
Two Reunions: Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone
In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important

In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important

I’ve been to Volunteer Park several times since we moved to Seattle, but usually I’ve

I wrote a few weeks ago about how AI saved me money by helping me
My husband and I have thankfully escaped getting COVID-19 so far (knock on wood), though
Today, December 6, is St. Nicholas Day, a feast day honoring St. Nicholas, a 4th-century
I feel like a curmudgeon this year because our house is one of only two
It’s hard not to be haunted by any book about the Nazi death camps. Lilac
During my first visit to my father’s house after his death, I reviewed all the
I’ve written before about my first doll. I’ve written about my mother’s Storybook Bride doll
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing
I often try to post about family members when their birthdays come around. Well, today
I hate the weeks leading up to April 15 when I have to prepare and
In May 2017, I attended the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. conference in Oklahoma City. I’ve
The last time I saw my mother was in mid-June 2014—just over two years ago.
I predicted in January of this year, on the tenth anniversary of this blog, that
The church where my sister was married had a very firm rule that any children

This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

Today is Ash Wednesday, but although I am Catholic, I will not be getting ashes
One of my goals for 2020 is to research Oregon history for my next historical

One of the biggest reasons my husband and I chose to move to Seattle was
My husband-to-be and I started dating about a month before my twenty-first birthday. We were