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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
We have all had times when life changed in an instant—an accident, illness, natural disaster,
Tomorrow would have been my father’s 86th birthday, so I have been thinking about him.
It’s hard not to be haunted by any book about the Nazi death camps. Lilac
My husband and I are starting to think about what to hang on the walls
As I looked through the photographs my father digitized, I came across this picture of
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
One change in the last six months of pandemic sheltering is that annoying errands have
When the pioneers to Oregon left the settled territories for the West, they said they
Shortly after I married my husband, his mother wrote out her recipe for steak soup
On that trip that my mother made to our home in late November or early
In my birth family, Santa Claus brought presents to children through their high school years,
Two years ago in late September, my daughter and I took a trip to Maui—a
It’s been forty years since I graduated from Middlebury College. Just about forty years to
I’ve written about my early school years. See here and here and here. By the
Through our forty-plus years in Kansas City, my husband and I have taken several vacations
When I think of my childhood Christmases, I think of going to my grandparents’ home
Today’s “haunting book” post features two historical novels, Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, and
Earlier this month I had a day by myself in Topeka, which is just over