I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
My youngest sibling was in kindergarten the year I started college. When I came home
By WordPress’s calculations, this is my 500th post. I’ve been blogging on this site for
I have usually devoted at least one October post to “haunting books,” because October is
My father died five years ago yesterday, on January 5, 2015. His death was sudden—I’d
After helping me clean out my parents’ house after my father died, my husband got
There are times when I wonder why I keep posting on this blog. Some months
On a recent trip to Seattle, I took some time to go to the Amazon
I’ve mentioned that I found some treasures during a couple of cleaning projects I undertook
My husband and I visited the Peace Arch on the border between the United States
In February 2018, when I began writing my current novel, I speculated about what historical
One of the problems I’ve had to deal with in my soon-to-be-published novel, Now I’m
It is a truth universally acknowledged that writers cannot spend all their time writing. Sometimes,
I haven’t written a post about leap year before. The opportunity only comes along once
This past weekend I traveled through southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas, visiting places of historical
Before my maternal grandfather, a taciturn businessman from Oregon, married my grandmother, he allegedly told
This random photo was taken in December 1986, when our family visited my parents for
Last week I shoveled our driveway and walks three times in one week. Kansas City’s
My last post contained some pictures I found as “treasures” from my cleaning projects. This