
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”
I attended a picnic last week. It was a gorgeous day, spent with good food
Today is my sister’s birthday. Regular readers of this blog can figure out which one,
My book Family Recipe: Sweet and saucy stories, essays and poems about family life has now
One of the things I found as I went through my parents’ memorabilia recently was
Twenty years ago today, March 16, 2002, I opened up a lined blank journal and
When I first began writing, I read lots of books on writing—many on the techniques
As we begin the new year, I’ve been looking back at my life. From time
I wrote in January 2019 about my hesitation over my husband’s Christmas gift to me
In Lead Me Home, and again in my about-to-be-published novel Forever Mine, I make frequent
Delaware author John Riddle established “I Love To Write Day” in 2002. According to the
The fictional family in my work-in-progress lives in a large house in Portland, Oregon. They
Many of the posts on this blog are about my memories. My theme, after all,
I wrote today’s post before the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday.
I wrote in January 2013 about having to replace two computers and an e-reader within a
I wrote recently about my computer travails, which required me to purchase a new desktop
Today’s “haunting book” post features two historical novels, Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, and
I am starting the New Year with a new resolve to finish my novel. I
One of the fun experiences I had during my years at Middlebury College was making