
Setting Up Another New Laptop
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
I wrote at the beginning of the month that I hadn’t read many haunting books
My first exposure to the term “suffragette” was in the song “Sister Suffragette” in the
The trees have been gorgeous this autumn in Kansas City. I can’t say it’s been
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the error the U.S. Postal Service made
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed, is the
As I announced last week to subscribers to my newsletter, Forever Mine is now available—just
Longtime readers of this blog know that it started as a WordPress.com blog called “Story
Before my maternal grandfather, a taciturn businessman from Oregon, married my grandmother, he allegedly told
I’ve written before about rail development in Oregon and the fierce competition between the East
An article in The Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2014, by Michael M. Phillips,
I was reminded recently of something my daughter taught me. It’s nice to have children
I always assumed I would walk down the aisle at my wedding to the strains
On a recent trip to Seattle, I took some time to go to the Amazon
In addition to our 35th wedding anniversary, I have another 35th this year – thirty-five
I’ve joined the 21st century. Our house is totally cable-free. My husband never wanted to
Last year on the Fourth of July, my son was traveling in the Netherlands. He
My husband took up rowing after our daughter joined the crew team at Georgetown University.
Our Christmas today will differ from how my husband and I have celebrated in years