I do not have many African American characters in my books, but I do include
Today is Ash Wednesday, but although I am Catholic, I will not be getting ashes
As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
On August 1 and 2, I took a break from the hassles of moving to
My husband and I moved to a retirement community in Seattle a year ago this
Most years about this time I get frantic over Christmas preparations. This year is particularly
I posted several years ago how I hated my mother telling me “I don’t know
As readers of this blog know, I was very close to my maternal grandmother, my
I have discovered one drawback to having my office in the basement of our new
I’ve posted about my first Christmas before. Someone in the family—my father or grandfather—was good
July 24 is Amelia Earhart Day. The news recently has been full of speculation about
I mentioned in a recent post that I’m a part of Read Local Kansas City.
The world is a crazy place in this era of the pandemic. “Social distancing” remains
I met with my real estate agent for three hours one afternoon last week. She’s
Last week I had the opportunity to attend an artist’s talk by painter Patricia Streeper
Most of us who have studied American history are aware of the Forty-Niners—those intrepid souls
Sometime during the summer between our first and second years of law school, my husband-to-be
I remember many details about February 12, 1982, thirty-six years ago today. It was my
My husband and I have thankfully escaped getting COVID-19 so far (knock on wood), though
Despite an early exposure to ironing (Santa left me an ironing board when I was
I’ve made a tradition of writing about “haunting books” on this blog each October, though