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I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
January 14, 2026
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I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
It’s all over but the fireworks. The presents are opened. The menorah is put away.
The second of the haunting books in my October series is The Sandcastle Girls, by
The novel I’m currently writing alludes to race relations between whites and Native Americans, Hispanics,
The trees at our new house were planted just days before we moved in, late
The Lake House was another book I read this past year that played with my
In August 1985, thirty-five years ago this month, I returned to work after my second
I’ve been thinking a lot about walking recently, because of my daughter’s broken leg. Her
Ever since I have known him (46 years now), my husband has kept his magazines
It’s been over a year since I posted on this topic. In this time of
My current work-in-progress takes place mostly in the Oregon City area, beginning in October 1850.
This past weekend we buried my father-in-law. He was the first grandparent my children and
My father died five years ago yesterday, on January 5, 2015. His death was sudden—I’d
By mid-June, the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had trekked 650 miles
One summer day about 38 years ago today, I thought my career would come to
In my January 3 post, I mentioned the possibility that life would throw more roadblocks
I’ve written earlier posts about the development of Portland, Oregon, where my work-in-progress is set.
My posts last October about the “haunting books” I had read are among some of
There is nothing connecting the two topics of this post—Pi Day and deliberately bad acting—except
As I wrote last week, my husband and I are dealing with his broken kneecap.