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Wilder Weather

Barbara Boustead

Weather, climate, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Paying attention to the past to understand the present and future. Everybody likes to talk about the weather!

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Mothers Know Best

Mom, baby boy, and I having fun with photo cutouts at LauraPalooza 2015 in Brookings, South Dakota.

Dear friends,

I am sorry for my long silence.

On October 13, 2025, I lost my mom to her long battle with heart disease. I spent most of l...

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Wilder Weather in the Wild

Now that Wilder Weather is out in the world, a few friends have sent me pictures where they have spotted it in the wild! Here’s one from my awesome friend, Lauri, taken at the Ingalls Homestead gift shop in De Smet, SD:

Thanks so much - se...

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Ingredients of a Weather Forecast

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From LauraPalooza in South Dakota to family time in Michigan, it has been a summer of travel! Like anybody, one of the first things I did before packing was to check the weather forecast for the duration...

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10 People Who Should Read "Wilder Weather"

Doesn’t every author think that everyone should read their book? Well, of course! But let’s get a little more specific. I think there are some folks who will particularly enjoy Wilder Weather, people I had in mind as I wrote the book. Do yo...

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The Weather Phenomenon That Scares Me the Most

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Many of you know that chasing storms is a hobby of mine. I’m no wild cowboy like that dude in the movie Twisters, driving into tornadoes and shooting fireworks. We are more cautious, more measured, preferring to obs...

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    Meteorologist, climatologist, instructor. Writing WILDER WEATHER, a nonfiction work on the weather and climate of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books and life and how they help us understand the weather and climate of now and the future. She/her.

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