Family
The Singer Sewing Machine
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
August 12, 2026
2 Comments
Menu
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Back in November 2022, I wrote about ending each journal entry by listing five (more
When I wrote last about my cataract surgery, I described how strange it was to
I didn’t know my grandfathers as well as my grandmothers. Maybe it’s natural for a
April 10 is National Siblings Day. Although I have written many posts about siblings—my siblings,
A couple of months ago, I thumbed through the recipe box my mother gave me
As a child, I spent a lot of time with my maternal grandmother, my Nanny
I mentioned in my last monthly newsletter that my husband and I have decided to build
My husband and I closed on the sale of our house in Kansas City recently.
On December 30, 2020, I posted my primary writing goals for 2021: 1. Edit and
Today is Christmas Eve, and experience tells me that not many people will read my
This post is about my mother, though not about Mother’s Day. While searching for a
A week ago when I posted, my father was alive. He was a regular reader
The time has come again for me to focus on technology. It seems every three
I’ve written before about the wonderful libraries in the Kansas City area, including the Kansas
Most of my historical posts this year have been about the Oregon Trail, because I’m
In my monthly newsletter, I usually update readers on the status of my work-in-progress, but
Emigrants preparing for the move to Oregon had plan carefully what they would take. They
In these days of the coronavirus, every cough and every ache or pain makes us
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
I rarely entered science fairs as a student, but when I was in the seventh