My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
“The only way to start is just to start – take the plunge.” With these
I’ve written on this topic several times in the past, but in recent months I’ve
I’ve written before about how my brother and I got to see Santa Claus when
As I wrote recently, reading has always been very important to me. I didn’t know when
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
In our house, we use EVERYTHING. Including chicken and turkey carcasses. When we get a
A couple of months ago, I thumbed through the recipe box my mother gave me
Twenty years ago today, March 16, 2002, I opened up a lined blank journal and
Last week I had the opportunity to attend an artist’s talk by painter Patricia Streeper
It’s a scary time for me right now—I’ve sent my current manuscript out to the
I wrote recently about my own experience learning to drive. I don’t remember that being
Last year I posted several times about travel along the Oregon Trail in 1847, the
I spent many weeks (and even months) in Klamath Falls, Oregon, during my early childhood,
My kids were born several years before the chickenpox vaccine was available. The measles/mumps/rubella vaccine
I wrote five years ago about my first day of work for Hallmark Cards on
One of my goals for 2020 is to research Oregon history for my next historical
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
I’ve written several times before about setting up new computers and other digital devices. (See