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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
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WordPress tells me this is my 900th post on this blog. At an average of
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I wrote last week about using Albany, Oregon, as a setting in my current work-in-progress.
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After every natural disaster, as people pick through the remains of their homes, we hear
Go Set a Watchman is not a sequel to Lee Harper’s To Kill a Mockingbird. I
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On Mother’s Day, when he was eleven or twelve, my son gave me a pair
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Today would have been my mother’s 82nd birthday. One of my most popular posts on
This blog was on hiatus for a little longer than I expected. Followers of my