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Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
February 4, 2026
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Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
One summer day about 38 years ago today, I thought my career would come to
The last time I wrote about my work-in-progress, I was just sending it out to
I’ve written before about family myths (see here and here). A recent family reunion brought more
The Great Migration of 1843 was the first significant group of emigrants to head west.
As I’ve written, I am hard at work this year editing my historical novel about
I’ve mentioned before that I called my maternal grandmother Nanny Winnie. How I came to
This past weekend, I finally finished Draft 2 of my work-in-progress. Because of our cross-country
Friday evening has always been the time I saved for my own enjoyment. All through
One of the things writers have to do is market their books. This blog is
I deliberately keep this blog away from politics. I’m told that writing about a hot-button
This post is about my mother, though not about Mother’s Day. While searching for a
I know it is un-American, but I do not like orange juice. The pulp in
In recent weeks, my Microsoft OneDrive memory feed has reminded me of our move into
One of the downsides of listing our house for sale has been the need to
Traditionally, in October, National Book Month, I have posted about “haunting books”—books that have stayed
Every once in a while, I go back through old journal volumes to see where
The theme of this blog is “One writer’s journey through life and time.” Well, then,
I was thinking recently about my great-grandmothers. It dawned on me that they all probably