
Cascades Rapids on the Columbia River: Then and Now
My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in

My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in

Spring is supposed to be the season when the weather turns milder—when the frigid temperatures

Last week I wrote about marching forth, and today I’m writing about springing forward. Daylight
I’ve written before about our family’s competitiveness in playing games (see here and here). One
A month or two ago I was working on the cover for my novel about

As readers of this blog know, I am a proud alumna of Middlebury College, Class
Books by local authors make great holiday gifts. Many of these books will be unknown
I am not a cook, and I don’t aspire to be one. But like many

As I announced last week to subscribers to my newsletter, Forever Mine is now available—just
I’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
I mentioned last week that I failed to gather many photographs and a few albums
One day during my recent visit to New York, my friend and I walked through
I happened upon an exhibit of Fred Geary’s woodcuts at the Kansas City Public Library’s
In my novel Now I’m Found, Jenny, one of the lead characters in the book,

The theme of this blog is “One writer’s journey through life and time.” Well, then,
By the middle of July, the Oregon emigrants in the 1840s hoped to have crossed
On Monday, I wrote about the Oregon Trail emigrants choosing their leaders on the Kansas
I was fortunate to spend several days at Cannon Beach, Oregon, in late July. We
I’ve always been uncomfortable in hair salons—or “beauty parlors,” as we called them when I
I had the pleasure of spending a weekend in Arrow Rock, Missouri, earlier this month
For someone who is a good planner, I’m finding this week a little overwhelming. As I was