I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
I’ve always been uncomfortable in hair salons—or “beauty parlors,” as we called them when I
In my birth family, Santa Claus brought presents to children through their high school years,
Authors continue to research aspects of their plots throughout the drafting and revising of their
In my current work-in-progress, which takes place in 1864, some of my characters are traveling
I’ve written before about the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. It is a wonderful museum,
Today is Ash Wednesday, but although I am Catholic, I will not be getting ashes
October is National Family History Month—a month for those with an interest in genealogy to
Do you remember the ridiculous children’s song “Little Bunny Foo Foo”? I’m certain I never
Last week I shoveled our driveway and walks three times in one week. Kansas City’s
As I review my novel about the California Gold Rush with my writing critique partners,
My youngest sibling is eleven-and-a-half years younger than me, and he was not yet six
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the error the U.S. Postal Service made
I hope your holiday celebrations have been filled with magic moments – moments you want
The second of the haunting books in my October series is The Sandcastle Girls, by
One of the things I love about winter is peppermint ice cream. I’m not a
My writing goal for the summer was to finish an edit of my second Oregon
I was looking for a historical topic for today’s post and came across a reference
My wedding anniversary is tomorrow, November 26, so for this month’s post on life during