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1840s Guides for Travel on the Oregon Trail
Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
October 22, 2025
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Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
For over fifteen years, I’ve been following the Write on the Sound (WOTS) conference sponsored
I don’t want March to get away from me before I write about two milestones
Earlier this month I had a day by myself in Topeka, which is just over
I’ve written before about the Great Migration of 1843—the first large wagon train along the
April 5 is my birthday. This year, for the first time in my life, my
One of the more sensational stories of the Oregon Trail is that of the Donner
The vast majority of miners during the California Gold Rush were men. The census of
My husband recently bought a boat. It’s a very functional patrol boat that he plans
Although many posts on this blog are about my life, I don’t aspire to write
A year ago I published Lead Me Home, and I immediately turned to editing its
Traditionally, in October, National Book Month, I have posted about “haunting books”—books that have stayed
I mentioned in an earlier post that I wrestled with whether to set my Oregon
Recently I was doing more research for my current work-in-progress the is set in 1867.
My husband has always been a student of military and naval history. He spouts off
In December 2017, a writer friend of mine asked me what my 2018 goals were.
The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California was first reported on March 15,
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the error the U.S. Postal Service made
I was thinking recently about my great-grandmothers. It dawned on me that they all probably
Every so often, something happens in real life that makes a good story. There is