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July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
July 22, 2026
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By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking
I have discovered one drawback to having my office in the basement of our new
One of the pictures I found when I made the slide show of my mother’s
My husband sold his boat earlier this year, and I discovered that three boxes of
It was 34 years ago this week that my husband and I arrived in Kansas
Many family heirlooms—or future heirlooms—have sentimental value because of the stories behind them. But the
One of the prime selling points of the Baltic Sea cruise for me was the
Both my mother and my father grew up in families consisting of two siblings—an older
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
I discovered as I cleaned out my parents’ house that there was a memory in
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up this weekend. I’ve written before about the importance of
November is National Family Stories Month. So we should tell our stories to family and
Here is a guest post from Pamela Boles Eglinski, author of the new novel Return of
Last year I posted several times about travel along the Oregon Trail in 1847, the
Rickover was the first dog my husband and I owned together. I’ve mentioned Rickover before
Maybe this is one of those “when I was young, we had it tough” stories.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I was aware from a very young age of
I’m preparing to give a presentation for The Story Center, which is part of the
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th