
Adapting to a New Normal
As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was

As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was

Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal

Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
When I first decided to spend my time writing, I read everything I could on
The History Channel recently reported the anniversary of Jesse James’s birth in Clay County, Missouri,

I attended the 2017 Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. conference in Oklahoma City from May 4-6

In 2023, I had two primary writing goals—to publish When Heart Shall Fail (preferably in
Great pictures on Adventure Dates of Ash Hollow, Windlass Hill, and Courthouse and Jail Rocks
A high-school friend of mine had only one older sister and didn’t understand the pains

I am pleased to report that I finished the third draft of my work-in-progress this
In just a few days, my granddaughter will be eighteen months old. I won’t be
I spent this past weekend (May 1-3) at the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc., conference in

I don’t remember ever going on an Easter egg hunt as a child. The Easter
In some families, Santa Claus comes to call ahead of Christmas Eve every year. Other
My father’s mother gave me a pearl necklace many years ago. I think the occasion
Fireflies don’t live in the western United States, and I never encountered them growing up

Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
February is Library Lovers Month. I come from a family of library lovers, and I
Please forgive me for posting another Christmas snapshot, even though we are now in a
I’ve written before about rail development in Oregon and the fierce competition between the East