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Living Between Two Worlds: One Cataract Gone
Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled
June 10, 2026
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Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled
My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
Because of the pandemic, over the past many months my husband and I have been
November is National Family Stories Month. So we should tell our stories to family and
In the fall of 1972, a few months after I got my driver’s license, my
Many family heirlooms—or future heirlooms—have sentimental value because of the stories behind them. But the
My first post on this blog went live in January 2012, but I didn’t start
I’ve mentioned before that I attended a diversity program called “Women Supporting Women” in late
Last month my husband and I spent an hour or so at the Nelson-Adkins Museum
In the summer of 1989, when our daughter was four and our son seven, we
One day during my recent visit to New York, my friend and I walked through
My daughter doesn’t appreciate most of the posts about her on this blog, but today
I did not plan to write this week about losing my parents—that’s a subject I’ve
I’ve mentioned before that I was one of several valedictorians of my high-school class. The
In my research into the California Gold Rush, I’ve read about prospectors who struck it
My OneDrive memories feed sends me pictures I’ve taken in prior years on that date.
One of our family’s go-to recipes is what we call “the squash dish.” I don’t
Twice in one day last week, I encountered references to people’s reduced ability to focus
I wrote earlier this year (see here and here) about the problems that the United
I mentioned in a post in March that I was looking for the speech I