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July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
July 22, 2026
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By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking
Many of my posts over the last couple of months have been dark and dreary
As I wrote last month, the California Gold Rush began in late January 1848 when
In addition to our 35th wedding anniversary, I have another 35th this year – thirty-five
On December 30, 2020, I posted my primary writing goals for 2021: 1. Edit and
August 21 is National Senior Citizens Day. It’s a day set aside to support and
I am a really good planner and organizer. I don’t say this boastfully, but as
I’ve written several times before about setting up new computers and other digital devices. (See
I recently learned a surprising factoid: Today, February 4, is Homemade Soup Day, even though January is
As a desert-born girl, I hate the rain. I don’t like it dripping on me.
Long before the lemon juice incident or the orange juice incident came the grape juice
I wrote last week about using Albany, Oregon, as a setting in my current work-in-progress.
According to the Days of the Year website, July 13 is “Embrace Your Geekness Day.”
Most of my photos are now packed away in boxes and would be difficult to
Emigrants to Oregon in the 1840s knew that if they reached Independence Rock (located in
I recently reread my journal from December 2002, trying to find the exact dates we’d
The sequel to Lead Me Home takes place during the California Gold Rush and the
Making a living was important to pioneers on the frontier, just as it has been