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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
In the past few months I’ve read several books that have continued to haunt me
The United States just celebrated its 245th birthday on Sunday, July 4, 2021. In recognition
December 21 is Short Girl Appreciation Day. I am a short girl—5’1” in my stocking
Join the nation in a moment of silence at 3:00pm on Memorial Day to remember
I’ve written earlier posts about the development of Portland, Oregon, where my work-in-progress is set.
If the emigrants on the Oregon Trail were fortunate, they reached Oregon City in the
As I reviewed old posts, I realized I haven’t written much about Memorial Day. That’s
Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
Through Sunday, November 22, my total word count is 77,400 words. The NaNoWriMo pace for
For the past ten years, I have worked as an election worker in my precinct,
I’ve written before (see here and here) about how glad I am that my children spent
Last weekend, I was able to attend the virtual version of the Historical Novel Society
I’ve started decorating for Christmas, which is the only season for which I do much
My husband and I have done very little traveling since the pandemic hit. Health issues
Because the emigrants in my first Oregon Trail novel traveled between April and October, I
Perhaps I should have saved this topic for mid-July—thirty-six years after it happened. But since
Last Thursday I had a guest post over on A Writer of History, which is
I am surprised that in five years of writing this blog I have never written