History
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
4 Comments
Menu
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
As I look back on my childrearing years, one of the things I’m glad I
My husband sold his boat earlier this year, and I discovered that three boxes of
In recent weeks, my Microsoft OneDrive memory feed has reminded me of our move into
When I was first born, my parents brought me home to a tiny pre-fabricated house
My anthology of short stories, essays and poems will be published and available soon. Here is
It’s my son’s fault I’m on Twitter. Or rather, you can blame it on @jamestweeting
In this crazy year, I feel guilty for the things I’m doing and also for
I’ve written before about the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. It is a wonderful museum,
As I write my fourth historical novel about the West, I’m finding more and more
I seem to be going to more funerals these days. Not only is the generation
I’ve written about my early school years. See here and here and here. By the
On the fourth Wednesday of the month, I usually write a post with a historical
My current work-in-progress takes place mostly in the Oregon City area, beginning in October 1850.
It wasn’t until December 1848 that President James Polk acknowledged that gold had been found
I wrote last December of a muddled Christmas story about Super-Jesus that was told in
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t
While browsing in my local library recently, I saw the book, The Tao of Writing,
I’ve written before about my grandfather’s clock—how it formed a part of my childhood, first