
Adapting to a New Normal
As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was

As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was

Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal

Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
One of the things I found as I went through my parents’ memorabilia recently was
It’s almost here! My novel, Lead Me Home, will be out later this fall. For

I have been blogging regularly since early 2012. In over six years, I think I
This year’s Christmas tree is up and decorated. As I’ve mentioned before, my husband and
As I try to polish and publish my third historical novel over the next couple
Last Friday, March 24, I was a guest on Wayne Turmel’s blog. He introduced his
A year ago I was suffering from the worst stomach flu I’d had in a

I’m not sure this is something to be proud of, but I believe our family
In 2003, my work group had just completed the Gallup employee engagement survey. One of
I mentioned in an earlier post that I wrestled with whether to set my Oregon

Sometimes you just have to whine. Or rant. I’m doing some of both today. For
I was a valedictorian in my high school class. There were six of us with

I’ve mentioned NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) before—the national endeavor by authors around the world

As I looked through the photographs my father digitized, I came across this picture of

Every once in a while, I go back through old journal volumes to see where
As I scrolled through old photographs recently, I came across pictures of my father taken
Our pastor asked us all to wear red for Pentecost, which was Sunday, June 8,
This coming Sunday, September 13, is Grandparents Day. I was searching for a topic involving