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What Twenty-One Years Have Changed
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
August 19, 2026
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Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Back in November 2022, I wrote about ending each journal entry by listing five (more
Readers liked my gooseberry pie post, so here’s another tale about a summer pie –
Ever since I began researching the Oregon Trail route for my novel about travel along
In my family growing up, the tradition was to take down the Christmas tree before
This week’s haunting book is a novel about a privileged Englishwoman, Ursula Todd, born in
When I was a very young, my father made a bookcase. It’s made of a
The novel I’m writing now takes place in 1864 Oregon. The Civil War was the
I’ve just begun to realize what a gift my father gave me in having our
I received Plume, a book of poems by Kathleen Flenniken, from my daughter, who bought
I launched my blog “Story & History: One writer’s journey through life and time” in
During my first visit to my father’s house after his death, I reviewed all the
Smithsonian.com published an article on December 9, 2015, entitled “The History of the Christmas Card,”
My husband and I recently began having cell phone problems. My phone was almost three
I thought about only including historical fiction in my “haunting books” this year, but a
In past years, each October I have used this blog to review books that I’ve
As I continue to research and edit my work-in-progress about the early years of the
I am starting the New Year with a new resolve to finish my novel. I
No, my dad isn’t Robert DeNiro, but we did have our own version of “Meet
I mentioned my pint-sized rocking chair in a recent post. I received the rocker for