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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
February 11, 2026
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As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
I’m always curious about the reasons other historical fiction writers are drawn to the genre.
Gratitude journals are a tool used in many disciplines. Psychologists prescribe them to combat depression.
Forty years ago today, September 4, 1979, I started working for Hallmark Cards. It was
I don’t want March to get away from me before I write about two milestones
My husband and I have taken many nice autumn vacations in September and October. Some
There is nothing connecting the two topics of this post—Pi Day and deliberately bad acting—except
My husband and I hadn’t spent a night outside Kansas City since our trip to
This week, April 9-15, 2017, is National Library Week. It’s a time to celebrate libraries
I wrote last week about National Library Week, and I announced that the Mid-Continent Public
I thumbed through a photo album of my son’s baby pictures, trying to think of
I have finally published A Life of Joy, the seventh and last book in my
Both my dad and my mother’s father took lots of pictures over the years. As
There’s been a lot in the news in recent years about infrastructure. Which projects are
My mother collected silver souvenir spoons from foreign countries. Some showed national symbols and some
I’ve been through a first round of sorting most of my old photographs now, and
Every once in a while I come across a book that intimidates me. Sometimes, it’s
I recently reread my journal from December 2002, trying to find the exact dates we’d
I’ve written before about the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. It is a wonderful museum,