tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post154219622881185328..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: If I Tear Up at the Sight of Pa's Fiddle, Can You Imagine What I'd Be Like in the Holy Land?Karen Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-40888806221466607142010-08-04T07:41:50.671-05:002010-08-04T07:41:50.671-05:00Thank you, Elizabeth, I hope so, too. I do think I...Thank you, Elizabeth, I hope so, too. I do think I would feel that peace, but I think I would also cry tears of gratitude. That's just me. :)Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-62289618451043498672010-08-03T00:28:57.938-05:002010-08-03T00:28:57.938-05:00I don't think you would tear up in the Holy La...I don't think you would tear up in the Holy Land, I think you would find an incredible peace. I lived there for more than two years, and that is what all visitors found. I hope you will go there some time.Elizabeth Mahlouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334700057953625321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-21811449437050858742010-08-02T19:54:33.623-05:002010-08-02T19:54:33.623-05:00Lissa, you were very much on our minds, as you can...Lissa, you were very much on our minds, as you can imagine! <br /><br />Mamacita, the only non-Laura books we like (actually, *love*) are Melissa Wiley's. We tried reading the Caroline and Rose ones, but none of them have the heart and soul of Lissa's Martha and Charlotte books. But, don't tempt me with that bookstore website. :) <br /><br />Sara, I'm not sure what the situation is with the Rock house. Apparently the association has only owned it since 1990, and they've done a fair amount to restore it, but I'm not sure why it was closed in the past, other than that. <br /><br />Lindsay, thanks for the link! Great stuff.Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-76334491197805192812010-08-02T09:56:45.686-05:002010-08-02T09:56:45.686-05:00We make the trip to St. Louis (from NJ) almost eve...We make the trip to St. Louis (from NJ) almost every year to visit family, and how I've wanted to get to Mansfield, but haven't made it yet.<br /><br />We did get to Lake Pepin once and saw the Little House in the Big Woods (a reproduction)<br /><br />My sister-in-law went on a bus tour of the Dakotas this summer and she said some of the people were in near open revolt about how much time they "wasted" in DeSmet. Can you imagine?<br /><br />There is also a "Pa's Fiddle Project" that you might want to look into:<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTskQ1OiyOY<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG0drWpgJfALindsay ( in NJ)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-59927583566463948802010-08-01T17:04:08.075-05:002010-08-01T17:04:08.075-05:00I'm tearing up because the 3 (?) times I'v...I'm tearing up because the 3 (?) times I've been there, I have NEVER been able to go to the Rock House!! It's never been open for tours. Is that a new thing that it's open now?Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072984925282936743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-46673621124796585862010-08-01T00:42:25.915-05:002010-08-01T00:42:25.915-05:00I think we are secret sisters. I love all things ...I think we are secret sisters. I love all things Laura so much! I will have to admit, though, that the fictional series BASED on Laura's life did not appeal to me at all. I donated it to the school library after I read it, after the shock wore off. I want the real thing or nothing at all! I do speaking gigs about Laura, and I love your pictures; I have many that are just the same except for the people in them. heh. As for tearing up at the sight of Pa's fiddle. . . . I am tearing up at the mere thought of you getting to see Pa's fiddle. I've been to the Mansfield house several times, and each time it's the same: I am overwhelmed. (The gift shop has a website, you know.)<br /><br />Laura's books were the first hard-bound set I ever bought with my own money. I cherish them like a third child.Mamacita (The REAL one)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15400978384217375737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-38059067314318349922010-07-31T23:07:23.014-05:002010-07-31T23:07:23.014-05:00Um, whoops? Didn't mean to be anonymous.Um, whoops? Didn't mean to be anonymous.Lissahttp://melissawiley.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-53098106958010474072010-07-31T23:06:53.713-05:002010-07-31T23:06:53.713-05:00I am tearing up with you!!!! So very very wonderfu...I am tearing up with you!!!! So very very wonderful. Wish we'd been there too. LOVE the photos. Love it all! Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com