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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
February 11, 2026
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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the error the U.S. Postal Service made
When our youngest sibling (a boy) was born, my ten-year-old brother announced in awe, “When
When the pioneers reached Oregon, they found abundant old-growth forests with timber that had never
Last Friday, September 20, 2013, NBC Nightly News aired a piece narrated by Brian Williams
My first post on this blog went live in January 2012, but I didn’t start
One blessing from the current coronavirus stay-at-home order is that I have realized how little
My husband and I traveled for twelve days in July aboard the Celebrity Eclipse on
I learned in grade school that the state flower of Washington State is the rhododendron.
In my critique group, I’m known as the Point-of-View Nazi. I try to catch when
I have a love-hate relationship with dictating. I think best with a pen in my
Six years ago in late April, my husband and I drove from Washington State to
My husband is of the belief that I like gadgets. Some gadgets I do like.
A writing and blogging friend, Linda Joyce, has nominated this blog for the “One Lovely Blog
For the past week or two, the magnolia tree in our front yard has been
All writers have times when their writing moves slowly, and I am in one of
I wrote earlier this year (see here and here) about the problems that the United
Through Sunday, November 22, my total word count is 77,400 words. The NaNoWriMo pace for
I wrote last week about using Albany, Oregon, as a setting in my current work-in-progress.