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Adapting to a New Normal
As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
February 11, 2026
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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
I wrote five years ago about my first day of work for Hallmark Cards on
The third haunting book I’ve read in recent months is Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken
Because of a personal commitment that will consume my time for the next few weeks,
This year one of the many things I am grateful for is the readers of
My husband and I are fans of live Christmas trees. Actually, I’d be tempted to
I’ve read several articles and editorials in recent months about the demise of local newspapers.
I’ve now received all my beta readers’ feedback on the contemporary novel that is my
When the pioneers reached Oregon, they found abundant old-growth forests with timber that had never
I had no good ideas for a post today, so as I sometimes do, I
On our recent drive from Washington State to Missouri, my husband and I detoured to
Gratitude journals are a tool used in many disciplines. Psychologists prescribe them to combat depression.
I’ve written before about the family hike we took in Switzerland in 1998 when my
I wrote recently about my son’s bout with chickenpox in January 1986. Well, as I
In June 1992, the same month that my kids spent at camp in North Carolina,
As the saying goes, nothing is certain but death and taxes. My father-in-law died this
Now that my daughter is in her mid-thirties, I thought we had passed all the
I first visited Missouri in early June 1977, before my now-husband and I were married.
As readers of this blog know, I am a proud alumna of Middlebury College, Class