, in Burr Oak, Iowa.  It was a small town, just over the border from Minnesota. The Ingalls fam...

If you have ever raised chickens, then you'll understand the importance of keeping them from getting into the vegetable garden or even t...

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This recipe is one from my childhood, and is one from the old neighborhood.  Looking back, I guess I was blessed by living in a large city, ...

The relationship that children share with their mother is unique, to say the least.  Laura's relationship with her mother was no excepti...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder's book, "The Long Winter" was first published in 1940.  This was nearly 60 years from the time that the a...