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Last Saturday I woke up to a lovely view from our apartment of the Olympic
November 4, 2026
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Last Saturday I woke up to a lovely view from our apartment of the Olympic
In the last post I wrote about the Denny Party, they had reached Portland, Oregon,
In past Octobers, I’ve written about haunting books—which I define as stories that linger after
As I wrote last month, the California Gold Rush began in late January 1848 when
My husband and I have taken many nice autumn vacations in September and October. Some
I’ve posted about my first Christmas before. Someone in the family—my father or grandfather—was good
This December thus far has brought us a lot of Seattle gray. A lot of
Last November, I set a goal to work on my novel every day until the
It’s almost here! My novel, Lead Me Home, will be out later this fall. For
The news in 2021 is full of stories of political conflict. Republicans are split between
During October, I’ve traditionally posted about “haunting books” I’ve read in the past year. This
I’ve made a tradition of writing about “haunting books” on this blog each October, though
Sixty years ago today was my first birthday. I was too young to remember it,
Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women’s Day. I was with a group of women fiction
One of the problems I’ve had to deal with in my soon-to-be-published novel, Now I’m
I’ve written before about the family hike we took in Switzerland in 1998 when my
In every family, there are traits and physical features that no one wants to own.
I’ve written before about the idyllic summers I spent as a teenager on Coeur d’Alene
The news reports recently have contained stories about the 2020 U.S. Census not reaching everyone.
My husband and I just returned from a Viking cruise on the Viking Orion through
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing