“Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts” Review, and a Peek into the “Wilder Weather” Research Process

Barb Mayes Boustead
4 min readNov 16, 2021
The front cover of the book “Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts” is in the author’s left hand in front of a deep blue wall.
Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts in my hand.

Sometimes, the work of writing gets done in a Holiday Inn Express in Amarillo, Texas. Before I entered the comfort and safety of Jennifer Louden’s Taos Writers’ Retreat in late October, I took the long road. I hadn’t been away from home and family for over a year and a half. My brain needed a portal into the retreat week —…

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Barb Mayes Boustead

Meteorologist, climatologist, instructor, and past president of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association. Twitter @windbarb.