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What was it really like to attend a one-room school? Join host Sarah S. Uthoff and guest Pam Stover as they talk about the equipment you could expect to find in one-room school. What did they have art and music equipment? How did they get a drink of water? Was there really a dunce cap? And the question Laura Ingalls Wilder never answers where did they go to the bathroom? All that and more on the next episode of Trundlebed Tales.

Join us as we review what went on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this year. We mark two years of Trundlebed Tales podcasts with this episode. Please look at it as an opportunity to check in with us. Think about calling in, commenting in the chatroom or sending me an e-mail with a comment before the broadcast.

Listen as host Sarah Uthoff gives a round up of Laura Ingalls Wilder events this month. Christmas events and plays aplenty are going on and I hope that you can enjoy them.

Join host Sarah Uthoff as she talks with Linda and Jack Hutton about how they came to start the Bala Museum. We'll talk about the connection that L.M. Montgomery has to the area which inspired her adult novel "The Blue Castle", Linda's L.M. collection and the museum's connection to the Sullivan Producation "Anne of Green Gables" movie. Linda and Jack have done incredible things to bring the 1919 "Anne of Green Gables" movie once completely lost back to life and we'll talk about that project as well.

Join host Sarah Uthoff as she talks with food historian Sandra Oliver about her book on the history of Thanksgiving, Giving Thanks, and on the history of Thanksgiving.

Check in with host Sarah S. Uthoff for what's going on it Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month.

Join host Sarah Uthoff and Susan Thurlow as they talk about Dr. George Tann. Dr. Tann was a real life doctor who saved the Ingalls Family when they were sick with malaria in Kansas, Indian Territory. Laura Ingalls Wilder describes the incident in "Little House on the Prairie." However, there is much more to Dr. Tann's life than that. Thurlow has done extensive research and will share her results.

What's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during October 2012. Including reports on Independence KS and Pepin WI in addition to season closing dates for all the homesites.

Join host Sarah S. Uthoff and quilt historian Linda Halpin as they talk quilts. We'll explore trends in quilts during Laura Ingalls Wilder's lifetime and how quilts changed over time. We'll talk about how quilts were sewn and how they were used. Halpin is the author of "Quilting With Laura."

Join host Sarah Uthoff as she catches everyone up on everything that going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month, includling events at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, Pepin Wisconin's Laura Days, Mansfield Missouri's Wilder days and the Laura's Memories Pageant.

Host Sarah S. Uthoff will give an update of her trip to Walnut Grove this summer. She'll cover the changes at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and the Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant. Be sure to keep up with the Ingalls in Walnut Grove, Minnesota.

This is the roving report that I didn't get to make from LauraPalooza, the national conference of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association. I'll take you through the conference and what it was like for me to attend. I hope it will make you feel like you have a front room seat.

Come check in what's going on with Laura Ingalls fandom this July.

Join host Sarah Uthoff as she talks with Larissa Mrozek and Christine Nessler of the Mankato Convention and Visitors Center as we check in on all the things to do in Mankato. Mankato will be the host city for the LauraPalooza conference in mid-July.

Join host Sarah S. Uthoff and Julie Lang as they discuss Lang's one-room school program in Marshalltown, Iowa. One of the most historically correct one-room school programs in America, Lang designed most of it. Hear her views on one-room school museums and how their program works at her country school.

Following up on the Laura Ingalls Wilder Patch episode, this time I'll talk about the Adult Laura Ingalls Wilder day we did as a follow up. I was very sorry we never got a chance to repeat it at Ushers Ferry, but everyone who attended enjoyed it so much that I wanted to share what it was like with everyone. I'll review what we did for set up and what sessions were held and what activities we offered people. Who knows maybe someone will be inspired to try an adult Laura day of their own.

Have you ever been to a living history museum? Do you know how to act when someone in first person talks to you? Where can you find living history sites? How can you get involved with living history? Learn about the regional and national organizations that support living history (Association of Living History Farms and Musems and Midwest Open-air Museums Coordinating Council) Join host Sarah S. Uthoff as she talks about her experiences with living history.

Join host Sarah S. Uthoff as she gives a run down on what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month.

Join host Sarah S. Uthoff and the lady who actually wrote the book about Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane's time in San Francisco, California, Trini Wenninger. Locations and descriptions of the places Rose lived, knew, and visited in and around San Francisco.