( Cut for a lengthy discussion of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Libertarian movement, footnotes, literary authorship, racism, and jaguars. It's a long post, is what I'm saying. )

Unbelievably out of it today -- so out of it that although I made coffee and poured it into a mug, I forgot to drink it; no, really -- but I did want to point Little House fans to the news that Mary Ingalls did not go blind from scarlet fever after all.From a writing point of view, I'm fascinated by the suggestion that Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose ( Read more... )

Well, since I brought it up...some chatter about Rose Wilder Lane and the Little House books.

( Cut because this went on considerably longer than I intended. )