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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
My husband and I recently returned from a trip to South Dakota. I’d never been
This week I have a guest post on Write Brain Trust that discusses how I formatted
Books by local authors make great holiday gifts. Many of these books will be unknown
In our decluttering plan, I assigned my husband to clean the basement. Most of the
Sometimes when I’m stuck on my historical novels about Oregon Territory, I go out to
Twenty years ago today, March 16, 2002, I opened up a lined blank journal and
I used to debate with myself whether I would rather be a recluse or a
Once Oregon City was a thriving town at the end of the Oregon Trail, the
I’ve written before about viewing exhibits at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
Six years ago in late April, my husband and I drove from Washington State to
When I first saw the scene in the movie Home Alone where poor little Kevin
Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, two hundred years ago tomorrow. I first encountered
My niece, a second-grader in a Seattle suburb, assigned me homework. She wanted me to
In an earlier post, I mentioned my maternal grandmother’s thimble. Her initials – WS, for
In my novels, starting with Now I’m Found, which was set in 1848-50, I show
When I arrived at Middlebury College, I knew no one. The college did a reasonably
August 21 is National Senior Citizens Day. It’s a day set aside to support and
A friend of mine recently emailed me an article from the Mayo Clinic on “popcorn