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Episode 109 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 41 "Christmas Eve" Join us this week as we discuss rosin, "Charlie He's a Dandy", rollicking, and "Lily Dale".

Episode 108 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 40 "The Fourth Day." Join us this week as we discuss not doing the housework, the word "shamble", the whole family crying, bean broth, the $10 buffalo coat, "freeze the nose off a brass monkey", the word "gully", and oyster crackers.

Episode 107 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 39 "The Third Day" Join us this week as we discuss cat's cradle.

Episode 106 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 38 "The Day of Games" Join us this week as we discuss waking up snowy, cornmeal mush, the significance of the red-checked tablecloth, and little girls crying.

Episode 105 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 37 "The Long Blizzard" Join us this week as we discuss overcoats, the mysterious clock on the shelf, personifying the blizzard, Pa's jumper, the narrative shift to Ma, "Bean Porridge Hot", and the ball of fires coming down the chimney.

Episode 104 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 36 "Prairie Winter" Join us this week as we discuss "scudding", Pa wanting to go West, a bear's track quilt, "Jesus Holds My Hand" and "Sweet Sabbath School."

Episode 103 Banks of Plum Creek ch. 35 "Keeping House" Join us this week as we discuss beaver in Minnesota, Pa's "itching foot", shawl pins, Laura's use of onomatopoeia.

Episode 102 Banks of Plum Creek ch. 34 "Marks on the Slate" Join us this week as we discuss lard and beeswax as a salve, turnips, slate pencils, and the definition of "pell mell."

Episode 101 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 33 "Wheels of Fire" Join us this week as we discuss ragweed, eastern cottonwood, and Spot having a calf!

EPISODE 100!!! On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 32 "Grasshoppers Walking" Join us this week as we discuss bobsleds and when the locust know it's time to go west.

Episode 99 Chapter 31 On the Banks of Plum Creek "Surprise" Join us this week as we discuss cosy vs. cozy, muskrat, otter, and mink in Minnesota, what a muffler is, Carrie's china dog, Laura's jewel box, and what a muff is.

Episode 98 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 30 "Going to Town" Join us this week as we discuss pioneer thrift, flannel, gilt, Nellie's manners (or lack thereof), navy beans, challis, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Girl I Left behind Me", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Swanee River", and "Home Sweet Home".…

Episode 97 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 29 "The Darkest Hour Is Just before Dawn" Join us this week as we discuss Laura's foot pain, Anna misbehaving, Ma scolding Laura about Charlotte, comforters, and inheriting sibiling's clothes.

Episode 96 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 28 "The Letter" Join us this week as we discuss hairpins and how much Pa was earning in eastern Minnesota.

Episode 95 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 27 "Rain". Join us this week as we talk about dogs aging, dustdevils, the Nelsons' house, Exodus 10, heat rash, and what underwaists are.

Episode 94 On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 26 "Grasshopper Eggs" Join us this week as we discuss grasshopper eggs, making cottage cheese, "All the Blue Bonnets Are over the Border," "The Campbells Are Coming Hurrah!" and "Life Let Us Cherish."

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 "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 "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 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 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.

Join us this week as we discuss the world in 1937 (the date of publication), the Ingalls' journey to Minnesota, and preemption claims.

Join us for a discussion of the Ingalls family and the "Bloody Benders" of Kansas.

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 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."

Episode 66 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 24 "Indians Ride Away" Join us this week as we discuss what frogs really say, frogs native to Kansas, Pa disciplining Jack, bay-colored horses, and Laura wanting the baby in the basket.

Episode 65 Little House on the Prairie chapter 23, "Indian War Cry" Join us this week as we discuss the chapter's tone, trimming dogs' nails, stockades, and the identity of Soldat du Chêne.

Episode 64 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 22 "The Prairie Fire" Join us this week as we discuss backfires, 13-lined ground squirrel/gopher holes, the definition of "devilment", Fort Gibson (OK), and buffalo movement patterns.

Episode 63 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 21 "Indian Jamboree Join us this week as we discuss hopscotch, Mary's age in the narrative, division of chores between Laura and Mary, seed potatoes, blouses, headbands, plows, and watermelon seeds.

Episode 62 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 20 "A Scream in the Night" Join us this week as we discuss "Patty Cake", "Hide the Thumble", "Bean Porridge Hot", strap-ears, panthers in Kansas, and bootjacks.

Episode 61 Little House on the Prairie, chapter 19 "Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus" Join us this week as we discuss "to scrooge", Onion Creek, razorbacks, and cornshuck beds.