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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
As I research my historical novels, I often refer to Hubert Howe Bancroft’s History of
As I review my novel about the California Gold Rush with my writing critique partners,
When my brother and I visited our grandparents in Pacific Grove, California, they always took
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I was aware from a very young age of
My current work-in-progress is set during the Civil War in Oregon. The Civil War was
September 7, 1973, was my brother’s sixteenth birthday, so yesterday he turned sixty-four. I left
I wrote in early February that I was eagerly awaiting my COVID-19 vaccine, but at
I learned in grade school that the state flower of Washington State is the rhododendron.
I mentioned several months ago that I had resurrected a short story I wrote in college
I recently received a notice about my fortieth high school reunion this fall. Fortieth!!! How
This is my week for blog chains. Monday I followed a tag by Juliet Kincaid,
As of the end of May, we’ve spent 209 months in the 21st Century (I started
In my novels, starting with Now I’m Found, which was set in 1848-50, I show
Our 46th wedding anniversary was last weekend. Number forty-six doesn’t merit much recognition, though I
Occasionally on this blog, I have posted some of my favorite recipes. Readers will intuit
The Of Books and Nooks authors—all of whom are Kansas City area authors—are teaming up
Henry Vizetelly, an English publisher who was in San Francisco at the time of the
In February 2018, when I began writing my current novel, I speculated about what historical