
My Novels in Indie Author Project Select
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A

I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A

On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s

It’s all over but the fireworks. The presents are opened. The menorah is put away.
My husband and I will celebrate our thirty-ninth wedding anniversary soon. We were married just
I deliberately try to keep this blog apolitical. Yet, the theme of this blog is

One thing that surprises me as I research the settlement of the American West is
By mid-August the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had passed Fort Hall.
Smithsonian.com published an article on December 9, 2015, entitled “The History of the Christmas Card,”
For our 25th wedding anniversary in 2002, my husband and I went to Aruba. First,
I am the latest of a long line of Catholic women who married Protestant men.

My son, my first child, turns forty in a few days. It certainly does not
One of my challenges in writing about the 19th century has been trying to determine
Forgive me one more post on NaNoWriMo. Now that it’s over, I’ve been asking myself
I recently learned a surprising factoid: Today, February 4, is Homemade Soup Day, even though January is
As a child, I spent a lot of time with my maternal grandmother, my Nanny
The trees at our new house were planted just days before we moved in, late
I don’t use much scented lotion. I’m allergic to many floral scents, particularly roses and
I have family and friends who span the spectrum in their usage of social media.
Sometimes I wish I could remember the story behind a picture. As I was searching
I wrote in early February that I was eagerly awaiting my COVID-19 vaccine, but at
Forgive me one more birthday story. After this post, I’ll move on with my year.