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Requiem for Langley
One of my favorite dogs ever has died—my daughter’s dog Langley. Langley has been a
May 7, 2025
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One of my favorite dogs ever has died—my daughter’s dog Langley. Langley has been a
I wrote recently about setting up my new laptop. One of the first things I
Since moving to Seattle, I’ve been researching some of the early pioneers who settled in
Birthday celebrations figure in several of my novels, including my current work-in-progress. But I’ve never
Many memories are triggered by milestone anniversaries—things that happened five or ten or twenty-five years
Because of the pandemic, over the past many months my husband and I have been
Most of us who have studied American history are aware of the Forty-Niners—those intrepid souls
I’ve mentioned before that I was one of several valedictorians of my high-school class. The
I went out of town last week with great plans for what I would accomplish.
Long before the lemon juice incident or the orange juice incident came the grape juice
I am one of the moderators for a Facebook page called Read Local Kansas City,
As I wrote recently, reading has always been very important to me. I didn’t know when
Many of the scenes in my current work-in-progress take place in a Methodist parsonage in
We are ahead of pace on snowfall for the season, and the average low temperature
This blog was on hiatus for a little longer than I expected. Followers of my
I’ve written before about my dislike of beauty parlors, which dates back to early childhood.
Last Saturday evening I took a walk after dinner. I had intended to stay on
In my about-to-be-published novel, My Hope Secured, several scenes take place in or around the
A few weeks ago, my family started hospice care for my mother. She had been
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
I wrote a previous post about an unfortunate situation involving orange juice. There is an