Episode 85 - BPC - Moving In
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.
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The only podcast that talks about all things Laura Ingalls Wilder, one "Little House" book at a time.
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Episode 84 - BPC - The Wonderful House
Episode 84
On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 16 "The Wonderful House." Join us this week as we discuss Sam and David's names, harrowing, sorrel, the definition of "boughten", lean-tos, tar paper, and P A T 1770.
Episode 83 - BPC - The Footbridge
Episode 83
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 15 "The Footbridge"
Join us this week as we compare the text to the original "Pioneer Girl" book text.
Episode 82 - BPC - Spring Freshet
Episode 82
Chapter 14 of On the Banks of Plum Creek "Spring Freshet"
Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "freshet", the origin of "jiminey crickets", and "it's raining fishhooks and hammer handles".
Episode 81 - BPC - Merry Christmas
Episode 81
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 13 "Merry Christmas"
Please join us this week as we discuss "Millbank", button strings, and the word "flutterbudget".
Episode 80 - BPC - The Christmas Horses
Episode 80
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 12 "The Christmas Horses"
Join us this week as we discuss three (or five) grains of parched corn at Thanksgiving, the origin of Santa coming down the chimney, and Carrie's first words in the book.
Episode 79 - BPC - Runaway
Episode 79
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 11 "Runaway"
Join us this week and we discuss chapter continuity, chapter illustrations, Ma's face turning grey, and horehound candy.
Episode 78 - BPC - Cattle in the Hay
Episode 78
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 10 "Cattle in the Hay"
Join us this week as we discuss Laura and Mary's ages in the prairieverse, using paper curlers in hair, challis fabric, ox goads, corn dodgers, and Johnnie Johnson in the TV show.
Episode 77 - BPC - Grasshopper Weather
Episode 77
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 9 "Grasshopper Weather"
Join us this week as we discuss wanting candy for a good wheat crop, prunes vs. plums, what a "bole" is, different types of plums, what frost plums are, and what "grasshopper weather" really is.
Episode 76 - BPC - Straw Stack
Episode 76
On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 8 - "Straw Stack"
Join us this week as we discuss scythes, threshing machines, chaff, straw vs. hay, what wheat kernels taste like, and why Pa's back quivered.
Episode 75 - BPC - Ox on the Roof
Episode 75
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 7 "Ox on the Roof"
Join us this week as we discuss what makes bulls angry.
Episode 74 - BPC - Wreath of Roses
Episode 74
On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 6, "Wreath of Roses"
Join us this week as we discuss butterfly wings, Eleck Nelson, cud, milking cows, the definition of "milch", and the name "Reet".
Episode 73 - BPC - The Strange Animal
Episode 73
"On the Banks of Plum Creek" ch 5 - "The Strange Animal"
Join us this week as we discuss black-eyed Susans, goldenrod, badgers, and muslin.
Episode 72 - BPC - Deep Water
Episode 72
"On the Banks of Plums Creek" chapter 4 "Deep Water"
Join us this week as we discuss thrift with clothing, plum thickets, and Laura's love of danger.
Episode 71 - BPC - Rushes and Flags
Episode 71
Chapter 3 On the Banks of Plum Creek "Flags and Rushes"
Join us this week as we discuss rushes, blue flags (irises), bumble bees, dragonflys, and water striders.
Episode 70 - BPC - The House in the Ground
Episode 70
On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 2 "The House in the Ground"
Join us this week as we discuss the Ingalls' family self-sufficiency, willows, morning glories, the dimensions of the dugout, Ma's insistence on domesticity, and sod houses.
Episode 69 - BPC - The Door in the Ground
Join us this week as we discuss the world in 1937 (the date of publication), the Ingalls' journey to Minnesota, and preemption claims.
Bonus Episode 1
Join us for a discussion of the Ingalls family and the "Bloody Benders" of Kansas.
Episode 68 - LHOP - Going Out
Episode 68
Little House on the Prairie, chapter 26 "Going Out"
Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "chirrup", capital punishment for stealing horses, the definition of "tenderfeet", why Laura included the couple whose horses were stolen, "O Susanna", "Dixie", "Battle Cry of Freedom", "Gumtree Canoe", and the upcoming season hiatus.
Episode 67 - LHOP - Soliders
Episode 67
Little House on the Prairie chaper 25, "Soliders"
Join us this week as we discuss curlews, kildeers, sandpipers, growing beans, Pa getting angry, the real reason the Ingalls left Kansas, how big the calf would have been, and "there is no great loss without some small gain."