My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
Spring is supposed to be the season when the weather turns milder—when the frigid temperatures
Last week I wrote about marching forth, and today I’m writing about springing forward. Daylight
November is National Family Stories Month. So we should tell our stories to family and
I’ve written many times about photographs taken from my childhood or from my children’s childhood.
On Mother’s Day, when he was eleven or twelve, my son gave me a pair
As the news reports have shown pictures of the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Harvey and
Last weekend was Easter, and I reminisced about past Easter vacations. We took many vacations
While browsing in my local library recently, I saw the book, The Tao of Writing,
As I announced in my newsletter on November 19, Safe Thus Far is now available
Using social media takes a lot of time. Some of it is wasted time, some
I’ve written before about the time that Santa came to visit my brother and me
Note to readers: Today I’m sharing a guest post by Beth Lyon Barnett, which she
As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
When I was in high school, my father had this huge Oldsmobile 98. It was
The big city newspaper when I grew up was The Oregonian, a Portland newspaper. My
A year ago I published Lead Me Home, and I immediately turned to editing its
In the past few months I’ve read several books that have continued to haunt me
In 1817, the North West Company established Fort Nez Perce where the Walla Walla River
There is one issue that I continue to debate with my husband of almost forty