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July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
July 22, 2026
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By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking
In junior high and high school, my favorite poem was “Renascence,” by Edna St. Vincent
As I wrote recently, I’ve had weddings on my mind. Here’s another post on the
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The other evening my husband pulled an old throw out of the closet and settled
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For my husband, the mark of adulthood was ownership of a toaster oven. He’d spent
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Many authors these days have very strange browsing histories. Writers of thrillers have to research
I have usually devoted at least one October post to “haunting books,” because October is
The last time I wrote about my current work-in-progress was in mid-March. At that point,