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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
August 12, 2026
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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Back in November 2022, I wrote about ending each journal entry by listing five (more
When I wrote last about my cataract surgery, I described how strange it was to
Ever since I began researching the Oregon Trail route for my novel about travel along
I’ve been stuck a few times while writing my historical novels. My characters got into
Some of my novels have followed historical events quite closely, and others are almost entirely
I’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women’s Day. I was with a group of women fiction
In 1971, when I was fifteen, I went on a People to People High School
In May 2010, my husband, his mother, and I took a road trip to New Orleans,
I have discovered one drawback to having my office in the basement of our new
I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
According to the Days of the Year website, July 13 is “Embrace Your Geekness Day.”
I don’t usually write about science, because I don’t know much about it. I haven’t
When my parents lived in Bellevue, Washington, in the 1980s, they owned a small cabin
I posted last year about Abigail Duniway, a historical figure I found while researching Safe
One of the prime selling points of the Baltic Sea cruise for me was the
I wrote on Monday about my children and their cousins. The picture above is my
As autumn approaches each year, I think about soup. I will eat soup any time