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1840s Guides for Travel on the Oregon Trail
Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
October 22, 2025
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Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
For over fifteen years, I’ve been following the Write on the Sound (WOTS) conference sponsored
Readers who are not writers may wonder what “creative nonfiction” is. Many writers wonder also.
I have a love-hate relationship with dictating. I think best with a pen in my
I mentioned last week that I failed to gather many photographs and a few albums
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I have been blogging regularly since early 2012. In over six years, I think I
I’ve written before that my ancestor, Cyrenus Hooker, was the first person murdered in Polk
I’ve written many times about Pacific Grove and Carmel, California, and other venues on the
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It seems appropriate that on this Labor Day I am updating you on my most
It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
As I research my historical novels, I often refer to Hubert Howe Bancroft’s History of
My husband and I were fortunate to spend a recent weekend in San Diego, California.
Sometimes I wish I could remember the story behind a picture. As I was searching
Shortly after Christmas last year, my father commented to me that it was the first
My 50th high school reunion was last weekend. I wasn’t able to attend, but I