
Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled

My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
I’ve blogged about some boring topics related to my research for my Oregon Trail and
My grandmother’s red-lacquered nails clicked lightly on the keys as she played the piano. She
My niece, a second-grader in a Seattle suburb, assigned me homework. She wanted me to
When I was a small child, I had an imaginary friend named Ky-Bee-Chee-Bee. To me
In junior high and high school, my favorite poem was “Renascence,” by Edna St. Vincent
In May 1843 – 170 years ago this month – Jesse Applegate and his brothers
In these days of the coronavirus, every cough and every ache or pain makes us
In every family, there are traits and physical features that no one wants to own.
I wrote two years ago about going to see Santa Claus at Lloyd Center in
Now that we are well into June, most schools across the nation are out, and

Before we moved into our current home in 2019, I did a lot of cleaning
As I enter my third year of blogging (my first post was on January 17,

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Klondike Gold Rush National
My husband and I traveled for twelve days in July aboard the Celebrity Eclipse on

April 10 is National Siblings Day. Although I have written many posts about siblings—my siblings,

I’ve written on this topic several times in the past, but in recent months I’ve