This past weekend, I finally finished Draft 2 of my work-in-progress. Because of our cross-country
Now that my husband and I are functional in our new apartment (though not entirely
This blog was on hiatus for a little longer than I expected. Followers of my
My father and I took a day last week to go to Lake Crescent in the
I’ve written before about my first experience skiing. I hated it, though I later learned
Many years ago, my department at work took the Gallup StrengthsFinder survey to find out
There are disadvantages to being the oldest child. Although the theory is that oldest children
I wanted to write about Thanksgiving in Oregon in the 1840s, but didn’t find anything
I’ve spent most of my Thanksgivings since 1979 with my in-laws, and most of those
It’s hard to believe my husband and I have been in our new home over
Today is my sister’s birthday. Regular readers of this blog can figure out which one,
I’ve joined the 21st century. Our house is totally cable-free. My husband never wanted to
I’ve mentioned before that I can’t remember not knowing how to read. I learned to
As I look back on my childrearing years, one of the things I’m glad I
Traditionally, in October, National Book Month, I have posted about “haunting books”—books that have stayed
Kansas City got hit with a snowstorm last Friday and Saturday. Friday morning I had
A year ago I was suffering from the worst stomach flu I’d had in a
As I scrolled through old photographs recently, I came across pictures of my father taken
In this crazy year, I feel guilty for the things I’m doing and also for
As I’ve written, I am hard at work this year editing my historical novel about
One of the places that my husband, mother-in-law, and I visited in California in June