Farmer Boy Chapter 19 "Early Harvest"
Join us this week as we talk about timothy grass, swath(e), the difference between eastern and western meadlowlarks, egg nog, windrows, foreshadowing The Long Winter, a bucolic lifestyle and thrift, cutting oats with cradles, shocking oats, mauls, $250 in 1866 dollars, and bombazine.
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 of fires coming down the chimney.
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 101
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 33 "Wheels of Fire"
Join us this week as we discuss ragweed, eastern cottonwood, and Spot having a calf!
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 Me", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Swanee River", and "Home Sweet Home".
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 96
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 28 "The Letter"
Join us this week as we discuss hairpins and how much Pa was earning in eastern Minnesota.
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