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July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
July 22, 2026
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By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking
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Today, July 31, is Mutts Day. I saw this reference on one of the many
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Authors continue to research aspects of their plots throughout the drafting and revising of their
By the middle of July, the Oregon emigrants in the 1840s hoped to have crossed
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I submitted a rough draft of a scene to my critique group last week about
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On my recent trip to Seattle, I went to the Museum of History and Industry
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I am pleased to report that I finished the third draft of my work-in-progress this
Sunday morning the electricity went out in our house. It seems to happen more and more frequently.
I talked to a friend the other day and found her in the process of
I never knew my great-grandmother Cecelia Ryan Strachan, my maternal grandmother’s mother. In fact, Cecelia