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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
February 11, 2026
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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
On a LinkedIn writing group board recently, someone asked how to write a scene in
Sometimes you just have to whine. Or rant. I’m doing some of both today. For
I don’t remember ever going on an Easter egg hunt as a child. The Easter
I wrote last week that I am not an outdoorsy person. Perhaps that’s because some
My Gold Rush posts this year have traced the spread of the news, from the
As my children were growing up, I told them frequently, “You have to make choices
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, haunts me because I hated it so much. I know
I spent many weeks (and even months) in Klamath Falls, Oregon, during my early childhood,
Last week was Pie Week, I learned on National Public Radio. Why Pie Week in
For our 25th wedding anniversary in 2002, my husband and I went to Aruba. First,
I’ve mentioned before that I called my maternal grandmother Nanny Winnie. How I came to
As I’ve written before, any year is a good year when I get to walk
In June 1992, the same month that my kids spent at camp in North Carolina,
I posted last year about Abigail Duniway, a historical figure I found while researching Safe
By mid-August the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had passed Fort Hall.
For the past ten years, I have worked as an election worker in my precinct,
Today my son turns thirty-seven. As I’ve been going through boxes, trying to declutter, I
Join the nation in a moment of silence at 3:00pm on Memorial Day to remember