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
I remember many details about February 12, 1982, thirty-six years ago today. It was my
The United States just celebrated its 245th birthday on Sunday, July 4, 2021. In recognition
I have written several times about my grandfather’s clock. I have had it in my
This summer my husband and I visited two Clear Lakes – one in Iowa, and
I’ve been reading Janet Burroway’s book, Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft. I started
I don’t want March to get away from me before I write about two milestones
I wrote in January 2019 about my hesitation over my husband’s Christmas gift to me
February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. This day originated in New Zealand,
I keep finding new topics that I need to research as I write my historical
April 5 is my birthday. This year, for the first time in my life, my
As Black History Month (February) winds to an end, I decided to post a bit
My daughter doesn’t appreciate most of the posts about her on this blog, but today
I only recall one summer driving trip in my childhood to California. We made a
I have a love-hate relationship with dictating. I think best with a pen in my
Through our forty-plus years in Kansas City, my husband and I have taken several vacations
I am the latest of a long line of Catholic women who married Protestant men.
Join the nation in a moment of silence at 3:00pm on Memorial Day to remember
In going through the mementos my parents kept, I’ve discovered another way in which my