My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
I wrote in January 2019 about my hesitation over my husband’s Christmas gift to me
In an earlier post, I mentioned situations where I was confronted by the fact that
I wish I knew more about plotting a novel. It’s one of the reasons I
As I wrote last month, the early California gold miners began with placer mining, simply picking
In this crazy year, I feel guilty for the things I’m doing and also for
Because of a personal commitment that will consume my time for the next few weeks,
Christmas 1978 was the first Christmas I spent away from my parents’ home. My husband
In May 1843 – 170 years ago this month – Jesse Applegate and his brothers
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing
I’ve written several posts in the past about my children as adults. The last such
This time of year, mysteries abound. A Virgin birth. Angels and magi. A fat guy
It’s hard to believe my husband and I have been in our new home over
I could have titled this post “Tidying Up, Part 2.” But I decided on “Treasures
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t
I recently returned from my first out-of-state trip since the pandemic began. Actually, it was
Like A Murder in Time, The Bookseller haunted me because of how the novel deals
This set of random photos came from an envelope my father labeled “Cannon Beach.” Most
The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California was first reported on March 15,