Remembering last week’s Thanksgiving celebration brings a smile to my face. I think the memories
Today is our wedding anniversary, so I am remembering all the anniversaries that have come
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t
I don’t use much scented lotion. I’m allergic to many floral scents, particularly roses and
The importance of rail development in the West is one of the plot lines in
Although pioneer journals often mention “circling the wagons,” it is not at all certain that
I have been to all but three states in the U.S. I still need to
I mentioned in an earlier post that the employee cafeteria at Hallmark Cards where I
July 24 is Amelia Earhart Day. The news recently has been full of speculation about
Earlier this month I had a day by myself in Topeka, which is just over
My husband and I didn’t take too many summer vacations at my parents’ home when
Deborah Shouse is one of my writer friends and mentors. For many years, Deborah has
This picture of me and my brother was one of my mother’s favorites. It was
Many of the forest fires raging in the West this summer are not far from
My mother collected silver souvenir spoons from foreign countries. Some showed national symbols and some
In this crazy year, I feel guilty for the things I’m doing and also for
I happened upon an exhibit of Fred Geary’s woodcuts at the Kansas City Public Library’s
My husband and I have been invited to a Halloween party requiring costumes, and we
I mentioned in a post in March that I was looking for the speech I
My husband and I hadn’t spent a night outside Kansas City since our trip to
As I wrote recently, spring came earlier to Washington State this year than to Missouri.