My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
A few months ago I wrote a post about my father telling me I should
The first President I could name was John F. Kennedy. President Eisenhower was in office
J.G. Burdette, who blogs at Map of Time: A Trip into the Past, tagged me
Forty years ago today, September 4, 1979, I started working for Hallmark Cards. It was
This post is about my mother, though not about Mother’s Day. While searching for a
When I was first born, my parents brought me home to a tiny pre-fabricated house
This picture of me and my brother was one of my mother’s favorites. It was
My husband and I recently returned from a week-long trip to Florida. I worked some
As I enter my third year of blogging (my first post was on January 17,
I am not a cook, and I don’t aspire to be one. But like many
I’ve written before about my dentophobia. Unfortunately, I’ve had more dental problems recently. My upper
I only remember my father swearing at me once. I heard him curse in general
My daughter went to an all-girls high school. One of my favorite events of the
I’ve blogged about some boring topics related to my research for my Oregon Trail and
Last week my critique group lost a member, Norman Ledgin. Ninety-year-old Norm had been ailing
I mentioned in my last monthly newsletter that my husband and I have decided to build
Today is Christmas Eve, and experience tells me that not many people will read my
If the emigrants on the Oregon Trail were fortunate, they reached Oregon City in the