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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
February 11, 2026
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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
My son, my first child, turns forty in a few days. It certainly does not
“The only way to start is just to start – take the plunge.” With these
Some events stand out in the mind firmly enough that we remember where we were
It seems appropriate that on this Labor Day I am updating you on my most
I was perhaps programmed from early childhood to work for Hallmark Cards, which I did
I started a monthly newsletter a year ago, sending out my first email on June
Last weekend was Easter, and I reminisced about past Easter vacations. We took many vacations
Yesterday my son married his long-time girlfriend in a small and lovely ceremony in New
My father and I took a day last week to go to Lake Crescent in the
There is nothing connecting the two topics of this post—Pi Day and deliberately bad acting—except
I am a really good planner and organizer. I don’t say this boastfully, but as
Kansas City is home to the National World War I Museum and Memorial, which is,
I wrote last week that I am not an outdoorsy person. Perhaps that’s because some
Because the emigrants in my first Oregon Trail novel traveled between April and October, I
When I was born, my parents owned a dog named Punky. I’ve seen pictures of
I don’t usually write about science, because I don’t know much about it. I haven’t
The importance of rail development in the West is one of the plot lines in
I spent the first thirty years of my life trying not to be like my