Episode 109 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 41 "Christmas Eve" Join us this week as we discuss rosin, "Charlie He's a Dandy", rollicking, and "Lily Dale".
Episode 108 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 40 "The Fourth Day." Join us this week as we discuss not doing the housework, the word "shamble", the whole family crying, bean broth, the $10 buffalo coat, "freeze the nose off a brass monkey", th
Episode 106 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 38 "The Day of Games" Join us this week as we discuss waking up snowy, cornmeal mush, the significance of the red-checked tablecloth, and little girls crying.
Episode 105 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 37 "The Long Blizzard" Join us this week as we discuss overcoats, the mysterious clock on the shelf, personifying the blizzard, Pa's jumper, the narrative shift to Ma, "Bean Porridge Hot", and the ball
Episode 104 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 36 "Prairie Winter" Join us this week as we discuss "scudding", Pa wanting to go West, a bear's track quilt, "Jesus Holds My Hand" and "Sweet Sabbath School."
Episode 103 Banks of Plum Creek ch. 35 "Keeping House" Join us this week as we discuss beaver in Minnesota, Pa's "itching foot", shawl pins, Laura's use of onomatopoeia.
Episode 102 Banks of Plum Creek ch. 34 "Marks on the Slate" Join us this week as we discuss lard and beeswax as a salve, turnips, slate pencils, and the definition of "pell mell."
EPISODE 100!!! On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 32 "Grasshoppers Walking" Join us this week as we discuss bobsleds and when the locust know it's time to go west.
Episode 99 Chapter 31 On the Banks of Plum Creek "Surprise" Join us this week as we discuss cosy vs. cozy, muskrat, otter, and mink in Minnesota, what a muffler is, Carrie's china dog, Laura's jewel box, and what a muff is.
Episode 98 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 30 "Going to Town" Join us this week as we discuss pioneer thrift, flannel, gilt, Nellie's manners (or lack thereof), navy beans, challis, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Girl I Left behind M
Episode 97 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 29 "The Darkest Hour Is Just before Dawn" Join us this week as we discuss Laura's foot pain, Anna misbehaving, Ma scolding Laura about Charlotte, comforters, and inheriting sibiling's clothes.
Episode 95 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 27 "Rain". Join us this week as we talk about dogs aging, dustdevils, the Nelsons' house, Exodus 10, heat rash, and what underwaists are.
Episode 94 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 26 "Grasshopper Eggs" Join us this week as we discuss grasshopper eggs, making cottage cheese, "All the Blue Bonnets Are over the Border," "The Campbells Are Coming Hurrah!" and "Life Let Us Cherish
Episode 93 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 25 "The Glittering Cloud" Join us this week as we discuss lizards panting, $1,080 per acre of wheat, pullets, "no great loss without some gain", and the Grasshopper Plague of 1874.
Episode 92 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 24 "Going to Church" Join us this week as we discuss the Congregational Church, Edward Alden, shirrings, Ma's gold pin, "Wait from the Wagon", "There Is a Happy Land", John 11:35, "Jerusalem the Gol
Episode 91 On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 23 "Country Party" Join us this week as we talk about vanity cakes, Ma's patience, the Ingalls' chickens, and the definition of "knoll."
Episode 89 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 21 "Nellie Oleson." Join us this week as we discuss the value of money to the Ingalls, the interactions with the Oleson family, ring-around-the-rosie, "Uncle John Is Sick Abed", and Nellie Owens.
Episode 88 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 20 "School" Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "sprigged", which readers the girls would have used, blue herons, snipes, who Laura and Mary's friends were, and Miss Eva Beadle.
Episode 87 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 19 "The Fish Trap" Join us this week as we discuss crape, to "cipher", buffalo fish, pickerels, and bullheads.
Episode 86 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 18 "The Old Crab and the Bloodsuckers." Join us this week as we discuss boughten brooms, minnows, crabs/crawfish, and LEECHES.
Episode 85 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 17 "Moving In" Join us this week as we discuss Pa and Laura's secret, Pa's impulsiveness, curtains = a feeling of home, the Ingalls' library, and Ma's china shepherdess.