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My Thoughts on Finishing Another First Draft
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
May 20, 2026
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This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
As I’ve written before, when my daughter was born I thought she was the “icing
I am in the thick of writing my current work-in-progress, approaching the halfway mark. I
As I wrote recently, reading has always been very important to me. I didn’t know when
It’s been forty years since I graduated from Middlebury College. Just about forty years to
The main plot and some of the sub-plots of my work-in-progress revolve around relationships between
Last weekend was Easter, and I reminisced about past Easter vacations. We took many vacations
I launched my blog “Story & History: One writer’s journey through life and time” in
Friday evening has always been the time I saved for my own enjoyment. All through
I’ve written before about the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. It is a wonderful museum,
My daughter was born the day before Mother’s Day. Some years her birthday has been
I’ve written other posts this year about jewelry I received from my maternal grandmother—earrings she
I was a valedictorian in my high school class. There were six of us with
As I mentioned in my last post, my granddaughter just passed her first birthday. My
Much like the current pandemic, the California Gold Rush started at a specific epicenter and
A few weeks ago, my husband and I were driving through Saline County in the
It’s my son’s fault I’m on Twitter. Or rather, you can blame it on @jamestweeting
I wrote recently about setting up my new laptop. One of the first things I
I’ve known since I began writing this blog that there were stories I couldn’t (or
Fireflies don’t live in the western United States, and I never encountered them growing up