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Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
June 17, 2026
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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled
My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
Rickover was the first dog my husband and I owned together. I’ve mentioned Rickover before
This week’s haunting book is a novel about a privileged Englishwoman, Ursula Todd, born in
To my surprise, this is my 400th post, which seems worthy of mention. I last
As I reviewed old posts, I realized I haven’t written much about Memorial Day. That’s
I’m turning now from haunting books that deal with violence and man’s inhumanity to man
As of early February 2021, the news is full of stories about vaccines against COVID-19,
As I write this, I am visiting family in Washington State, not too far from
My husband has always been a student of military and naval history. He spouts off
I started my life as a writer in early 2007, so I’ve now been trying
I’ve never been one to play practical jokes. And I don’t like them played on
Unlike me, my father liked to cook. In fact, he paid part of his way
I wrote in my last post about my son’s first experience at summer camp. When
In May 1843 – 170 years ago this month – Jesse Applegate and his brothers
My latest novel, My Hope Secured, featured scenes of two family Christmases. One Christmas celebration
Please forgive me for posting another Christmas snapshot, even though we are now in a
J.G. Burdette, who blogs at Map of Time: A Trip into the Past, tagged me
When our youngest sibling (a boy) was born, my ten-year-old brother announced in awe, “When
The house we moved into when I was six and a half, in October 1962,