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The Denny Party: Final Miles to Portland
After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
August 26, 2026
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After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Sometimes I wish I could remember the story behind a picture. As I was searching
Christmas 1978 was the first Christmas I spent away from my parents’ home. My husband
My husband and I spent Christmas by ourselves this year. Most of our 46 Christmases
I visited my parents over Christmas, and one day I walked past a picture in
Last year I wrote about the banana cream pie I made for my father one
Our pastor asked us all to wear red for Pentecost, which was Sunday, June 8,
Last weekend was Easter, and I reminisced about past Easter vacations. We took many vacations
In Lead Me Home, and again in my about-to-be-published novel Forever Mine, I make frequent
It’s finally published! When Heart Shall Fail is now available on Amazon (paperback and ebook)
I keep two fortune cookie messages on my desk. They were in cookies I got
For the past ten years, I have worked as an election worker in my precinct,
Every year Christmas sneaks up on me. It shouldn’t, I know. It’s always on December
I wrote a poem several years back about my mother’s hands. Here it is: Heredity
I’ve had a really hard time making progress on the first draft of my current
The sequel to Lead Me Home takes place during the California Gold Rush and the
My husband and I closed on the sale of our house in Kansas City recently.
I didn’t set out to write a series of novels about the Oregon Trail and
The last time I saw my mother was in mid-June 2014—just over two years ago.