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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
June 17, 2026
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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled
My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
When I was cleaning out my parents’ house after my father’s death in January 2015,
I wish I knew more about plotting a novel. It’s one of the reasons I
My husband and I hadn’t spent a night outside Kansas City since our trip to
The importance of rail development in the West is one of the plot lines in
The Lake House was another book I read this past year that played with my
My brother and children seem to think they get treated unfairly in this blog, so
I am surprised that in five years of writing this blog I have never written
I’ve joined the 21st century. Our house is totally cable-free. My husband never wanted to
I’ve known since I began writing this blog that there were stories I couldn’t (or
My last post contained some pictures I found as “treasures” from my cleaning projects. This
My kids were born several years before the chickenpox vaccine was available. The measles/mumps/rubella vaccine
Earlier this month I had a day by myself in Topeka, which is just over
Almost exactly ten years ago, in late September 2005, I attended a three-day diversity training
The first President I could name was John F. Kennedy. President Eisenhower was in office
My Christmas preparations are about finished—the cards are mailed, the packages wrapped, and the house
In my current work-in-progress, which takes place in 1864, some of my characters are traveling
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of my father’s death, which happened just six months after
In the modern world, we are dependent on logistics and supply chains that most people