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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
Today, July 31, is Mutts Day. I saw this reference on one of the many
In addition to remembering your loved ones on this Memorial Day, perhaps you should consider
When I researched the 1840s for my Oregon Trail novels, I started with the big
I spent many weeks (and even months) in Klamath Falls, Oregon, during my early childhood,
I wrote recently about my daughter’s 8th-grade graduation in 1999. After I wrote that post,
I wrote a previous post about an unfortunate situation involving orange juice. There is an
It’s almost here! My novel, Lead Me Home, will be out later this fall. For
In May 1843 – 170 years ago this month – Jesse Applegate and his brothers
This week, March 16-22, is Brain Awareness Week, a program launched by the Dana Alliance
Kansas City got hit with a snowstorm last Friday and Saturday. Friday morning I had
I could have titled this post “Tidying Up, Part 2.” But I decided on “Treasures
I received Plume, a book of poems by Kathleen Flenniken, from my daughter, who bought
We are ahead of pace on snowfall for the season, and the average low temperature
For my husband, the mark of adulthood was ownership of a toaster oven. He’d spent
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
I’ve started decorating for Christmas, which is the only season for which I do much
Recently I was doing more research for my current work-in-progress the is set in 1867.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I was aware from a very young age of