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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
I had planned to write a family story for today’s post, but life has a
The Kansas City metropolitan area spans the state line between Kansas and Missouri. Kansas City,
I had another novel in mind for my last haunting book review this month, but
I don’t usually write about science, because I don’t know much about it. I haven’t
Note to readers: Today I’m sharing a guest post by Beth Lyon Barnett, which she
Many memories are triggered by milestone anniversaries—things that happened five or ten or twenty-five years
Occasionally on this blog, I have posted some of my favorite recipes. Readers will intuit
I attended the 2017 Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. conference in Oklahoma City from May 4-6
I happened upon an exhibit of Fred Geary’s woodcuts at the Kansas City Public Library’s
This month I’m writing another series of book reviews on “haunting books.” I haven’t read
A few weeks ago, my husband and I were driving through Saline County in the
I have set up a Google Alert for references to “Oregon Trail.” Every week in
Earlier this month I attended the Kansas Authors Club, District 2, retreat at Lake Doniphan
As I’ve written before, we didn’t spend many holidays at home when my kids were
One of the topics I’ve had to research for my work-in-progress is the mining laws
Many readers have picked up on the theme behind the titles of my historical novel
As winter approaches each year, I cringe. Will my family want to go skiing? It’s
In my last post, I mentioned that I developed some friends during my second grade