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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
My writing goal for the summer was to finish an edit of my second Oregon
I’m not good at remembering summer birthdays. Maybe it’s because there’s too much else to
It seems appropriate that on this Labor Day I am updating you on my most
I am not a cook, and I don’t aspire to be one. But like many
I recently reread my journal from December 2002, trying to find the exact dates we’d
I follow This Day in History, watching for events that relate to my historical novels.
On Tuesday, September 3, 1963, fifty-five years ago today, I started third grade. The first
Emigrants preparing for the move to Oregon had plan carefully what they would take. They
As I scrolled through old photographs recently, I came across pictures of my father taken
In a couple of days, my husband will celebrate a milestone birthday. One that ends
In 1971, when I was fifteen, I went on a People to People High School
I only recall one summer driving trip in my childhood to California. We made a
My husband and I drove to Northwest Arkansas last weekend, just to get away from
As I sat in the dentist’s office a couple of weeks ago waiting for the
It boggled my mind when I realized last week ago that this is the third
Last week I represented Middlebury College at the Kansas City Private High School’s College Fair.
Many family heirlooms—or future heirlooms—have sentimental value because of the stories behind them. But the
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this