Archive - Albaniac!

I can't quit you, South Dakota

Did you know there's a conference dedicated to the research and scholarship of Laura Ingalls Wilder called LauraPalooza? Yes, I'm attending!

Jul 8 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

June 2025

May 2025

Will Tirana Be Consumed by Western Consumerism?

In one year, the city has already changed. Here are my initial, incomplete, and highly biased impressions.

May 27 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

Bumpkining in Europe

When traveling, accept that you will have fledgling albatross moments, soaring albatross moments, and bumpkin moments.

May 20 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

You can't miss these travel hacks

Not because you asked, but because I'm at LaGuardia for eight hours waiting to go you know where.

May 10 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

My Inheritance: Mom's Clinique Clarifying Lotion "Clarifiante" 2

I'm 56 and I still don't get the T-zone.

May 1 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

April 2025

April is the Driest Month

Tay Pay Pryor, White Lotus, boat drinking and my break from booze.

Apr 3 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

March 2025

I can't stop thinking about how a competition survival reality show intersects with Little House on the Prairie.

Mar 20 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

The Peaks of Shala Part IV

"Anything can happen in the mountains of Albania," I said, picking up my staff and rising, for the shadows of the western mountains were already…

Mar 6 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

February 2025

Laura's baaaaaaaaaack

Clutch your corsets and tin cups, y’all, Netflix is rebooting Little House on the Prairie.

Feb 18 •

Kelly K. Ferguson

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