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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
June 17, 2026
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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 recently received a notification from somewhere in my social media memories that I launched
As I work on my current novel, I am mired again in the vagaries of
In the midst of the pandemic, we are all looking for little moments of joy,
Both my mother and my father grew up in families consisting of two siblings—an older
Shortly after Christmas last year, my father commented to me that it was the first
My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
I’m preparing to give a presentation for The Story Center, which is part of the
Last year I recounted the story of James Marshall finding a gold nugget at Sutter’s
I have always read avidly, as much as my time permitted. Libraries are invaluable, because
Today I am delighted to announce that I am participating in a holiday giveaway with
Ten years ago, in the summer of 2007, my daughter and I went to Copenhagen
I have hit the tenth anniversary of this blog. My first post was on January
This year I’ve posted several times about my husband’s and my courtship forty years ago.
I don’t remember ever going on an Easter egg hunt as a child. The Easter
I’ve been thinking a lot about walking recently, because of my daughter’s broken leg. Her
It’s the middle of tax preparation season, a time of year I hate. I am
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing
I’ve been through a first round of sorting most of my old photographs now, and