My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
As I wrote last week, my husband and I are dealing with his broken kneecap.
The History Channel recently reported the anniversary of Jesse James’s birth in Clay County, Missouri,
I love going to the movies, but I don’t do it much these days. I
There was a story on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition show on July 16, 2013,
Not everyone will be haunted by The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin, but I was. I
My husband was recently out of town for about ten days, leaving me home alone.
Forsythia have always signaled spring to me. Yellow is not my favorite color, but the
This is another post about lakes. Throughout my life I have vacationed on many lakes,
Today would have been my mother’s 82nd birthday. One of my most popular posts on
One scent that brings my childhood to mind is that of Vicks VapoRub. When I
On Mother’s Day, when he was eleven or twelve, my son gave me a pair
My husband and I are starting to think about what to hang on the walls
This month is the 152nd anniversary of the trial of Susan B. Anthony for voting
I read the newspaper differently now because I write historical fiction. Articles that I once would
For most of the forty-seven Christmases my husband and I have been married, we have
It seems appropriate that on this Labor Day I am updating you on my most