My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
Spring is supposed to be the season when the weather turns milder—when the frigid temperatures
Last week I wrote about marching forth, and today I’m writing about springing forward. Daylight
I recently received a notice about my fortieth high school reunion this fall. Fortieth!!! How
Last Sunday morning I saw six deer on the fairway behind our house. They were
Christmas 1978 was the first Christmas I spent away from my parents’ home. My husband
In 2003, my work group had just completed the Gallup employee engagement survey. One of
My next novel will include scenes with Winema Riddle, a Native American woman who lived
A staple recipe in our household is Old-Fashioned Green Beans. They’re easy to make, and
In January 1943, the U.S. Army selected the town of Hanford, Washington, as the site
Thirty-five years ago, in the summer of 1979, my husband and I moved to Kansas
Many memories are triggered by milestone anniversaries—things that happened five or ten or twenty-five years
On the fourth Wednesday of the month, I usually write a post with a historical
The last survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake died earlier this month. William Del
The new issue of Smithsonian magazine has a report entitled, 101 Objects That Made America.
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me about her family’s experience setting up
My daughter has always been a focused individual. I’ve described before her intense effort at
Recently I was doing more research for my current work-in-progress the is set in 1867.
The emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trail arrived in the Willamette Valley in late fall,
I’ve written before about the time that Santa came to visit my brother and me
The Willamette Valley is wet. That’s what I remember most about the winters when we