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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
August 12, 2026
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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Back in November 2022, I wrote about ending each journal entry by listing five (more
When I wrote last about my cataract surgery, I described how strange it was to
Because of a personal commitment that will consume my time for the next few weeks,
August 1979, thirty-five years ago this month, was the first time I felt I was
One day during my recent visit to New York, my friend and I walked through
In an earlier post, I mentioned my maternal grandmother’s thimble. Her initials – WS, for
Henry Vizetelly, an English publisher who was in San Francisco at the time of the
A few weeks ago I had to write a synopsis of my current work-in-progress to
I’ve written before about viewing exhibits at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
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My husband and I recently began having cell phone problems. My phone was almost three
I mentioned several months ago that I had resurrected a short story I wrote in college
Today is my sister’s birthday. Regular readers of this blog can figure out which one,
My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
This is a self-pity post. I’ve had a cold or the flu for the last
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I’m not good at remembering summer birthdays. Maybe it’s because there’s too much else to
I posted several years ago how I hated my mother telling me “I don’t know