
Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled

My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
Most Octobers I have posted one or more reviews of “haunting books” that I’ve read
During October, I’ve traditionally posted about “haunting books” I’ve read in the past year. This
It’s hard not to be haunted by any book about the Nazi death camps. Lilac
One of my favorite oases in Kansas City is the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. I go
When my son was about three, he went through a Batman phase that lasted several

On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
As I mentioned in a recent post, the river cruise my husband and I were
Today, November 26, 2018, is our 41st wedding anniversary. I’ve been on a “forty years
I’ve written several posts about childhood trips to visit my grandparents in Pacific Grove, California.
I’ve written before that my paternal grandfather, Laverne Ernst Claudson, was the grandparent I knew
I just spent nearly three weeks caring for my daughter who broke her leg skiing. She

In February 2018, when I began writing my current novel, I speculated about what historical

I’ve written before about how my brother and I got to see Santa Claus when
I’ve mentioned that I found some treasures during a couple of cleaning projects I undertook
I’ve written before about what a picky eater I was. Cooked carrots were my worst
My daughter chastises me for not documenting her childhood completely in her baby book. She

With everything else going on, I haven’t had as much time as I’d like to
As I write this, I am visiting family in Washington State, not too far from