
Jumping Off with the Denny Party in 1851
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been researching the Denny party, who traveled from Illinois to

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been researching the Denny party, who traveled from Illinois to

I wrote last week that I had planned a post about taxes. It would have

Nothing is certain but death and taxes. I was going to write about taxes for
The spiders are back already. After a mild winter and a hot spring and start

Soon I will get to meet my new granddaughter. I have anticipated this moment for
I’ve written before about my love/hate relationship with technology. That post recently showed up on
I’ve now received all my beta readers’ feedback on the contemporary novel that is my
Last Saturday evening I took a walk after dinner. I had intended to stay on
Here’s another list of instances when I have been struck by how independent and mature (well,

I learned in grade school that the state flower of Washington State is the rhododendron.
Today, November 21, 2018, is Stuffing Day. So it is appropriate to write about Thanksgiving
Henry Vizetelly, an English publisher who was in San Francisco at the time of the
My mother died on July 4 last year, so I am completing a year of

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Burke Museum on the University of Washington
I’m turning now from haunting books that deal with violence and man’s inhumanity to man
I’ve always been fascinated by seashells. I think it goes along with my love of
I’m always curious about the reasons other historical fiction writers are drawn to the genre.
As I wrote recently, spring came earlier to Washington State this year than to Missouri.
My daughter and granddaughter visited us again over Memorial Day weekend. The baby is now

One summer day about 38 years ago today, I thought my career would come to
I have mentioned before that my mother has Alzheimer’s. The last few years have been