
Requiem for Langley
One of my favorite dogs ever has died—my daughter’s dog Langley. Langley has been a
One of my favorite dogs ever has died—my daughter’s dog Langley. Langley has been a
I wrote recently about setting up my new laptop. One of the first things I
Since moving to Seattle, I’ve been researching some of the early pioneers who settled in
I wrote in my last post about my son’s first experience at summer camp. When
It’s about time to start Christmas shopping, if the store windows are any gauge. Have
I’ve always been uncomfortable in hair salons—or “beauty parlors,” as we called them when I
There is nothing connecting the two topics of this post—Pi Day and deliberately bad acting—except
I’ve written before about the time that Santa came to visit my brother and me
I was surprised to get a notice from WordPress.com recently congratulating me on my 9th
Last year I wrote about the banana cream pie I made for my father one
I’ve written before about the importance of old newspapers in my research for my novels
In 2023, I had two primary writing goals—to publish When Heart Shall Fail (preferably in
My mother and her friends exchanged recipes when I was growing up. From Dorothy Walker
Most people pull out their wool sweaters and socks for warmth during winter. Not me.
I’ve learned most of my history through historical fiction. Not all, but most of it.
I’ve mentioned that I found some treasures during a couple of cleaning projects I undertook
My husband and I were fortunate to spend a recent weekend in San Diego, California.
I wrote in January 2013 about having to replace two computers and an e-reader within a
In the summer of 1989, when our daughter was four and our son seven, we
Today is my sister’s birthday. Regular readers of this blog can figure out which one,
One summer day about 38 years ago today, I thought my career would come to