
Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

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

My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in

My husband and I traveled to Spokane again last weekend to visit family. It was
When I moved onto campus at Middlebury College in the fall of 1973, I shipped
Did you get too many pears for Christmas? They are a wonderful treat this time

Last November, I set a goal to work on my novel every day until the
When my son was about three, he went through a Batman phase that lasted several

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Burke Museum on the University of Washington
This picture of me and my brother was one of my mother’s favorites. It was
As the oldest child, I didn’t have to wear many hand-me-downs. Occasionally, I wore clothes
In May 2010, my husband, his mother, and I took a road trip to New Orleans,
As I mentioned recently, my sister did most of the planning for our Baltic Sea
I have always read avidly, as much as my time permitted. Libraries are invaluable, because

I went out of town last week with great plans for what I would accomplish.
In an earlier post, I mentioned my maternal grandmother’s thimble. Her initials – WS, for

Every once in a while, I go back through old journal volumes to see where
I’ve written before about my grandfather’s clock—how it formed a part of my childhood, first
“The only way to start is just to start – take the plunge.” With these
A week ago when I posted, my father was alive. He was a regular reader