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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
On August 1 and 2, I took a break from the hassles of moving to
My husband and I were just in Southern California and spent most of our time
As the saying goes, nothing is certain but death and taxes. My father-in-law died this
One of the joys of blogging is finding other writers who touch your heart and
As I enter my third year of blogging (my first post was on January 17,
In the summer of 2015, when my sister and I went through family memorabilia from
I’ve made a tradition of writing about “haunting books” on this blog each October, though
I wrote on Monday about the tragedies of Alzheimer’s, which are real and heart-wrenching. But
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, haunts me because I hated it so much. I know
Equipment is supposed to work perfectly, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter what kind of equipment—computers,
I’ve probably been to drive-in movies less than ten times in my entire life. But
I’ve written on this topic several times in the past, but in recent months I’ve
Each October I’ve devoted one or more posts to the “haunting books” I’ve read during
As I noted in a 2015 post, I started using an accountant to prepare our
Many of the forest fires raging in the West this summer are not far from
Last month I wrote about reopenings. Those have continued apace, and my life is slowly
When I attended Middlebury College in the mid-1970s, the school had a long weekend without