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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
M.K. Tod offered me another opportunity last week to have a guest post on her
I’ve posted pictures of my mother as a child (see here and here) and others
As I wrote recently, spring came earlier to Washington State this year than to Missouri.
If you’re looking for a small Mother’s Day present, try my book “Family Recipe: Sweet
I’ve mentioned before that I called my maternal grandmother Nanny Winnie. How I came to
As Christmas approaches every year, I worry about all the things to do — send
My husband and I spent Christmas by ourselves this year. Most of our 46 Christmases
I’ve often said that the best thing my parents ever did for me was to
One morning earlier this month I read Emily Parnell’s column in The Kansas City Star,
My son came to visit recently, and while he was here, an old family debate
A few weeks ago my husband and I went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
On my page for writers, I mention Write Brain Trust, a group of Kansas City
I went to Middlebury College expecting to become a Political Science major. I had law
I wrote last summer about my son’s first overnight camp experience, at the YMCA’s Camp
Sometimes I wish I could remember the story behind a picture. As I was searching
Delaware author John Riddle established “I Love To Write Day” in 2002. According to the
A few weeks ago I did something I’ve been wanting to do since March—I went
I thumbed through a photo album of my son’s baby pictures, trying to think of