tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post8399843973188380558..comments2024-01-18T22:31:09.132-07:00Comments on Starwood Quilter: Bear Tracks Quilt Block and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Reading ChallengeStarwood Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02772697925399908332noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-63461707983967647762014-03-11T13:51:31.644-06:002014-03-11T13:51:31.644-06:00Love the quilt idea to accompany stories - especia...Love the quilt idea to accompany stories - especially family ones. Thank you for sharing about your great grandfather's life and experience (at least a bit of it?!) as that was very fun to read. How neat that you have documentation like this! Love the picture too.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-4150075135394631812014-03-08T15:53:35.468-07:002014-03-08T15:53:35.468-07:00I just held the drawing for the Little House Cookb...I just held the drawing for the Little House Cookbook for those who participated in the LIW challenge, and you won! If you already have the cookbook or would prefer a different LIW-related book in a similar price range, let me know. If you'll send me an e-mail with this information and your mailing address at barbarah06 (at) gmail (dot) com, I'll be glad to get your prize off to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-86869142998894629212014-03-08T15:27:21.047-07:002014-03-08T15:27:21.047-07:00Wow, how neat that their stories are so similar! A...Wow, how neat that their stories are so similar! And I am so impressed at the quilt made based on different aspects of his life.<br /><br />Thanks so much for joining in the LIW challenge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-72344528479968020722014-03-05T00:09:41.274-07:002014-03-05T00:09:41.274-07:00I reread the Little House books recently, I really...I reread the Little House books recently, I really loved revisiting Laura and her family. Did you know that my great-great grandmother and great-grandather Pasley settled just outside of Independence, about 15 miles from the Ignalls?Merry Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946967982379976155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-37391603083138461522014-03-01T13:29:01.245-07:002014-03-01T13:29:01.245-07:00There is a lot more near Emporia now. When I driv...There is a lot more near Emporia now. When I drive thru, that is where I stop.Cheryl's Teapots2Quiltinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005480747596617459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-14285862599117815142014-03-01T05:58:03.577-07:002014-03-01T05:58:03.577-07:00How wonderful that you have such a great story and...How wonderful that you have such a great story and memories that have been passed down. Bonnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602027495997890298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-20012383231703020802014-03-01T05:05:20.935-07:002014-03-01T05:05:20.935-07:00How interesting that he lived so near the Ingalls ...How interesting that he lived so near the Ingalls at such a similar time -- his tales do sound like they could come out of the Little House books. Really enjoyed this; thanks for sharing. I, too, taught school for several years and remember reading LH books to and with my kids :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807964211588089209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511052179322289323.post-8660110780897610122014-03-01T00:51:52.640-07:002014-03-01T00:51:52.640-07:00Yesterday I received a typed copy that my brother ...Yesterday I received a typed copy that my brother made from some of my mom's memoirs .( It was his way of dealing with all that snow in the Midwest and I especially appreciated it because he had trouble reading my mom's handwriting and, like me, is quite dyslexic, making typing very difficult even with a spell-check ... and i don't think he has one.)<br />The life of my granddad growing up in a one-room log cabin must have had any parallels with The Little House in the Big Woods. I remember as a kid how much I hated history as it was taught in schools ... just memorizing dates and names of people and placed. .. But how I loved real stories, the Little House series, Johnnie Tremaine, .. (our 4th grade teacher read us one chapter a day and for me it was the highlight of the day. Julie Fukudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704374750710761269noreply@blogger.com