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Requiem for Langley
One of my favorite dogs ever has died—my daughter’s dog Langley. Langley has been a
May 7, 2025
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One of my favorite dogs ever has died—my daughter’s dog Langley. Langley has been a
I wrote recently about setting up my new laptop. One of the first things I
Since moving to Seattle, I’ve been researching some of the early pioneers who settled in
I have always read avidly, as much as my time permitted. Libraries are invaluable, because
Some events stand out in the mind firmly enough that we remember where we were
I mentioned in a post several years ago that my mother had potty-trained my son
Rickover was the first dog my husband and I owned together. I’ve mentioned Rickover before
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, linking California to the Eastern United States. But
Because the emigrants in my first Oregon Trail novel traveled between April and October, I
I’ve written before about our family’s competitiveness in playing games (see here and here). One
As I wrote last month, the California Gold Rush began in late January 1848 when
I was perhaps programmed from early childhood to work for Hallmark Cards, which I did
Now that my husband and I are functional in our new apartment (though not entirely
It’s about time to start Christmas shopping, if the store windows are any gauge. Have
I am one of the moderators for a Facebook page called Read Local Kansas City,
This page contains all the posts from my WordPress.com blog, Story & History: One writer’s
For our 25th wedding anniversary in 2002, my husband and I went to Aruba. First,
The Middlebury College Admissions Office uses interviews by alumni volunteers to supplement the online application
I recently started using Scrivener, a software program designed for writers. I’ve used WriteWay Pro off
I’ve always been uncomfortable in hair salons—or “beauty parlors,” as we called them when I
I met with my real estate agent for three hours one afternoon last week. She’s