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The Denny Party: Final Miles to Portland
After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
August 26, 2026
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After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
This week’s haunting book is a novel about a privileged Englishwoman, Ursula Todd, born in
I’ve been thinking a lot about walking recently, because of my daughter’s broken leg. Her
Do you remember the ridiculous children’s song “Little Bunny Foo Foo”? I’m certain I never
My first exposure to the term “suffragette” was in the song “Sister Suffragette” in the
I’ve written before that I spent the first thirty years of my life trying not
I was thinking recently about my great-grandmothers. It dawned on me that they all probably
It is peach season in Missouri. If it is peach season, it is time for
I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
As I announced in my newsletter on November 19, Safe Thus Far is now available
My maternal grandmother was always happy. At least that’s how I remember her. Her birthday
In the pre-pandemic days, I had planned a Viking River Cruise with my siblings and
The novel I’m currently writing alludes to race relations between whites and Native Americans, Hispanics,
A couple of months ago, I thumbed through the recipe box my mother gave me
On my last trip to visit my parents, my father and I were sorting through
Only my father-in-law and I were at my in-laws’ house late on Christmas Eve 1984.
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing
I’ve known since I began writing this blog that there were stories I couldn’t (or
My daughter is visiting at the moment, and she brought her dog Langley. I am