Wilder on the Prairie

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Episode 93 - BPC - The Glittering Cloud Dec 18, 2023

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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 - BPC - Going to Church Dec 11, 2023

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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 Golden", and "Pa's bell" is still in Walnut Grove.

Episode 91 - BPC - Country Party Dec 04, 2023

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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 90 - BPC - Town Party Nov 27, 2023

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Episode 90

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 22 "Town Party"

Join us this week as we discuss velocipedes, china dolls, talking dolls, and Mother Goose.

Episode 89 - BPC - Nellie Oleson Nov 20, 2023

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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 - BPC - School Nov 13, 2023

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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 - BPC - The Fish Trap Nov 06, 2023

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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 - BPC - The Old Crab and the Bloodsuckers Oct 29, 2023

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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 - BPC - Moving In Oct 23, 2023

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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.

Episode 84 - BPC - The Wonderful House Oct 16, 2023

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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.

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