California Highway–Cruising along in Mark Gordon’s beat up vehicle awaiting word on a new assignment on a recent afternoon, angel on probation Jonathan Smith expressed disappointment that he never once received the Beatles as an assignment. “I’ve been doing this for forty years, you know,” Jonathan commented. “That means that while the Beatles were in…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Residents Joseph and Trudy Coulter wish that their neighbors had started being nice to them before they packed their entire house in preparation of their relocation in light of the mistrust they recently experienced. Area farmers found themselves upset when Joseph’s return from Minneapolis with seed corn was delayed. Unbeknownst to them, Joseph…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Recent reports from the sleepy Minnesota town indicate that Laura Ingalls Wilder has fallen ass backwards into another stellar house. The young woman who grew up living in the little house her father built–a house so small that she shared a loft with no real barrier to the rest of the house and,…
Anyone who knows me knows that I didn’t want Half Pint getting married before she was 18 years old. I really protested her attraction to Almanzo. Never mind that I let Mary get engaged when she was thirteen and she actually got married when she was sixteen. Inconsistent? Maybe, but I don’t owe you an…
Walnut Grove, Minn.- This small, tight-knit farming community just became a little more tight-knit. In an unlikely pairing, nine year old Laura Ingalls has befriended Ebenezer Sprague, a newly arrived middle-aged banker. Reports indicate that Laura even calls Ebenezer her best friend. “That is correct, she did call him her best friend,” Charles Ingalls, father…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Recent reports following a prank Laura Ingalls executed have townsfolk in Walnut Grove noticing that the girl apparently cares little for the environment. The prank involved making cinnamon chicken for Laura’s new crush, Almanzo Wilder, and Nellie Oleson. Harriet Oleson arranged a date between the two and Laura jumped at the chance to…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-It appears that Isaiah Edwards, who recently desired death following a tragic accident, made the effort to suggest that Laura Ingalls is getting too old for braids. In a recounting of the recent visit Charles Ingalls and his daughter, Laura, paid their old family friend, Laura mentioned in an off handed way that…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-The Ingalls are surprised by Laura’s revelation of her remembrance book at the recent family Thanksgiving gathering. It seems that despite frequent use of phrases such as “If I had a remembrance book” and “I would write about,” Laura in fact had a remembrance book and did write about everything. “Sure as shootin’…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Eliza Jane Wilder’s recent arrival to assist her brother Almanzo following his illness and stroke has caused Laura Wilder to briefly ponder how things ended between Eliza Jane and Mort Carstairs. “Of course I assume they ended,” Laura tells The Prairie Review. “Eliza Jane showed up alone and never mentioned anything about Mort,…
Undisclosed Location, Arizona–Recent reports indicate that while the summer class in which Laura Ingalls Wilder and her sister-in-law Eliza Jane are enrolled is ending this week upon completion of the final examination, Laura has so far been astonishingly successful in not asking Eliza Jane what happened with Harve Miller. “Eliza Jane told us that she…
