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My name is Pixie!
Facts about Pixie
- Breed: Chihuahua/Pomeranian Mix
- Color: Black - With White
- Age: Adult
- Size: Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
- Sex: Female
Pixie's Info...
I am already spayed, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
pls, see adoption application, below...adoption fee= $250(includes spay, microchip, current on Parvo-Distemper, Rabies and Bordatella vax, Martindale collars, health certification and transport the 3rd Saturday of each month to points N from DC>NY state). Pixie-dob: 10/05/09 @ 7lbs) was relinquished to H4S when her past owner's property mgr told her that either Pixie went, or she had to move out. So, it was H4S to the rescue! Pixie's mama was a Pomeranian and herr daddy was a Chihuahua. She is a little shy at first, but she has completely warmed up and became very loving & friendly. She was raised around/by 3 little girls, so is well-socialized with respectful children. She is crate-trained and housebroken, as long as she has access to the outdoors(doggie door or work-from-home furever person situation would be best situation). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, for considering adopting a rescued companion animal. This pups are in foster care in Rutherfordton, NC(transports>DE/PA/NJ/NY area, each 4th Sat/month. All interested adopters must be 25 yrs old age and are required to copy & paste the application below in to a new email, then complete and mail to: email@example.com, to be considered as a potential adopter. Any delay in completing the app below may jeopardize your chances of adopting this particular pet. AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION WILL BE DISCARDED! Any delay in our receipt from your 3 personal reference's responses may jeopardize your chances of being approved to adopt the pup/dog of your choice. Please, be sure to ask them to send us their response at their most earliest convenience. Also, please, be sure to call your vet's office and give them permission to release your information to our H4S representative. Upon receipt of your application, we will acknowledge your app and then send out requests to your 3 personal refereneces and contact your vet(pls, contact your vet to give permission to release your past info to H4S). We will be back in contact as soon as all info is received & re-reviewed. Upon approval, to hold the dog of your choice, H4S requires a $78 'good faith' deposit (via PayPal.com > our acct at: firstname.lastname@example.com). The balance is due at the time of delivery, on the 4th Saturday of every month, to pre-approved adoptive families. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Howlin4Spirit Companion Animal Rescue** **Adoption Application** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We realize, in a logical perspective, that we are not going to be able to broadly change the World. But, we know we can be an advocate of change. We know that we can not rescue every animal in need, but little by little, we can help one animal at a time. We know we CAN make a difference! ***************************************************************************** Date: Pet interested in: 1 Name of applicant: Name of applicant's spouse/partner: 2 Address: 3 How long at this address: 4 Telephone #s:(h) (w) (c) 5 Email address: 6 With whom are you employed: Spouse/partner's employer: 7 Occupation: Spouse/partner's occupation: 8(a) Number of children living in this household: Their names & ages: (b) Number of adults living in this household: Their names, ages & occupations: (c)Is anyone living in this household either pregnant or trying to become pregnant: 9 What type of environment do you live in: Rural___Suburb___City___ 10 Housing: Apt___House___Duplex___Mobile Home___Other___ 11 Do you rent or own? (a)If you rent, do you have permission from your landlord to own a companion animal under 25lbs? over 25lbs? (b) Name and telephone# of landlord: 12(a) What other dogs/cats have you previously owned and what happened to them (state pet's name, age, if speutered, reason for giving up/cause of death): (b) What other dogs/cats currently live in your home:(please list: names, breed, sex, age, any health issues they may have & if speutered): 13 Are there any other types of animals currently living in your home(if so, describe): 14 What do you know about the breed in question(it is required that you research this breed's traits/habits)?: 15 Are there any specific habits/problems you are not willing to work with? If so, please specify: 16 Sexual preference: M___F___No preference____ 17 (a) Do you have a fenced-in yard & is it connected to the house(entire yard only, front yard only, backyard & attached to back door, etc): (b) what is the height & dimentions of the fenced-in area(please, be specific, as this info is REQUIRED & PERTINENT to the approval of your application): (c) Please, describe your fencing materials(chainlink, wooden stockade, vinyl rail...2, 3 or more rails...is it reinforced with wire/what kind of wire..chicken/field/hog....or upright slats...etc): (d) What type of gates(describe as you did in above question): (e) Can they be opened by children: (f) If you don't have a fenced-in yard, how will the animal be exercised and allowed to elliminate: 18 Who will supervise outdoor activities: 19 Do you have(check all that apply):Pet door____Kennel run____Dog house____Stake____ Tie-out or cable-run____Crate____None____ 20 Do you have a swimming pool? Is it fenced-in separately from the rest of the yard? 21 What member of the family will be taking the MAJOR responsibility for the care of this animal: 22 Does anyone in your family have allergies to ANY animal: 23 Has anyone in your household had a problem with impulse control: 24 What are your plans for this animal: (a) protection/guard:______ (b)companion:______ (c)child's pet:_____(d)pet therapy:_____(e) agility/flyball:_____ (f)obedience:______ (g)herding:______(h)ranch work______(i)other(explain):__________________________________ 25 (a) Have you ever trained a dog in obedience classes? (b) Are you planning on taking your adopted dog to an obedience class? 26 Have you ever sold, given away or surrendered a pet? If so, please provide details of situation: 27 (a) How much time are you willing to give the dog to adjust to it's new environment & family members? (b) This dog may not be housebroken. Are you willing to take the time to work with the animal? (c) Do you understand that if this dog is any kind or variation of a hound breed, you will need to have a securely fenced-in yard or promise to keep the dog on a leash at all times whenever it is outdoors?? 28 Will the animal live in the home? If not, where? 29 What type of shelter will be provided when the dog is outside(doghouse/patio/decking overhang, etc): 30 Where, exactly, will the animal sleep at night and be kept when there is no one at home (i.e., crated, free roam of home, laundry/kitchen area, fenced-in yard, etc): 31 (a) On the average, how long will the animal be left alone during the day: (b) What is the activity level of your household:_____busy-visits by friends, meetings, children, parties at home _____noisy-TV, stereo, machinery, tools, kids playing _____moderate-normal comings and goings _____quiet-homebodies, few guests 32 Do you believe in dog crates? If so, for what exact purpose(s)? 33 If you had to move & your new landowner does not allow pets, what will you do with your companion animal(CA)? 34 When you go on vacation, will your pet accompany you or who would care for it? 35 Under what condition(s) would you consider giving up your companion animal? 36 (a)who is the veteranarian you currently use, or used for your previous animal's health issues(IF used within past 5 yrs). animal hospital's name/vet's name: address: telephone #: (b) what type of heartworm prevention do you use? 37 How will your animal travel to the vet, or other places(i.e, crated, doggie seatbelt, loose in a car/van, tethered or in crate or in box in bed of truck?): 38 May we call your vet and inquire as to your previous/current pet's health care? If not, why? 39 Are you willing to allow an H4S's representative to periodically visit your home? If not, why? 40 List NAMES & EMAIL addresses of 3 NON-RELATED personal references, whom you have known for at least 3 years, who may be familiar with your pet ownership history: 1: 2: 3: 41 If you are disabled and should have any special needs please be sure to let us know; this will help us find the BEST companion for you and your needs: 42 What arrangements have you made for your companion animal(s), if you could no longer care for them (i.e., moving over seas, extended hospital stay, nursing care facility, death)? 42 &, finally, please tell us a little about yourself and why you feel you could provide a good home for a rescued companion animal: ****Our goal in rescuing and re-homing animals is to provide them with a loving home for the rest of their life. The adoption fee covers their medical costs associated with the animal, medical and daily care during their foster period and transport. All animals adopted by our group MUST BE spayed/neutered prior to finalizing the placement. Most of H4S's adoptables are in foster care in Rutherford Co, NC and will be transported to your area on the 4thSaturday of each month, after age-appropriate quarantine is complete and being spay/neutered and microcchipped. Your signature below states that you understand any future medical costs are your responsibility and we have made full disclosure regarding our & our vet's knowledge of the health of the animal. Sometimes, for reasons beyond anyone's control, the adoption does not work out. In this case, the animal must be returned to Howlin4Spirit CARes at the adopter's expense. Howlin4Spirit drives transports along the eastern seaboard as far as NY state on a monthly basis. Adoption contributions are not refundable, for any reason. By signing this application, I attest to the fact that I am 25 years of ageor older, and that the above information provided is correct: spouse/partner's signature(if married): Howlin4Spirit CARes......email@example.com P.O. Box 711-Rftn, NC 28139.....#828-429-8398 within the heart of every companion animal lies the singular desire to be loved adoptapet.com...Brookside, NJ 07926 ...Rutherfordton, NC 28139 ...Williston Park, NY 11596 &...Rocky Hill, CT 06067 www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ505.html =NJ www.petfinder.org/shelters/NC469.html =NC
Other Pets at Howlin4Spirit CARes - CT
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Pixie, a Rocky Hill Chihuahua/Pomeranian dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Chihuahua/Pomeranian for sale in Rocky Hill, or seeking a Chihuahua/Pomeranian dog from a breeder in Rocky Hill.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Rocky Hill already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Rocky Hill breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Chihuahua/Pomeranian breeders who help with Chihuahua/Pomeranian rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Rocky Hill paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Why did God require the tithe in the Old Testament? Was it because He needed the money? Consider these possible benefits to giving your gifts to God.
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How many credit cards are in your wallet? And is debt a good thing for Christians?
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Who owns my money determines not only what I give to God, but how I treat God. Who "owns" your money and what difference does it make?
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When TMZ caught up with him to get his reaction to Russell Simmons saying he would have signed him, Shaq put the nail in the coffin on his rap career.
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As an educator and parent I really appreciate the wisdom behind Waldorf education. I am committed to giving my children this amazing education.
Our oldest daughter began at Davis Waldorf School in second grade. Within weeks, we stopped hearing I don t want to go to school. We have never regretted the investment. We now have 3 children at DWS (7th, 4th, and 1st grade as of the 2011-12 school year), and the school has fitted each of them. While some of the traditions (such as limited to no media) often feel strange and even restrictive at first, we ve found that there always seems to be valid reasoning behind them. The school functions like a large and welcoming family, and while (as with any family or community) there may be occasional frictions, we ve never felt anything other than accepted and embraced. We ve found the teachers and administration to be open to communication and remarkably understanding of the unique personalities of our children. The curriculum is challenging enough to keep our intellectually gifted and skeptical teenager motivated while being paced perfectly for our younger children. At Davis Waldorf School, I have found most of the children to be confident, at ease with adults, able to focus on problem solving, and remarkably tolerant of the quirks and individuality of their peers.
We have had nothing but a positive experience for our two children who are now 11 and 13. My children have been through the grades here and are testing very well compared to their public school friends. They are confident, well rounded and compassionate. The Davis Waldorf school has exceeded our families expectations!
Davis Waldorf has been a true disappointment. After a few years it has become clear that it is not simply a school with an emphasis on the Arts. Though almost never mentioned the school is founded on the philosophy of one Rudolf Steiner (labelled an educator but had no credentials), called Anthroposophy. This theory is almost never mentioned but forms the basis for everything which goes on at the school. Anthroposophy is an esoteric philosophy which incorporates karma, racial hierarchies, categorizing children into the four temperaments, and plenty of other Anthro nonsense. Children are encouraged to look back into antiquity rather than modern knowledge for answers. They are taught the ancient 4 element theory is fact, that myths and stories are fact. They are not taught to read until at least 7 years old. Parents are told this is to avoid rushing education. The reality is that Anthroposophy teaches that a child does not incarnate into their Astral body until adult teeth form, this happens around the age of 7, that only once the Astral body has fully incarnated can any intellectual faculty be exercised. This education is not right for my children. Do you feel it's right for yours?
Best school in Davis! Wonderful educational program! Wisest decision we ever made! My daughter benefits from the enriched programs that educate the whole child. In addition to rigorous academics where students average testing far above their public school counterparts, she benefits from an arts-integrated approach that includes goodies such as learning to play several musical instruments, handwork, gardening and nature education, movement classes, fine and sculptural arts, Spanish taught from a native speaker, and so much more! She is surrounded by a warm and loving community of friends, teachers, parents, and other adults. Childhood is so important and investing in her future success and happiness by providing the best possible education is my privilege. Come and check it out for yourself! You will be glad you did!
Our child spent four years at this school. After a few positive experiences in the beginning, we had a miserable time at this school. Our child was bullied, subjected to hate speech, beaten by a bully while being held by the bully's sidekick. The teacher had zero previous teaching experience, pigeon-holed children and treated all according to what she thought she "knew" about them as though she had some special psychological insight into their karma. The teacher was a disaster on the level of personal interaction and in terms of academics. The principal is in a position of doling out financial favors to members of the school board and therefore, rules supreme without any meaningful supervision, and acts arbitrarily. Extremely hurtful environment and academically a disaster.
I have three children that are currently attending the Davis Waldorf School. Our decision to send our children to this school is reinforced on a daily basis by the creative, innovative, and individualized teaching our children are receiving. At this school the children are getting a wonderful liberal arts foundation. They are not just memorizing facts, but really learning, really thinking about the material that is presented to them. Math, lauguage arts, and science are looked at through the lenses of music, art and movement. My children are scoring above grade level in all subjects and at the same time are getting the message that learning is fun and exciting.
My son has attended Davis Waldorf School (DWS) for the several years and we are all very happy. This school provides a warm, nurturing environment where kids can really grow into well-rounded, creative thinkers. While the academic element of Waldorf education ramps up slower in the lower grades (compared to Public schools) the level of work that the higher grades achieve is amazing. What we love about the school is the hands-on approach to learning, the various methods of teaching and the old-fashion style of get dirty play that the kids love. I wish I could have gone to school here! The majority of children at the school start attending in preschool/kindergarten/1st grade and go all the way through 8th grade. Their parents made the choice because of their desire for this style of education, not because their children didn t have other options (and the Davis school system has many excellent options). I am grateful for the strong community feel at DWS and am very satisfied with the choice we have made for our son s education.
I wasn't sure Waldorf was for me when we started our girl in preschool there, but now I wouldn't want her anywhere else. She is getting so much at Davis Waldorf that she wouldn't get at other types of schools. The Waldorf theory about early childhood education is to develop the child's imaginative and intuitive powers through art, music, play, crafts and other modes. Academics are not stressed for the young (under 7) because the kids' brains are not in place to properly integrate that skill. Reading is not a race, some kids get there faster than others, but the slower ones soon catch the early readers, and were not taught to hate themselves and/or school because they weren't fast learners. It's a philosophy that makes good students better and helps struggling students simultaneously. I also like that the strong school wide emphasis on limiting media influence on children.
Both of our children went all the way through 8th grade at this school. They both had beautiful experiences and wonderful teachers at the Davis Waldorf School. Our chidren have thanked my husband and me (many times) over the years for providing them with the exceptional education that they received from the Davis Waldorf. Our son has graduated from college and will attend a Masters program in the Fall and our daughter is in her Junior year of college in Europe. Many professors have commented to them that the Waldorf students that they receive are their favorite students. They know how to think creatively and express themselves intellectually.
My children are graduates of Davis Waldorf School and are now straight A students at the public schools. Their public school teachers rave about DWS students as being deep thinkers that are interested far beyond the knowledge just needed for a test. Even the challenging Davis public schools are easy academically and socially for my children as they've learned to reason, communicate, think originally and get along with others. I haven't seen any difference in the parents in the public schools and the parents at DWS in terms of helicoptering (it seems like many Davis parents helicopter). I do notice that DWS parents are incredible volunteers and are much more active in the school than what I've seen in the public schools.
Horrible experience. My son came from a very bad experience in the Davis School system and transferred to Davis Waldorf in November. He said goodbye to his teacher in June and in July we received a termination letter about his enrollment. We did not receive any contact prior to this letter. I contacted the office but they did not respond at all. My son has now been diagnosed with high functioning autism and could have used the support of this school but they dropped him as fast as they could after taking our tuition money.
As do so many parents out there I evaluate the quality of my daughter's education nearly daily. She is engaged, centered, and delighted to learn in this environment, and that has never changed in our 8 years at the school. She is prepared for the testing environment that permeates our education system, but not persecuted by it. There is so very much happiness in her life here at Waldorf.
The Davis Waldorf School teaches children to be independent thinkers, and connects them deeply with beauty in all it's forms. Responsible citizenship and environmental stewardship, become important concepts to the students. There is a gentleness and sincere caring amoung the students, between the classes, and the children are blessed to have the same teacher for the duration of their years at the school. This a great benefit to both the teachers and the students. The class functions as a close knit group, with empathy and understanding. I can't say enough about the quality of the teachers, or the curriculum. It is an absolutely wonderful and magical place of learning. I am so happy my grandchildren have gone to this school. It has been a wonderful influence on their character, their frienships, and their personal self esteem.
We moved to Davis for the excellent public schools. But once in the system we found them to be too competitive and the kids were over worked and stressed out. We moved them to DWS and they are content and happy and they LOVE to learn. Best thing we ever did.
My kids, now in 2nd and 5th grades, have attended DWS since kindergarten. They are the kind of kids you like to have around. The can listen and respond, they are funny and creative, considerate and responsible. I think I'm blessed to have children like this, and I think it has helped tremendously that their school fosters these traits in all the children. Most of their classmates are similar to them in these respects. Their curriculum has been varied every year, always sourced from art or nature or cultural history (norse mythology, old testament stories, ancient egypt, etc.) They don't just learn about Norse Mythology -- the Norse Mythology is the context in which they learn math, spelling, reading, writing. They are absorbed in the topic and the learning just happens. I also appreciate that the school doesn't make hourly time requirements of all families. Each family does what it can.
My son was diagnosed with ADHD just before starting kindergarten at Waldorf. His teachers never treated him diffeently and now, going into 2nd grade, he is wonderfully bright and social and has developed much better self control. The Waldorf philosohpy of educating the whole child has been a God-send for us. On the downside, the administration of the school is a bit scattered and ineffective. This is made up for by the very active parents. Parents head up all committes at the school and run the annual auction and Mayfaire. Overall, this is a wonderful school.
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A Study of Participation in the Game of Golf by Persons with Disabilities and Persons Who have Health ConcernsSubmitted by Anonymous on July 19, 2012 - 1:34pm.
A Study of Participation in the Game of Golf
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A number of important events have occurred in recent years such as the invention or improvement of assistive devices for use in golf; development of ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines for recreation facilities including golf facilities; and an increase in the number of organizations promoting golf for persons with disabilities and health concerns.
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Ever think about playing golf? Do you think maybe because you have a disability that you can't play? Do you wonder how you will get around the golf course if you use a wheelchair, crutches, cane? If you are blind or have a visual impairment, did you know that you can still play golf? Do you wonder if there are people knowledgeable about teaching people with disabilities to play golf? If you are curious about the answers to these questions-read on-you might be surprised.
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True inclusion occurs when individuals with and without disabilities are valued for their individuality and are active participants in the social fabric of their communities. Recreation activities are a vehicle through which true inclusion can be achieved due to the tendency of such activities to lead to other social ventures. Research by Murray (2002) involving individuals with disabilities, found that "The thread linking leisure to all aspects of their lives was that of relationship—opportunities for fun being dependent on having friends. In this way, the research participants described inclusive leisure as a process through which we all belong, whatever setting we happen to be in" (p.42). Since golf is one activity that is social in nature, it would therefore seem appropriate for reaching true inclusion.


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More than 50 years after Laura Ingalls Wilder's death, fans still clamor for more 'Little House'
CHARLES TOWN – There are memoirs and cookbooks, an annual "Laurapalooza" event and even a "Little House" musical: Nearly 60 years after the death of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author is more popular than ever.
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Wilder first opened her life to the public in 1932. Then a 65-year-old farm wife living quietly in rural Missouri, she published "Little House in the Big Woods," the first of what would become an eight-volume set of novels for young readers.
Born in a log cabin on Feb. 7, 1867, Wilder saw in her life story the opportunity to spotlight an important bit of history – the opening of the American frontier.
"I realized that I had seen and lived it all – all the successive phases of the frontier, a whole period of American history," she told an interviewer, remembering how her parents Charles and Caroline Ingalls left settled country in Wisconsin for a meandering, mostly westward path with stops in Kansas, Iowa and Minnesota before finally settling in the newly opened Dakota Territory in 1879.
Though Wilder always defended her books as absolute truth, they in fact blend fiction and autobiography to recount the Ingalls family's survival against locusts, drought, blizzards, wildfire, tornadoes, near-starvation and other woes.
Many love the books for their showcase of the subtle charms of everyday life, with family members working together to churn butter and bake bread before gathering around the fire at night to sing along with Pa's fiddle.
This summer, a new book by Wilder will become available to the public. It's actually her very first work – a manuscript for adult readers called "Pioneer Girl" that several New York agents and publishers passed over as lacking in drama.
Wilder later mined the draft to create her "Little House" books, with her daughter – the successful, self-educated journalist and novelist Rose Wilder Lane – acting as her editor (or perhaps as her co-writer).
In June, the South Dakota State Historical Society Press will publish "Pioneer Girl" just as Wilder penned it. The $35 book will include historical context and photos. The book joins a long line of spinoffs for readers who, after devouring the books published during Wilder's lifetime, remain hungry for more.
The first such offshoot, "The First Four Years," made its debut three years after Lane's 1968 death when her mother's manuscript was discovered among her belongings.
Roger MacBride, Lane's protege and heir, elected to publish the book exactly as it had appeared in Wilder's dime-store notebook.
Dry and unpolished, the book about the disaster-filled early years of Wilder's married life typically leaves even her most diehard fans dissatisfied, but many now consider the slim volume central to the "Little House" collection. Until "Pioneer Girl," it was the sole Wilder volume not to pass through Lane's hands.
Other "Little House" derivatives have come from authors who blended what little is known from the historical record with their own imaginations to create a blizzard of "might-have-been" accounts – about Lane as a young girl; about Caroline Ingalls, born in 1839 in Brookfield, Wisc.; Wilder's maternal grandmother, Charlotte Tucker, born in Massachusetts in 1809; and her maternal great-grandmother, Martha Morse, born in 1782 in Scotland.
In 2002, Cynthia Rylant, the award-winning author who grew up in Raleigh County in southern West Virginia, wrote "Old Town in the Green Groves." Marketed under the label, "Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years," the book is a fictionalized account filling in what happened between "On the Banks of Plum Creek" and "By the Shores of Silver Lake."
Wilder herself skipped over these difficult two years, which included a move to Burr Oak, Iowa, where the Ingallses all ran a hotel to get the family back on its feet financially. It's also when the family's only son, Frederick, died at 9 months.
Much more light-hearted than Rylant's offering are "Little House" picture books for toddlers and beginning readers, a book of Ingalls family paper dolls, a handbook of craft ideas inspired by projects described in Wilder's series and even "The Laura Ingalls Wilder songbook."
Cooking Ingalls-style also is in vogue. "My Little House Cookbook," written for young children, features Laura's Little Maple Cakes and 10 other easy recipes while "The Little House Cookbook" offers adults directions on whipping up cornmeal mush, bean porridge, creamed carrots, green tomato pickles, "vanity cakes," "corn dodgers" and even oxtail pot roast.
And then there are the memoirs inspired by women's devotion (some would say obsession) with the 1970s-era television hit starring Michael Landon.
Adherance to factual accuracy wasn't a concern for Landon, who also directed, produced and wrote most "Little House" episodes. The show, which aired for nine seasons starting in 1974, takes place entirely in Walnut Grove, Minn. – in this TV world, the Ingalls family never did venture west.
Landon invented Albert, an adopted son for the Ingallses, and Adam Kendall, a blind husband for Wilder's older sister Mary (who'd lost her sight after an illness at 14), and many other characters. He also tasked his cast to battle challenges never mentioned in Wilder's books, from menopause and drug addiction to rape, sexism, child abuse, leukemia, racial prejudice and other ills.
The TV version of "Little House" also frequently offered up historical inaccuracies that no doubt drove faithful readers of Wilder's books bananas (to use a modern term). Multiple episodes show the Ingallses munching on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, for instance, and Pa even calls them a favorite from his own youth when peanut butter didn't begin to become an American staple until the late 1920s.
Another startling anachronism, also food-related, had an unnamed elderly restaurant proprietor, ostensibly Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders, show up in Walnut Grove to try to persuade Harriet Oleson to transform her restaurant into a chicken-only eatery. (The actual Kentucky colonel wasn't alive in this period; he lived from 1890 to 1980.)
But despite all the creative license taken by the series, it attracted legions of devotees and deserves credit for turning millions onto Wilder's books.
Several of these fans have written books in which they share how Wilder's works altered the course of their lives. Among the newest and most fun: Wendy McClure's "The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of 'Little House on the Prairie.'"
In it, the Chicago-based children's book editor recounts pilgramages to Independence, Kan., the sod dugout from Plum Creek, Minn., and the Ingalls' homes in De Smet, S.D., and how she combed the Internet to find a 19th century churn to make her own butter and baked up the same humble brown bread the Ingallses subsisted on in De Smet during "The Long Winter."
These days, the South Dakota town has a population of about 1,089, but thanks to Wilder's ties here, tourism is one of the town's chief industries. Some 20,000 Wilder fans make the trek each year to see the real-life "Little Town on the Prairie."
Costumed guides lead tours of the railroad shanty where the Ingallses spent their first Dakota winter, the frame home on Third Street that Charles Ingalls built in 1887 and more than a dozen other sites mentioned in the "Little House" series.
Visitors also can tour the cemetery that serves as the final resting place of Wilder's sisters and parents as well as her unnamed son, who died as an infant in 1889. (At the time, Lane was 3. She remained the Ingalls' only grandchild and is buried in Mansfield, Mo., near her parents.)
Crowds also flock to museums and one-time family homes in upstate New York, where Almanzo Wilder grew up, as well as Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. The Wilders' farmhouse at Rocky Ridge in Missouri gets some 40,000 visitors a year.
That this hard-working pioneer girl has inspired so many others to visit Ingalls landmarks, devour the "Little House" books and their various spinoffs, learn to churn butter and even pen books of their own shouldn't come as a surprise.
They may be taking to heart Wilder's own words: "You should never be ashamed of work you have done, only work that you haven't."
|Like daughter, like motherHow much credit does Wilder's offspring deserve?CHRISTINE MILLER FORD Spirit Staff
|CHARLES TOWN – Everything we love about Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" series can be traced to what the author once downplayed as her daughter's "fine touch," extensive editing and rewriting that completely overhauled her work.
So contends University of Missouri professor William Holtz, author of the 1993 book, "Ghost in the Little House."
Holtz uses the finished "Little House" books, Wilder's original manuscripts and letters exchanged between Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane to build a convincing case that it was Lane's ghostwriting – work she'd performed for clients for years – that elevated her mother's pedestrian prose into the distinctive works so embraced by generations of readers.
Lane – born in Dakota Territory in 1886, a year into her mother's marriage to Almanzo Wilder – pursued a life far different from her parents'.
Her early years were marked by troubles even more pronounced than the dramatic struggles encountered by the Ingalls family. Drought and other bad weather destroyed crops and left her parents in debt. Both Laura and Almanzo came down with diphtheria and when Almanzo tried working before he'd fully recovered, a stroke left him with a permanent limp. Their house burned down and their second child died shortly after his birth in 1889.
The family's fortunes slowly improved starting in 1894 when the Wilders migrated to Missouri, where they took over a struggling apple orchard.
Though her education ended at high school, Lane taught herself several languages and became a highly regarded newspaper writer in San Francisco and then a novelist. She also wrote biographies of Jack London, Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford, Charlie Chaplin and other well-known figures.
After the death of her only child, she divorced at 30. She took lovers but refused at least two marriage proposals, saying she did not want again to be tied down.
Through the Jazz Age, she traveled to exotic lands including Greenwich Village, Paris, Greece, Italy, Baghdad and Albania, where she counted among her friends the future King Zog.
Left all but broke after the stock market crashed in 1929, Lane returned to live with her parents in Missouri at her childhood home, Rocky Ridge farm, where she spent the bulk of her time not on her own projects, but reworking her mother's "Little House" drafts – books that ultimately enjoyed far bigger success than any of her own works.
She also kept a close eye on politics. After Franklin Roosevelt's election, she wrote in her diary that "America has a dictator." Later, she would admit she wished for his assassination.
With Ayn Rand, she helped to found the Libertarian movement and increasingly became known as a political crank. Until her death in 1968, she took every opportunity to denounce government programs that she felt enfeebled its citizens.
Social Security, the safety net for the elderly, the disabled and others in need that FDR signed into law in 1935, was a particular bugaboo. She denounced it at every turn and refused to even accept a SSN – returning her card to Washington in an envelope marked "Social Security Swindle."
Many say Lane allowed her anti-government beliefs to influence her "Little House" work.
Though Wilder's original draft explains how her blind sister Mary's education would be paid for by the state, Lane altered the story to eliminate the government's largesse. Instead, "Little House" readers learn how young Laura took on teaching assignments and sewing work to help her family save up for Mary's college.
But with half of her mother's "Little House" books taking place in Dakota Territory, Wilder couldn't sidestep mention of the 1862 Homestead Act.
One of the biggest federal handouts in the nation's history, the program transferred ownership of millions of acres of land. Anyone over 21 who would live on the homestead could have the land free and clear after five years.
In "By the Shores of Silver Lake," Charles Ingalls sings, "For Uncle Sam is rich enough to give us all a farm."
But the series' main message remains the importance of hard work and self-reliance, writes Anita Clair Fellman in "Little House, Long Shadow: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Impact on American Culture."
In her book, the professor of women's studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., argues that the "covert message" of the Little House books – instilled by classroom teachers as well as bedtime-reading parents – has made a generation of American voters fully at home with conservative tenants such as individualism, self-reliance and limited government.
It's one of the reasons the "Little House" books lately have become such a favorite for conservatives, particularly many in the Tea Party set, where Wilder's books about her frontier childhood often is described as "lived liberty."