For most of our marriage, my husband and I have traveled to one or the
For most of the forty-seven Christmases my husband and I have been married, we have
I’ve written before about how much I love the beach. Usually, my visits to the
In my monthly newsletter, I usually update readers on the status of my work-in-progress, but
My siblings and I spent much of our holiday vacations playing games. No one in
Now that my husband and I are functional in our new apartment (though not entirely
I wasn’t able to go to the Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. (OWFI) writing conference earlier
Did you get too many pears for Christmas? They are a wonderful treat this time
Did you see the story last week about tumbleweeds taking over the town of Clovis,
To my surprise, this is my 400th post, which seems worthy of mention. I last
Last summer I had the opportunity to chat with Gar LaSalle, who, like me, writes
Today is a first Wednesday, which means that at 11:00am, sirens will blare. At least
When the pioneers reached Oregon, they found abundant old-growth forests with timber that had never
When I was born, my parents owned a dog named Punky. I’ve seen pictures of
As I wrote last month, the California Gold Rush began in late January 1848 when
One of the disadvantages I’ve found in getting older is not sleeping as well as
This set of random photos came from an envelope my father labeled “Cannon Beach.” Most
In an earlier post, I mentioned situations where I was confronted by the fact that
By WordPress’s calculations, this is my 500th post. I’ve been blogging on this site for
Since 2009, Hallmark Cards has held an annual art festival outside its headquarters facility in
When my daughter was in preschool, she was afraid of many things. Santa Claus, Disney