Family
The Singer Sewing Machine
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
August 12, 2026
2 Comments
Menu
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
If you want to have an impact on people, you need to tell them a
Last weekend was Easter, and I reminisced about past Easter vacations. We took many vacations
I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
Our 46th wedding anniversary was last weekend. Number forty-six doesn’t merit much recognition, though I
I wrote recently about my 8th-grade graduation in June 1999 and my parents’ absence for
This week I have a guest post on Write Brain Trust that discusses how I formatted
Who waits for Black Friday (now called “Thanksgiving evening”) or Cyber Monday? When I was
I’ve had a really hard time making progress on the first draft of my current
My husband was the fifth generation in his family born in Saline County, Missouri. After
I met with my real estate agent for three hours one afternoon last week. She’s
Fireflies don’t live in the western United States, and I never encountered them growing up
My parents had a stroller for me when I was an infant. I don’t remember
J.G. Burdette, who blogs at Map of Time: A Trip into the Past, tagged me
An article in The Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2014, by Michael M. Phillips,
I have been blogging regularly since early 2012. In over six years, I think I
Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
As I’ve written before, I don’t usually dress up in costume on Halloween. But one
I’m not good at remembering summer birthdays. Maybe it’s because there’s too much else to