It's fun to hear from Little House fans why they love the books. For me, it was about Laura's emerging sense of self, her gumption, and even her self-admitted shortcomings in terms of her bashfulness and her temper. You also saw her skills as a writer emerge through her descriptive narratives to help sister Mary visualize the Dakota prairies even though she was blind. I love that Little Town and Golden Years were about her courtship but it was also about her emerging sense of self. She even got a place with her girlfriend Flo for the summer to teach school!
Fans are passionate about details such as the recipes, medicine, politics, weather, farming, and late 19th century fashion. A Mennonite family author Kathleen Kelly Ferguson met while researching the path of the Ingalls family for the book My Life as Laura, wanted to uncover Pa's construction secrets, including wooden pegs for nails and leather door hinges. Lately, all of Pa's expertise at digging wells for his Little Houses has become a fascinating topic. Why?
The well continues to be an issue in finalizing our little house deal. The sellers are feigning surprise that this is an issue, as one inspector after another has confessed the well in its current condition is not up to snuff. However I knew, based on the fact the water was shut off during the summer while jugs of potable water were left on the deck and the kitchen counter, that something was up.
The man who originally dug the well has not been answering his phone, which means he is not standing by the warranty on his work. We were refusing the deal until some compromise has been met. A more upstanding well guy has given an invoice for a new well to be dug, much to the chagrin of both sellers and us. Of course this couldn't be easy. And now, no matter what, everyone has to pitch in to resolve the issue. We have struck a compromise and sent our terms to the relator, hoping this issue is now resolved. We should know soon when and if we can close.
So crazy to think this little house is feet away from all the fresh water we could possibly use, but no way of getting it in there at the moment.
We'll figure it out, I hope.
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