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The Denny Party: Final Miles to Portland
After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
August 26, 2026
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After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
In going through the mementos my parents kept, I’ve discovered another way in which my
My mother collected silver souvenir spoons from foreign countries. Some showed national symbols and some
This has been another bad year for bugs in the Hupp household – for them,
November is National Family Stories Month. So we should tell our stories to family and
My husband and I have done very little traveling since the pandemic hit. Health issues
Many years ago, my department at work took the Gallup StrengthsFinder survey to find out
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled
When I think of my childhood Christmases, I think of going to my grandparents’ home
My in-laws put a swimming pool in their back yard the summer after my first
This year I’ve posted several times about my husband’s and my courtship forty years ago.
My new website, https://www.theresahuppauthor.com, has been live for a few weeks now. Regular readers might
My niece, a second-grader in a Seattle suburb, assigned me homework. She wanted me to
Yesterday my son married his long-time girlfriend in a small and lovely ceremony in New
Last Thursday I had a guest post over on A Writer of History, which is
I don’t know that I will get to the ocean this year, but my husband
The main plot and some of the sub-plots of my work-in-progress revolve around relationships between