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
’Tis the season for putting up Christmas trees. My husband and I have not yet
Please forgive me for posting another Christmas snapshot, even though we are now in a
I’ve written before about the importance of reading in my family when I was growing
My first exposure to the term “suffragette” was in the song “Sister Suffragette” in the
I learned recently that May is National Photo Month. Photographs are easier than ever to
I’ve described before some of the problems I’ve faced because my parents decided to call
As Christmas approaches every year, I worry about all the things to do — send
I’ve mentioned before that I wasn’t fond of the Harry Potter books. But I read
Birthday celebrations figure in several of my novels, including my current work-in-progress. But I’ve never
I’ve written before about how much I love the beach. Usually, my visits to the
By mid-June, the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had trekked 650 miles
Every so often, something happens in real life that makes a good story. There is
I wrote at the beginning of the month that I hadn’t read many haunting books
On a recent trip to Seattle, I took some time to go to the Amazon
Many of the forest fires raging in the West this summer are not far from
As I noted in a 2015 post, I started using an accountant to prepare our
My husband and I traveled for twelve days in July aboard the Celebrity Eclipse on
Yesterday my son married his long-time girlfriend in a small and lovely ceremony in New