Trundlebed Tales
313 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTrundlebed Tales host Sarah S. Uthoff will look at Laura Ingalls Wilder and other classic children's literature and social history including historic foodways and one-room schools.
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Ep 125 Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom Roundup 2021
January 06, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.4 MBWhat happened in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during 2021? There were fewer things cancelled than in 2021, but some things were changed how they were set up. Some things were canceled. For example, Pepin Days in Laura was scheduled, canceled, and re-scheduled over the course of the year. I hope in the coming year there will be a lot more Laura events. American Masters Walnut Grove's Pageant Discussion Top 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Homestead National Landmark's Prairie Author Event Pi...
Ep 124 Wendi Lou Lee Baby Grace and the Prairie Devotional
December 16, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 27.2 MBWendi Lou Lee joins host Sarah Uthoff to talk about her experiences being involved with the "Little House on the Prairie" NBC TV show. Lee was one of a set of twins who played Baby Grace. The real life Grace was, of course, awesomesauce because she was born in Iowa and attended a normal school. So we're looking forward to hearing Lee's take on the TV show. Lee has also written A Prairie Devotional. She'll share with us about all of it.
Ep 123 Karen Grassle Little House Ma on Bright Lights, Prairie Dust
November 15, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBKaren Grassle joins host Sarah Uthoff to talk about her new memoir, Bright Lights, Prairie Dust. Grassle, of course, played Laura Ingalls Wilder's Ma on the 1970s NBC series, We're going to talk about her experience on "Little House." We'll dig into what it was like to film the series. Then we'll discuss her life beyond as a theater actress and a woman's right advocate. You're going to want a copy of her new book. Here's the link to Karen's website: https://www.karengrassle.net Upcoming app...
Ep 122 A Tour Around Trundlebed Tales
October 07, 2021 02:04 - 52 minutes - 23.5 MBI always say you can find Trundlebed Tales all around the web. Well, what does that mean just where can you find me? We'll talk about all the stuff I do around the web including all the information I give out, the stuff I produce and where all you can find me on social media.
Ep 121 Prairie Patchwork 50th Anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant
July 16, 2021 17:00 - 29 minutes - 12.8 MBAll the different Laura Ingalls Wilder De Smet, South Dakota sites have worked together to put an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant. It's going to be spread out over 3 weekends with all kinds of events. This is an overview of the highlights, a little later than it should have been, but I hope will tell you what's going on and prep you for my roving reports for the event.
Travel Times Homestead NPS
July 10, 2021 17:04 - 33 minutes - 14.7 MBThis summer I made my second visit to the Homestead Nationa Park Service unit. It's the Homestead National Historic Park. This park commermorates the Homestead Act from the very first homestead to the last. Get a report on what you can see and do in Beatrice, NE.
World Read Aloud Day Mother West Wind's Children Part 7
June 10, 2021 15:00 - 31 minutes - 14.1 MBToday we're going to celebrate World Read Aloud Day by reading part of Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. Burgess. We're picking up from our 10 minute episodes last year where we were testing microphones. This time our story is "Reddy Fox the Boaster."
Ep 120 Honoring Memorial Day
June 01, 2021 14:05 - 31 minutes - 13.9 MBWhat is the purpose behind Memorial Day? What are Memorial Day services like? Want to see what I'm talking about, check out my Memorial Day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH-c2OPXDbQ
Ep 119 Laura Ingalls Wilder Collectibles
May 29, 2021 13:30 - 42 minutes - 18.9 MBAs part of Alison Arngrim's reading I've discovered that there are a lot of things that Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie fans that have no idea that there are things to buy. I've put doing a visual walk through all the things you can buy, but today we'll just go through the list.
World Read Aloud Day Mother West Wind's Children Part 6
March 18, 2021 15:08 - 28 minutes - 12.5 MBToday we're going to celebrate World Read Aloud Day by reading part of Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. Burgess. We're picking up from our 10 minute episodes last year where we were testing microphones. This time our story is "Striped Chimpmunk's Pockets."
Ep 118 Laura Ingalls Wilder's On-Air Birthday Party 2021
February 07, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBJoin us for our annual Laura Ingalls Wilder birthday party. Every year we ask people to call in and tell us their Laura story. This year we're coming back after 2 years where we didn't get it done. (Time 1 was interrupted by a Disney trip and Time 2 was a complete technology meltdown, I couldn't hear you and you couldn't hear me so I talked to myself for an hour.) So this year's celebration will be our 8th. Laura fans are invited to call in and share either the story of how they became a Lau...
February 2021 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
February 04, 2021 21:26 - 15 minutes - 13 MBIt's a month of birthdays with Laura and Almanzo and Pa and Ma's anniversary. We've got news from several of the homesites including the Mansfield museum coming down, Tessa Flak leaving De Smet, and events coming up this summer.
Travel Times Oak Island
January 31, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBToday Travel Times looks at fans of one of the best history mysteries - What happened on Oak Island? It's an island in the north North Atlantic and SOMETHING happened there. We don't know what. We don't know when. But the TV show "The Curse of Oak Island" is setting out to explain. People have been looking for the assumed treasure on Oak Island since 1795 the search has taken money, time, and even lives. Start to dig and find out all you can about Oak Island. The Secret Treasure of Oak Islan...
Ep 117 Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom Roundup 2020
January 18, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBWhat happened in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during 2020? It was Carrie Ingalls 150th birthday so lots of things were planned, but with COVID almost all of them were canceled. Laura people became another kind of pioneer, a digital kind. Two of three pageants created digital content and Alison Arngrim (Nellie Olsen) went online by reading to us. Then the "American Masters - Laura Ingalls Wilder: From Prairie to Page" debuted and set off another round of online discussion. Come along and tell u...
January 2021 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
January 11, 2021 20:11 - 16 minutes - 13.8 MBThis month we've got birthdays, documentary news, and more as we look back to December and on to January and February.
Travel Times Winterize Your New Driver
January 02, 2021 23:30 - 24 minutes - 21.5 MBJoin Drew Uthoff as he joins host Sarah S. Uthoff to talk about winterizing his new car. Drew is a new driver and has gotten some things for his new car for Christmas and he's going to learn what to use them for. Check out what he's adding and if there is anything you should add to your own car.
Travel Times Disney Trip Before the Shutdown
September 14, 2020 15:30 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBI did one episode about this trip with everyone and thought that would be it. However, since about the middle of July my schedule has been unpredictable and I had time this morning so I thought I'd go ahead and talk about my trip by myself. However, to get other people's reactions be sure to listen to my big group episode on it. I'm going to talk about the schedule why we set it up the way we did, what didn't work, what did, why and what I want to do next time.
Travel Times Online Conferences
August 27, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 27.8 MBThe COVID pandemic has moved a bunch of conferences online. How are online conferenes different from live ones? Are they worth it? What are they like? Should you attend?
August 2020 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
August 01, 2020 23:00 - 16 minutes - 14.5 MBThis summer we only have one Laura Ingalls Wilder event scheduled this summer and it was on August 1st at the Little House on the Prairie Museum site in Independence, KS. Then we'll check in on what events are still scheduled for this fall at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum in Mansfield, MO. After that we'll check in on the online activities this summer especially the online pageant episodes in De Smet, SD and Mansfield, MO.
Ep 115 Looking Ahead at Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom This Year 2020
July 10, 2020 15:00 - 59 minutes - 53.2 MBA lot happened last year because of the big anniversary, but there's still interesting stuff going on this year. Since this is late we'll go through some of the big events this year and what we're still looking forward to. Whether you're interested in the TV show, the museums, or books, there is a lot going on. Find this in a written version here: https://trundlebedtales.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/laura-ingalls-wilder-summer-2020
Ep 114B Nicholas W. Inman the Director of the Mansfield Homesite Take 2
April 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBJoin us as we talk to Nicholas Inman as we talk about Mansfield's Laura Ingalls Wilder museum. As director. Inman has shown himself to be interested in trying new things. Check in and find out changes with the museum in the last year and plans for the upcoming year and beyond.
Ep 114 Nicholas W. Inman the Director of the Mansfield Homesite
April 29, 2020 16:00 - 18 minutes - 16.2 MBWe were supposed to interview Rev. Inman today, but unfortunately we weren't able to talk to him. However, we hope to reschedule soon and in the meantime I talk you through the Mansfield homesite as it was in September 2019. It's a short episode, but hopefully we'll have more soon. Join us as we talk to Nicholas Inman as we talk about Mansfield's Laura Ingalls Wilder museum. As director. Inman has shown himself to be interested in trying new things. Check in and find out changes with the m...
Ep 115 Alison Arngrim Tells Us A Story
April 27, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBAlison Arngrim, who played Nellie Oleson on the NBC Little House on the Prairie TV show, has taken on a project of reading the "Little House" series welcoming everyone into her liiving room via Facebook. Each day she reads two chapters complete with delightful commentary. She not only reads, but goes through explaining her take on the series, explaining things, asking questions, and sharing about her life. Join us to learn about this new "Little House" project.vAlison Arngrim, who played Nell...
Ep 113 Rev Robert Miller and the Story of the Congregational Church
April 15, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MBJoin us with guest Bob Miller of the United Church of Christ. Laura and Almanzo Wilder were Congregationalists. The Congregational Church is no longer a stand alone organization, but it is one of the denominations that have been combined into the United Church of Christ. Rev Miller talks with us about the history of the church in Laura's time.
Ep 111 Laura Giannarelli and the National Library Service
March 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBLaura Giannarelli is an actress who also reads books for the National Library Service. The National Library Service for the Blind Print Disabled is a part of the Library of Congress that provides materials for NLS "for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS offers books the way you want them: in braille or audio formats, mailed to your door fo...
EP 112 Lynne Belluscio and the Story of Jell-O
March 25, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB"You always get your just desserts when you insist on Jell-O" Lynne Belluscio of the LeRoy (NY) Historical Society tells us about the history of Jell-O. Gelatine desserts were long the province of the wealthy, but American ingenuity lead to an instant version of this once time consuming treat. What does LeRoy, New York have to do with Jell-O? How was Jell-O invented? What does Jell-O have to do with LeRoy today?
March 2020 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
February 19, 2020 16:00 - 19 minutes - 17 MBCheck in about what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month. We'll check on what's going on Trundlebed Tales, what's going on in the homesites this month, and some highlights of the coming year.
Ep 110 Laura Ingalls Wilder's On-Air Birthday Party 2020
February 08, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBDrop in tonight, February 7, 2020 and help us celebrate Laura Ingalls Wilder's 153rd birthday. Laura fans are invited to call in and share either the story of how they became a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, their favorite Laura Ingalls Wilder related experience, or annual family traditions based on Laura. Based on requests, I'm continuing it as an hour so you'll have plenty of time to call in. So please call in and help fill the time. If you want to share your story, but don't want to talk on ...
World Read Aloud Day Mother West Wind's Children Part 5
February 05, 2020 16:34 - 30 minutes - 26.7 MBToday we're going to celebrate World Read Aloud Day by reading part of Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. Burgess. We're picking up from our 10 minute episodes last year where we were testing microphones. This time our story is "Why Peter's Ears Are Long."
Ep 109 Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom Roundup 2019
January 11, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThere was a lot going on during 2019. There were a lot of things going on. The "Little House on the Prairie" Cast Reunion and the Laura Ingalls Wilder conference lead the list on my social media of what people thought were the biggest events. We also have things going on with "American Masters," "Little House on the Prairie: The Musical," and lots of stuff at the homesites. Check out what happened.
Ep 108 Family Trip to Walt Disney World 2019
December 27, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBI finally got 5 of the 6 people from our trip together to interview about our last trip. Chime in as my mom, my brother, my niece and nephew, and me talk about our trip to Walt Disney World during late January 2019. We talk about where we stayed and our time at the park, our favorites, and what we learned. We stayed at Pop Century, visited all four parks and Disney Springs, and had the DVC tour.
Travel Times Latch-Hooking
December 03, 2019 00:30 - 27 minutes - 24 MBStart with classic historic hooking rugs with Rose Wilder Lane. Then drop into the world of modern latch-hooking.
Ep 107 Roving Report Mansfield Wilder Days 2019
October 30, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBA report on my September 2019 trip to Wilder Days, Mansfield's big Laura Ingalls Wilder event. Wilder Days is a big Laura event that includes special speakers, music, a crafts show, a pageant showing, etc. The Wilder dinner is a newer event and includes a special guest speaker who is then available for signing. This year the special guest was Alison Arngrim aka Nellie Oleson on "The Little House on the Prairie" NBC TV show. Another fairly recent additional to the program is a fiddle festival ...
November 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
October 25, 2019 23:30 - 16 minutes - 13.8 MBJoin us tonight as we talk about the fall season and a couple of big upcoming events. The Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites are closing for the season, a major production of "Little House on the Prairie: The Musical" is rolling out in Springfield, Missouri, and some of the TV show cast is doing a new (only 2nd year) event in Burbank, California. Looking ahead at a special Carrie anniversary event at Keystone, South Dakota in 2020 and a new weekend for Wilder Days next year.
Ep 106 Roving Report Pepin Laura Days 2019
October 14, 2019 17:00 - 42 minutes - 38.1 MBGet a full report on what was happening during Pepin, Wisconsin’s Laura Days 2019. Laura Days is their big Laura Ingalls Wilder event of the year. They have events going on at the museum, the city park, and the cabin. What’s it like to visit? What did you miss this year? What’s different from visiting during Laura Days and visiting during a normal time.
October 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
September 30, 2019 15:30 - 16 minutes - 14.4 MBJoin us as we catch up on what's going on in with Laura fans this month including some programs, upcoming books, and upcoming videos.
September 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
August 26, 2019 21:00 - 15 minutes - 13.4 MBThis month will see major events at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa for their Laura Ingalls Wilder Remembered event, Laura Days in Pepin, Wisconsin; and Wilder Days in Mansfield, Missouri.
Travel Times What Disney Words Mean
August 22, 2019 23:30 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBThere is a HUGE community of Walt Disney World addicts online. They've produced discussion boards, Facebook groups, YouTube videos, blogs, websites, and podcasts. Unfortunately for a lot of new fans it's like coming in at the middle of the movie. This episode will get you going on the basic terms that you'll need to successfully plan a trip. And trust me you need to plan to have a successful Disney trip.
August 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
August 09, 2019 22:00 - 16 minutes - 14.2 MBAugust is a little slower month, but there are still events to find. Look for them in DeSmet, South Dakota; Spring Valley, Minnesota; Mansfield, Missouri; and Malone, New York. We also have a new book this month The Prairie Devotional by Wendi Lou Lee.
Ep 105 High Heat Old-Fashioned Clothes
July 25, 2019 20:30 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MBOne of the questions reenactors, people who wear old-fashioned clothes at living history museum sites and at living history events, get a lot is "aren't you hot?" Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes it's no. Today we'll look into why that is and what can you do in heat if you're wearing old-fashioned clothes or even what you should do yourself is you're visiting a living history site or wearing a costume during summer heat. Learn about how people used to beat the heat.
July 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
June 25, 2019 21:11 - 10 minutes - 9.06 MBGet a jump on everything going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during July 2019. We’ll check in on the Laura Ingalls Wilder museums having special events, the opening of Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite season, and my programs. Find out more about Walnut Grove, Minnesota: DeSmet, South Dakota; Spring Valley, Minnesota; Mansfield, Missouri, and Malone, New York. Plus about the "Little House on the Prairie" TV cast reunion and a conference.
Ep 104 45th Anniversary Little House on the Prairie Cast Reunion
June 05, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBOnce again we join host Sarah Uthoff and Walnut Grove museum director Amy Foster as they talk about the major event the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and the Walnut Grove Pageant coming up July 12-13, 2019 in honor of the 45th Anniversary of the Little House on the Prairie TV show. This will be the largest reunion of the cast planned for this year. We’ll talk about what’s happening, who’s coming, and what to expect. Tune in with your questions.
Ep 103 Meeting Actors with Pauly Tee
June 02, 2019 21:00 - 42 minutes - 37.5 MBJoin host Sarah Uthoff and Pauly Tee (he was previously on the show talking about visiting Little House on the Prairie TV show filming locations) as we talk about meeting actors. What do you do if you run into an actor? What can you expect at a reunion event? How do they work? What should you know before you go? We're going to focus on the Little House on the Prairie reunion coming July 2019, but these tips will be helpful no matter what the TV show, event, or con you go to.
June 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
May 31, 2019 22:00 - 16 minutes - 14.1 MBGet a jump on everything going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during June 2019. We’ll check in on the Laura Ingalls Wilder museums having special events, the opening of Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite season, and my programs. Find out more about Independence, Kansas: Burr Oak, Iowa, and Spring Valley, Minnesota.
Ep 102 Looking Ahead at Laura Ingalls Wilder Fandom This Year 2019
May 15, 2019 21:00 - 41 minutes - 37.4 MBA lot happened last year because of the big anniversary, but there's still interesting stuff going on this year. Since this is late we'll go through some of the big events this year and what we're still looking forward to. Whether you're interested in the TV show, the museums, or books, there is a lot going on.
Ep 101 Debra Reid, Agriculture History, and Laura Ingalls Wilder
May 05, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBDebra Reid, Curator of Agriculture and the Environment at The Henry Ford, joins host Sarah Uthoff to talk agriculture. Laura didn't just live in Little Houses, she lived on farms across the Midwest. But while people tend to have one idea about what farms were like in the past, it was really much more complicated. We'll examine how agriculture has helped the country through the fulfillment of the Homestead Act, what Wheat Culture was down to what variety Pa and Almanzo would have grown, and ho...
Mother West Wind's Children Part 4
April 24, 2019 20:30 - 15 minutes - 13.3 MBAs part of my read aloud celebration AND as an experiment with microphones, I’m doing a series of short (around 10 minute) episodes. The story I'm finishing today is "Why Reddy Fox Has No Friends."
May 2019 Laura Ingalls Wilder Update
April 18, 2019 14:30 - 13 minutes - 11.8 MBGet a jump on everything going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom during December 2018. We’ll check in on the Laura Ingalls Wilder museums having special events, the opening of Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite season, and my programs. Find out more about Mansfield, Missouri; Burr Oak, Iowa; Spring Valley, Minnesota, and William T. Anderson.
Travel Times Cookbook Collector
March 31, 2019 23:30 - 36 minutes - 32.6 MBJoin us as we talk with long time cookbook collector and home economist Susan Uthoff. Uthoff has been collecting cookbooks for over 50 years. Find out how she selects the books and categorizes them. She'll also give some tips to what to look for to find a quality cookbook and some suggestions on how to do your own cookbook.
Mother West Wind's Children Part 3
March 27, 2019 15:30 - 13 minutes - 11.5 MBAs part of my read aloud celebration AND as an experiment with microphones, I’m doing a series of short (around 10 minute) episodes. The story I'm starting today is "Why Reddy Fox Has No Friends."