
July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more

By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more

It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news

Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking

I have been blogging regularly since early 2012. In over six years, I think I
One of the things writers have to do is market their books. This blog is

In my current work-in-progress I have two female characters who are pregnant, one for the
It boggled my mind when I realized last week ago that this is the third
As I mentioned in a recent post, the river cruise my husband and I were
I told one story recently that I couldn’t tell until after my parents were gone.
On my recent trip to Florida, in addition to viewing wildlife and water activities, I went
My husband took up rowing after our daughter joined the crew team at Georgetown University.
I wrote in my last post about one of my book clubs, the one I

I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
I’ve mentioned before that I can’t remember not knowing how to read. I learned to

I went out of town last week with great plans for what I would accomplish.
I wrote recently about my 8th-grade graduation in June 1999 and my parents’ absence for
I talked to a friend the other day and found her in the process of
This week, March 16-22, is Brain Awareness Week, a program launched by the Dana Alliance
For my husband, the mark of adulthood was ownership of a toaster oven. He’d spent
I’ve written before that my paternal grandfather, Laverne Ernst Claudson, was the grandparent I knew
Ever since this blog’s inception, I have posted that I was writing a historical novel