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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
I mentioned last year that I found many “treasures” when I cleaned out some cupboards.
July 24 is Amelia Earhart Day. The news recently has been full of speculation about
I learned in grade school that the state flower of Washington State is the rhododendron.
Most people are familiar with the “buy local” movement. There’s also a trend now toward
My new work-in-progress takes place in 1851. It is another story of emigrants traveling from
Forty years ago today, September 4, 1979, I started working for Hallmark Cards. It was
In the modern world, we are dependent on logistics and supply chains that most people
Every so often, something happens in real life that makes a good story. There is
I’m trying to find business interests for one of my characters in my next Oregon
I wrote recently (see here and here) about sorting my old photographs and taking them
Throughout my first-grade year, I felt exposed. As I’ve written, I was a superstar
The last time I saw my mother was in mid-June 2014—just over two years ago.
I left Kansas City in mid-March for a two-week trip to Washington State. It was
Kansas City got hit with a snowstorm last Friday and Saturday. Friday morning I had
Did you get too many pears for Christmas? They are a wonderful treat this time
Last Saturday evening, four of us went to the Whiskey Warehouse in Alma, Missouri, to
My maternal grandmother gave me an amethyst pin many years ago. I don’t remember exactly
I mentioned in a post several years ago that my mother had potty-trained my son