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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
I deliberately keep this blog apolitical, and this post is not meant to be political.
Despite the awfulness of 2020, I got a lot accomplished. I wrote most of a
One of the biggest reasons my husband and I chose to move to Seattle was
Every once in a while I come across a book that intimidates me. Sometimes, it’s
August 21 is National Senior Citizens Day. It’s a day set aside to support and
My mother collected silver souvenir spoons from foreign countries. Some showed national symbols and some
Only my father-in-law and I were at my in-laws’ house late on Christmas Eve 1984.
Note to readers: Today I’m sharing a guest post by Beth Lyon Barnett, which she
I have mentioned before that my mother has Alzheimer’s. The last few years have been
Oregon City, now a suburb of Portland, Oregon, was one of the largest settlements in
By mid-May, the emigrants to Oregon in the 1840s had settled into a routine. They
I’ve mentioned spending summers with my grandparents in Pacific Grove, California. It seemed like I
Building a new house has taught me all sorts of esoteric terms. Our online construction
I’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
As I wrote last month, the California Gold Rush began in late January 1848 when
As I review my novel about the California Gold Rush with my writing critique partners,
The Missouri Writers Guild annual conference hasn’t been in Kansas City for a number of
Not long ago, my husband and I decided we needed a break in our routine,