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1840s Guides for Travel on the Oregon Trail
Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
October 22, 2025
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Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
For over fifteen years, I’ve been following the Write on the Sound (WOTS) conference sponsored
The fictional family in my work-in-progress lives in a large house in Portland, Oregon. They
Christmas 1978 was the first Christmas I spent away from my parents’ home. My husband
As I enter my third year of blogging (my first post was on January 17,
On a LinkedIn writing group board recently, someone asked how to write a scene in
Here’s a brief Christmas scene from Now I’m Found that takes place on Christmas Day
Ever since I began researching the Oregon Trail route for my novel about travel along
I am the latest of a long line of Catholic women who married Protestant men.
Because of our move, July was a lost cause on editing my current work in
In recent weeks I’ve been following all my Facebook friends’ pictures of their children headed
It’s been over a year since I posted on this topic. In this time of
National Siblings Day was a few days ago on April 10. I looked for a
Babies and dogs are good listeners. Even when they aren’t paying attention, it is really
In 1971, when I was fifteen, I went on a People to People High School
I’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
I’ve written earlier posts about the development of Portland, Oregon, where my work-in-progress is set.
I recently received a notice about my fortieth high school reunion this fall. Fortieth!!! How
I’ve discovered that my son is more sentimental about the past than my daughter. That
I posted last year about Abigail Duniway, a historical figure I found while researching Safe