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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
June 17, 2026
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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
From the start of the month through Sunday, November 15, I wrote over 57,000 words
Readers liked my gooseberry pie post, so here’s another tale about a summer pie –
Shortly after I married my husband, his mother wrote out her recipe for steak soup
By WordPress’s calculations, this is my 500th post. I’ve been blogging on this site for
I’ve just begun to realize what a gift my father gave me in having our
For someone who is a good planner, I’m finding this week a little overwhelming. As I was
I’ve spent most of my Thanksgivings since 1979 with my in-laws, and most of those
Although James Marshall found gold on the north fork of the American River in late
As readers of this blog know, I have included Abigail Scott Duniway, a historical Oregon
One of the downsides of listing our house for sale has been the need to
In 2003, my work group had just completed the Gallup employee engagement survey. One of
My husband and I have now been in our new home a little more than
I was a valedictorian in my high school class. There were six of us with
My last post was a story I couldn’t tell until after my parents were gone—about
When I first saw the scene in the movie Home Alone where poor little Kevin
The third haunting book I’ve read in recent months is Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken
Fifteen years ago, in July 1998, our family took a hiking vacation in Switzerland. We
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t