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The Denny Party: Final Miles to Portland
After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
August 26, 2026
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After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
I wrote recently (see here and here) about sorting my old photographs and taking them
I attended the 2017 Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. conference in Oklahoma City from May 4-6
A year ago, I showed readers the cover of Lead Me Home, the first book
There is one issue that I continue to debate with my husband of almost forty
As I’ve written before, when my daughter was born I thought she was the “icing
My husband and I recently spent time with our son and his girlfriend in New
Emigrants preparing for the move to Oregon had plan carefully what they would take. They
I’ve always been amazed by this photograph of the gifts I received on my first
A week ago when I posted, my father was alive. He was a regular reader
I’m turning now from haunting books that deal with violence and man’s inhumanity to man
Many of the forest fires raging in the West this summer are not far from
My husband recently bought a boat. It’s a very functional patrol boat that he plans
I thumbed through a photo album of my son’s baby pictures, trying to think of
I recently got new eyeglasses. I’ve needed corrective lenses since I was eight and a
I only spent one Christmas at my maternal grandparents’ home in Pacific Grove, California. That
In the summer of 2001, a few months before September 11, my daughter and I
My last review of a haunting book for 2016 is of The Summer Before the War,
I mentioned last week that I left home for college about the time my sister