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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
August 12, 2026
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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’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
As I continue to research and edit my work-in-progress about the early years of the
March is National Reading Awareness Month. I’ve written before about how important reading has been in
This random photo was taken in December 1986, when our family visited my parents for
As I wrote recently, reading has always been very important to me. I didn’t know when
This isn’t a typical Halloween post, but it is about hallowed ground. The original meaning
This might be the last time I post on the topic of grown children because
When I was in high school, my father had this huge Oldsmobile 98. It was
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Today, July 31, is Mutts Day. I saw this reference on one of the many
My siblings and I spent much of our holiday vacations playing games. No one in
Earlier this week, I went to a yoga class for the first time in a
My youngest sibling is eleven-and-a-half years younger than me, and he was not yet six
Bean soup isn’t really a summer dish, but a few weeks ago I needed something
I recently discovered that WordPress could show me how many words total I have written
The trees at our new house were planted just days before we moved in, late
The 95th celebration of Children’s Book Week begins May 12, 2014. Children’s Book Week is
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this