
What Can I Do with 900 Blog Posts in Scrivener?
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t

I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t

Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born

I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
Every year Christmas sneaks up on me. It shouldn’t, I know. It’s always on December
I know it is un-American, but I do not like orange juice. The pulp in
The Great Migration of 1843 was the first significant group of emigrants to head west.
My maternal grandmother was always happy. At least that’s how I remember her. Her birthday

My last post contained some pictures I found as “treasures” from my cleaning projects. This
My niece, a second-grader in a Seattle suburb, assigned me homework. She wanted me to
Several months ago I was cleaning out a drawer that should have been cleaned out
In recognition of Black History Month, this last post in February is about two experiences
My husband and I have thankfully escaped getting COVID-19 so far (knock on wood), though

Here we are—another year begins. I start 2025 with both hope and trepidation. Hope, because
I’ve written several posts about the cruise (see here, here, and here) we took this
It seems appropriate that on this Labor Day I am updating you on my most

As I’ve written before, any year is a good year when I get to walk
I wrote on Monday about my children and their cousins. The picture above is my
As I continue to research and edit my work-in-progress about the early years of the

I wrote back in October 2015 about the Oregon land laws in the 1840s, and
My husband and I have now been in our new home a little more than
Only my father-in-law and I were at my in-laws’ house late on Christmas Eve 1984.