My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
If you want to have an impact on people, you need to tell them a
Today I am hosting Christi Corbett, author of the new novel, Along the Way Home,
I’m always curious about the reasons other historical fiction writers are drawn to the genre.
The news reports recently have contained stories about the 2020 U.S. Census not reaching everyone.
I wrote last week about the autumn of 1961, when I spent three weeks in
The Missouri Writers Guild annual conference hasn’t been in Kansas City for a number of
I remember reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing
My 50th high school reunion was last weekend. I wasn’t able to attend, but I
I am in the thick of writing my current work-in-progress, approaching the halfway mark. I
The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California was first reported on March 15,
Those of you who follow me on Facebook might know that on June 20 I
I’ve always wanted to be a renaissance woman—to be like the educated class of the
Since 2009, Hallmark Cards has held an annual art festival outside its headquarters facility in
The United States just celebrated its 245th birthday on Sunday, July 4, 2021. In recognition
My Gold Rush posts this year have traced the spread of the news, from the
As I look back on my childrearing years, one of the things I’m glad I
Last Sunday morning I saw six deer on the fairway behind our house. They were