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Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
June 17, 2026
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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled
My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
In my critique group, I’m known as the Point-of-View Nazi. I try to catch when
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
In the fifteen months since my mother’s death, I’ve spent a lot of time wondering
My sister is now eligible for AARP membership and is an accomplished professional, but I
Through our forty-plus years in Kansas City, my husband and I have taken several vacations
I mentioned last week that I left home for college about the time my sister
A year ago, I showed readers the cover of Lead Me Home, the first book
My last review of a haunting book for 2016 is of The Summer Before the War,
A staple recipe in our household is Old-Fashioned Green Beans. They’re easy to make, and
A lot goes on in our family in May. Our daughter’s birthday. Mother’s Day. And,
When my husband and I were in our third year of law school, we had
I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
My mother’s birthday would have been later this week, and so I’ve been thinking a
At Mass last Sunday, the second reading was from 1 John, and included 1 John
Oregon City, now a suburb of Portland, Oregon, was one of the largest settlements in
This Saturday, March 4, 2017, marks the 40th anniversary of the first date my husband
The last time I wrote about my work-in-progress, I was just sending it out to
February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. This day originated in New Zealand,