
Popcorn Brain
A friend of mine recently emailed me an article from the Mayo Clinic on “popcorn
A friend of mine recently emailed me an article from the Mayo Clinic on “popcorn
As I noted in a 2015 post, I started using an accountant to prepare our
My granddaughter just turned two. Her parents and my husband and I planned a pizza
Late last winter, another couple asked my husband and me if we wanted to “go
One thing that surprises me as I research the settlement of the American West is
Under traditional English and American property law, married women had no rights to own property—real
Throughout 1848, fortune-seekers streamed into California, even though the U.S. government had not yet acknowledged
Because of our move, July was a lost cause on editing my current work in
When my parents lived in Bellevue, Washington, in the 1980s, they owned a small cabin
In August 1985, thirty-five years ago this month, I returned to work after my second
Although many posts on this blog are about my life, I don’t aspire to write
Those of you who follow me on Facebook might know that on June 20 I
By WordPress’s calculations, this is my 500th post. I’ve been blogging on this site for
February is Library Lovers Month. I come from a family of library lovers, and I
If you want to have an impact on people, you need to tell them a
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of my father’s death, which happened just six months after
This past weekend, I finally finished Draft 2 of my work-in-progress. Because of our cross-country
The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California was first reported on March 15,
I’ve written before about my first doll. I’ve written about my mother’s Storybook Bride doll
In recognition of Black History Month, this last post in February is about two experiences
Many memories are triggered by milestone anniversaries—things that happened five or ten or twenty-five years