
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born

Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born

I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)

During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
It seems that in over five years of writing this blog, I have never written
Like many writers, I have a love/hate relationship with social media. Marketing gurus tell writers
My maternal grandmother gave me an amethyst pin many years ago. I don’t remember exactly
This coming Sunday, September 13, is Grandparents Day. I was searching for a topic involving
A week ago when I posted, my father was alive. He was a regular reader
I’ve written before about the idyllic summers I spent as a teenager on Coeur d’Alene
To my surprise, this is my 400th post, which seems worthy of mention. I last
I read the newspaper differently now because I write historical fiction. Articles that I once would
The Willamette Valley is wet. That’s what I remember most about the winters when we
I wrote on Monday about my children and their cousins. The picture above is my
The Lake House was another book I read this past year that played with my
I learned recently that August 15 is National Relaxation Day—a day is set aside to

It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
I’ve written before that my children taught me many lessons about diversity as they grew
When I was cleaning out my parents’ house last spring, I found an old doll.
My first post on this blog went live in January 2012, but I didn’t start
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, other family members and I attended the Friends of Arrow
It’s about time to start Christmas shopping, if the store windows are any gauge. Have