
Setting Up Another New Laptop
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
This page contains all the posts from my WordPress.com blog, Story & History: One writer’s
Those of you who have read my story “Competitive Yoga” in Chicken Soup for the
One of the prime selling points of the Baltic Sea cruise for me was the
Babies and dogs are good listeners. Even when they aren’t paying attention, it is really
My mother and her mother both became grandmothers at age forty-eight. My father’s mother was
I wrote on July 15 about the Oregon emigrants’ experience sight-seeing at Ice Slough in
One blessing from the current coronavirus stay-at-home order is that I have realized how little
When I arrived at Middlebury College, I knew no one. The college did a reasonably
Recently I was doing more research for my current work-in-progress the is set in 1867.
In the modern world, we are dependent on logistics and supply chains that most people
By the middle of July, the Oregon emigrants in the 1840s hoped to have crossed
The silver lining in the pandemic crisis is that I have been writing diligently on
This week I have a guest post on Write Brain Trust that discusses how I formatted
I read the newspaper differently now because I write historical fiction. Articles that I once would
My current work-in-progress begins in 1872, and I recently researched what was said about Thanksgiving
I wrote last time about Marshall, Missouri. Marshall does have one claim to fame—it was
I wrote last week that I am not an outdoorsy person. Perhaps that’s because some
I don’t remember ever going on an Easter egg hunt as a child. The Easter