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
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
I have researched how and where the emigrants traveled along the Oregon Trail for ten
The importance of rail development in the West is one of the plot lines in
It apparently caused quite a stir in my parents’ high school when Catholic Mary began
My daughter and granddaughter visited us again over Memorial Day weekend. The baby is now
It’s almost here! My novel, Lead Me Home, will be out later this fall. For
In these days of the coronavirus, every cough and every ache or pain makes us
In my critique group, I’m known as the Point-of-View Nazi. I try to catch when
Every year Christmas sneaks up on me. It shouldn’t, I know. It’s always on December
Now that autumn is officially here, it’s time for apple recipes. I’m very particular about
I wrote on Monday about my children and their cousins. The picture above is my
I wrote recently about setting up my new laptop. One of the first things I
If the emigrants on the Oregon Trail were fortunate, they reached Oregon City in the
In August 1979, shortly after the bar exam, my husband and I traveled to London
I spent the first thirty years of my life trying not to be like my
Although I have a lot of editing to do on my current work-in-progress (the sixth
My father died five years ago yesterday, on January 5, 2015. His death was sudden—I’d
One of the places that my husband, mother-in-law, and I visited in California in June