When I researched the 1840s for my Oregon Trail novels, I started with the big
So much has changed in the twelve years since September 11, 2001. The security lines
My maternal grandmother gave me an amethyst pin many years ago. I don’t remember exactly
I mentioned several months ago that I had resurrected a short story I wrote in college
Sunday morning the electricity went out in our house. It seems to happen more and more frequently.
My father and I took a day last week to go to Lake Crescent in the
This summer my husband and I visited two Clear Lakes – one in Iowa, and
I seem to be going to more funerals these days. Not only is the generation
I’ve written before about family myths (see here and here). A recent family reunion brought more
It is peach season in Missouri. If it is peach season, it is time for