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Two Reunions: Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone
In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important
October 14, 2026
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In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important
I’ve been to Volunteer Park several times since we moved to Seattle, but usually I’ve
I wrote a few weeks ago about how AI saved me money by helping me
My daughter is visiting at the moment, and she brought her dog Langley. I am
My kids and their cousins often visited their mutual grandparents (my in-laws) when they were
I have always read avidly, as much as my time permitted. Libraries are invaluable, because
I spent this past weekend (May 1-3) at the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc., conference in
It’s been forty years since I graduated from Middlebury College. Just about forty years to
Last week I attended my first Historical Novel Society conference. I’ve been to other writing
We celebrated the major holidays in our family—Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, but we didn’t celebrate
Not everyone will be haunted by The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin, but I was. I
When I was cleaning out my parents’ house last spring, I found an old doll.
As I’ve written before, I plan to set my next historical novel in Oregon in
A friend recently returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon. “The ranger told us
Last month I went to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City to see
I’ve written several posts about the cruise (see here, here, and here) we took this
As I wrote last month, the California Gold Rush began in late January 1848 when
Longtime readers of this blog know that it started as a WordPress.com blog called “Story
Fifteen years ago, in July 1998, our family took a hiking vacation in Switzerland. We
I recently attended a family wedding out of state. It was the first time I
Late last winter, another couple asked my husband and me if we wanted to “go