
Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled

My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
My last review of a haunting book for 2016 is of The Summer Before the War,
J.G. Burdette, who blogs at Map of Time: A Trip into the Past, tagged me
I have teamed up with a group of Kansas City area authors to launch a
My husband and I are creatures of habit when it comes to breakfast. I usually
My mother and her friends exchanged recipes when I was growing up. From Dorothy Walker

I’ve had a really hard time making progress on the first draft of my current
When my son was about three, he went through a Batman phase that lasted several
My mother had a collection of Storybook dolls when she was a girl. Several of

Remembering last week’s Thanksgiving celebration brings a smile to my face. I think the memories
Thanksgiving is behind us now, but just barely. I was thinking this past holiday weekend

This is a self-pity post. I’ve had a cold or the flu for the last
I suppose every family develops its own lingo, terms they use to describe their experiences
For those of you who want an update on my writing about the Oregon Trail,

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been researching the Denny party, who traveled from Illinois to
When I was in second grade or so, my class sang the old song, “My
I’ve written before that I spent the first thirty years of my life trying not
When I first began writing, I read lots of books on writing—many on the techniques
I’m turning now from haunting books that deal with violence and man’s inhumanity to man