
Carkeek Park: Beaches and Beavers and History
On the fourth Wednesday of the month, I usually write a post with a historical

On the fourth Wednesday of the month, I usually write a post with a historical

I was looking for a historical topic for today’s post and came across a reference

Oregon City, now a suburb of Portland, Oregon, was one of the largest settlements in

The fictional family in my work-in-progress lives in a large house in Portland, Oregon. They
Sometimes, I link to posts from this blog in my monthly newsletter. And sometimes, I
The big city newspaper when I grew up was The Oregonian, a Portland newspaper. My
I submitted a rough draft of a scene to my critique group last week about
Not long ago, my husband and I decided we needed a break in our routine,

One thing that surprises me as I research the settlement of the American West is

The importance of rail development in the West is one of the plot lines in