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70th Birthday on Easter: Reminiscences and Anticipation
Eleven years ago, I wrote about my birthday falling on Easter for the first time
April 8, 2026
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Eleven years ago, I wrote about my birthday falling on Easter for the first time
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Burke Museum on the University of Washington
My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
I went to Middlebury College expecting to become a Political Science major. I had law
Sometime during the summer between our first and second years of law school, my husband-to-be
Despite an early exposure to ironing (Santa left me an ironing board when I was
I was thinking recently about my great-grandmothers. It dawned on me that they all probably
I wrote a previous post about an unfortunate situation involving orange juice. There is an
I’ve written before about the importance of reading in my family when I was growing
I’ve mentioned before that I called my maternal grandmother Nanny Winnie. How I came to
As I wrote last month, the early California gold miners began with placer mining, simply picking
Many thanks to those of you who have written comments on my earlier posts or
My anthology of short stories, essays and poems will be published and available soon. Here is
As I mentioned recently, my sister did most of the planning for our Baltic Sea
Most years about this time I get frantic over Christmas preparations. This year is particularly
I discovered as I cleaned out my parents’ house that there was a memory in
Using social media takes a lot of time. Some of it is wasted time, some
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of my father’s death, which happened just six months after
I’ve learned most of my history through historical fiction. Not all, but most of it.
An article in The Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2014, by Michael M. Phillips,
My website is now seven and a half years old, and the blog posts date