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The Denny Party: Final Miles to Portland
After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
August 26, 2026
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After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
I left Kansas City in mid-March for a two-week trip to Washington State. It was
After helping me clean out my parents’ house after my father died, my husband got
I received an early holiday present this year. In mid-November, I learned that my novel
I’ve written about panning for gold and rockers and Long Toms. Inevitably, as the search
This picture of me and my brother was one of my mother’s favorites. It was
I’m trying to find business interests for one of my characters in my next Oregon
I’ve written before about how social media has helped me reconnect with relatives and friends. Well,
Many of my posts over the last couple of months have been dark and dreary
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, other family members and I attended the Friends of Arrow
Halloween has never been one of my favorite holidays. As a kid, I suppose I
One of the many websites for writers to which I subscribe is the Insecure Writers
I’ve reached an exciting point in writing my current work-in-progress—I’m about to send the manuscript
I’ve written earlier posts about the development of Portland, Oregon, where my work-in-progress is set.
I only remember my father swearing at me once. I heard him curse in general
On Father’s Day, of course, I think of my father. And in the summertime, I
Here we are—another year begins. I start 2025 with both hope and trepidation. Hope, because
In my novel Now I’m Found, Jenny, one of the lead characters in the book,
As I write this, I am visiting family in Washington State, not too far from