
The Denny Party: From the Missouri River Along the Platte
I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).

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 wrote a couple of months ago about how the Manhattan Project preserved the natural

In February 2018, when I began writing my current novel, I speculated about what historical
Once the emigrants to Oregon survived the plains and the Rockies, they still had to
Earlier this month I sent the first of what I hope will be regular newsletters
In going through the mementos my parents kept, I’ve discovered another way in which my

After 45 years in Missouri, I left many friends behind when my husband and I
My family is an eclectic mix of Catholics, Protestants, agnostics, and skeptics. Most of the
In past years, each October I have used this blog to review books that I’ve
The second of the haunting books in my October series is The Sandcastle Girls, by

I attended the 2017 Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. conference in Oklahoma City from May 4-6
“The only way to start is just to start – take the plunge.” With these
Writers of historical fiction look for first-hand accounts of the time to give their stories

As I wrote last week, my husband and I are dealing with his broken kneecap.
My parents had a stroller for me when I was an infant. I don’t remember
Last week I wrote about an emergency sewing project (putting my daughter’s name on her
The novel I’m currently writing alludes to race relations between whites and Native Americans, Hispanics,
The last time I saw my mother was in mid-June 2014—just over two years ago.
My daughter went to an all-girls high school. One of my favorite events of the