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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
This week, April 9-15, 2017, is National Library Week. It’s a time to celebrate libraries
Today my son turns thirty-seven. As I’ve been going through boxes, trying to declutter, I
I know it is un-American, but I do not like orange juice. The pulp in
In 1817, the North West Company established Fort Nez Perce where the Walla Walla River
Many memories are triggered by milestone anniversaries—things that happened five or ten or twenty-five years
Yesterday I got my car washed. Mind you, many people in Seattle never get their
This isn’t a typical Halloween post, but it is about hallowed ground. The original meaning
On Tuesday, September 3, 1963, fifty-five years ago today, I started third grade. The first
My husband and I were fortunate to spend a recent weekend in San Diego, California.
I discovered as I cleaned out my parents’ house that there was a memory in
My mother and her mother both became grandmothers at age forty-eight. My father’s mother was
In the last four months I have replaced two computers and an e-reader. All with
It boggled my mind when I realized last week ago that this is the third
I am writing this post just a few hours after I dropped my daughter and
As I’ve written before, we didn’t spend many holidays at home when my kids were
By mid-June, the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had trekked 650 miles
By mid-May, the emigrants to Oregon in the 1840s had settled into a routine. They
One of the joys of blogging is finding other writers who touch your heart and