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Last Saturday I woke up to a lovely view from our apartment of the Olympic
November 4, 2026
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Last Saturday I woke up to a lovely view from our apartment of the Olympic
In the last post I wrote about the Denny Party, they had reached Portland, Oregon,
In past Octobers, I’ve written about haunting books—which I define as stories that linger after
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the error the U.S. Postal Service made
As I write my fourth historical novel about the West, I’m finding more and more
A few weeks ago I had to write a synopsis of my current work-in-progress to
As I announced on June 1 to readers of my monthly newsletter (fill out the
There are times when I wonder why I keep posting on this blog. Some months
I visited my parents over Christmas, and one day I walked past a picture in
Back in November 2022, I wrote about ending each journal entry by listing five (more
I’ve been thinking a lot about walking recently, because of my daughter’s broken leg. Her
I don’t remember ever going on an Easter egg hunt as a child. The Easter
Through Sunday, November 22, my total word count is 77,400 words. The NaNoWriMo pace for
In every family, there are traits and physical features that no one wants to own.
I wrote recently (see here and here) about sorting my old photographs and taking them
An article in The Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2014, by Michael M. Phillips,
My book Family Recipe: Sweet and saucy stories, essays and poems about family life has now
One of the things I love about winter is peppermint ice cream. I’m not a
My husband and I have done very little traveling since the pandemic hit. Health issues
One of our family’s go-to recipes is what we call “the squash dish.” I don’t
As I’ve written before, any year is a good year when I get to walk