
Two Reunions: Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone
In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important

In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important

I’ve been to Volunteer Park several times since we moved to Seattle, but usually I’ve

I wrote a few weeks ago about how AI saved me money by helping me
I had to deal with a financial problem the other day, right in the middle
I deliberately keep this blog apolitical, and this post is not meant to be political.
I’ve written other posts this year about jewelry I received from my maternal grandmother—earrings she
In recent weeks, my Microsoft OneDrive memory feed has reminded me of our move into
By mid-June, the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had trekked 650 miles
The last book in my October series of haunting books is Turn of Mind, by
I’ve written before that I am a lot like my mother. But I developed my
As Memorial Day approaches, I remember long summer days of swimming and waterskiing until we
I wrote in early February that I was eagerly awaiting my COVID-19 vaccine, but at
My book Family Recipe: Sweet and saucy stories, essays and poems about family life has now

Over the past many months, one thing I have not written about was my soon-to-be

A couple of weeks ago a friend told me about her family’s experience setting up
The last survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake died earlier this month. William Del
An article in The Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2014, by Michael M. Phillips,
The vast majority of miners during the California Gold Rush were men. The census of
I always assumed I would walk down the aisle at my wedding to the strains
Last year on the Fourth of July, my son was traveling in the Netherlands. He