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The Denny Party: Final Miles to Portland
After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
August 26, 2026
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After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Long before the lemon juice incident or the orange juice incident came the grape juice
I’ve written before (see here and here) about how glad I am that my children spent
This Saturday, March 4, 2017, marks the 40th anniversary of the first date my husband
As I continue to research and edit my work-in-progress about the early years of the
My kids and their cousins often visited their mutual grandparents (my in-laws) when they were
Writing descriptions is not something that comes naturally to me. I much prefer writing dialogue.
As the oldest child, I didn’t have to wear many hand-me-downs. Occasionally, I wore clothes
Last week I attended my first Historical Novel Society conference. I’ve been to other writing
I’ve posted about other haunting books set during wartime (see here and here). The Book
A friend of mine in Washington State recently posted a picture of huckleberries she had
I try to keep the language I use in my historical novels true to the
My husband and I moved to a retirement community in Seattle a year ago this
My niece, a second-grader in a Seattle suburb, assigned me homework. She wanted me to
Some events stand out in the mind firmly enough that we remember where we were
I recently returned from my first out-of-state trip since the pandemic began. Actually, it was
Shortly before Christmas, a friend and I met at the Nelson Atkins Museum for lunch
As I mentioned in a recent post, the river cruise my husband and I were