
Setting Up Another New Laptop
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
Most of my photos are now packed away in boxes and would be difficult to
We have a tendency to mark milestone birthdays more than others. In my last post
I’ve mentioned before that my son and I are almost complete opposites on the Myers-Briggs
I visited my parents over Christmas, and one day I walked past a picture in
Most of my historical posts this year have been about the Oregon Trail, because I’m
Shortly after I married my husband, his mother wrote out her recipe for steak soup
As readers of this blog know, I was very close to my maternal grandmother, my
Shortly before my mother’s death, my father and I reviewed the draft obituaries my parents
I have teamed up with a group of Kansas City area authors to launch a
Much like the current pandemic, the California Gold Rush started at a specific epicenter and
Christmas 1978 was the first Christmas I spent away from my parents’ home. My husband
I’ve written before (see here and here) about Jesse Applegate, who was part of the
Mac McDougall, one of the major characters in my series, is an attorney who is
I wrote a poem several years back about my mother’s hands. Here it is: Heredity
I started kindergarten in Corvallis, Oregon, in September 1961, when I was five-and-a-half. I was
I’ve written before about spring vacations our family took when our kids were small—how I
As autumn approaches each year, I think about soup. I will eat soup any time
Because of a personal commitment that will consume my time for the next few weeks,