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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
Join the nation in a moment of silence at 3:00pm on Memorial Day to remember
I’ve written before about the two times I broke my left foot (see here and
I’ve written earlier posts about the development of Portland, Oregon, where my work-in-progress is set.
My new website, https://www.theresahuppauthor.com, has been live for a few weeks now. Regular readers might
The trees at our new house were planted just days before we moved in, late
A few weeks ago, my family started hospice care for my mother. She had been
During the Christmas season, we scurry to find our loved ones unique gifts, suited to
A few weeks ago my husband decided to give away all his unused audio equipment
Today is Christmas Eve, and experience tells me that not many people will read my
I am the latest of a long line of Catholic women who married Protestant men.
I’ve reached an exciting point in writing my current work-in-progress—I’m about to send the manuscript
A staple recipe in our household is Old-Fashioned Green Beans. They’re easy to make, and
Last Friday, March 24, I was a guest on Wayne Turmel’s blog. He introduced his
I’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
Making a living was important to pioneers on the frontier, just as it has been
I’ve mentioned NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) before—the national endeavor by authors around the world
The theme of this blog is “One writer’s journey through life and time.” Well, then,