My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
Spring is supposed to be the season when the weather turns milder—when the frigid temperatures
Last week I wrote about marching forth, and today I’m writing about springing forward. Daylight
I envied my children as they were growing up—they were close with two of their
I’ve been asked where the emigrants in wagon trains slept as they traveled the Oregon
In 1817, the North West Company established Fort Nez Perce where the Walla Walla River
I’ve never been one to play practical jokes. And I don’t like them played on
Forty years ago today, September 4, 1979, I started working for Hallmark Cards. It was
I received an early holiday present this year. In mid-November, I learned that my novel
The news in 2021 is full of stories of political conflict. Republicans are split between
I’ve written before (see here and here) about how glad I am that my children spent
I’m turning now from haunting books that deal with violence and man’s inhumanity to man
I wrote in January 2019 about my hesitation over my husband’s Christmas gift to me
I posted several years ago how I hated my mother telling me “I don’t know
I’ve written on this topic several times in the past, but in recent months I’ve
I have always read avidly, as much as my time permitted. Libraries are invaluable, because
I decided to write about the Oregon Trail in part because the concept of leaving
Almost exactly ten years ago, in late September 2005, I attended a three-day diversity training
I recently returned from another visit to see family on the Olympic Peninsula. It’s a
I started a monthly newsletter a year ago, sending out my first email on June
I’ve posted about other haunting books set during wartime (see here and here). The Book