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The Denny Party: Final Miles to Portland
After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
August 26, 2026
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After four months and nearly 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail, the Denny Party reached
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
It was 34 years ago this week that my husband and I arrived in Kansas
One of the pitfalls of skipping kindergarten was that I couldn’t get my driver’s license
I had another novel in mind for my last haunting book review this month, but
In my current work-in-progress I have two female characters who are pregnant, one for the
I’ve been thinking a lot about walking recently, because of my daughter’s broken leg. Her
My daughter is visiting at the moment, and she brought her dog Langley. I am
I wrote last week that I am not an outdoorsy person. Perhaps that’s because some
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the error the U.S. Postal Service made
I’ve written several times before about setting up new computers and other digital devices. (See
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
One of my tasks before my mother’s recent funeral was to put together a slide
Before I married in November 1977, my mother gave me six dish towels. “Here,” she
My husband and I are fans of live Christmas trees. Actually, I’d be tempted to
A few days ago the topic of September 11 came up during a conversation with
I mentioned in my last monthly newsletter that my husband and I have decided to build
This December thus far has brought us a lot of Seattle gray. A lot of
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up this weekend. I’ve written before about the importance of
Among the books I found when I cleaned out my bookcase recently was a two-volume set