I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
Last Friday, September 20, 2013, NBC Nightly News aired a piece narrated by Brian Williams
I’ve written about my early school years. See here and here and here. By the
The Kansas City Star has a column called “Snarky in the Suburbs” by Sherry Kuehl,
A few weeks ago, my family started hospice care for my mother. She had been
I’m always curious about the reasons other historical fiction writers are drawn to the genre.
My son and I were reminiscing about his childhood recently, and we got on the
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t
In this phase of my life, I sometimes find that I am a bag lady.
One of the more sensational stories of the Oregon Trail is that of the Donner
My husband was the fifth generation in his family born in Saline County, Missouri. After
In my about-to-be-published novel, My Hope Secured, several scenes take place in or around the
I’ve written before about the two times I broke my left foot (see here and
I wrote in early February that I was eagerly awaiting my COVID-19 vaccine, but at
In 1864, after three bloody years of frequent battles and stalemates, the Civil War slowly
Today my son turns thirty-seven. As I’ve been going through boxes, trying to declutter, I
It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
My husband and I have taken many nice autumn vacations in September and October. Some
A year ago, I showed readers the cover of Lead Me Home, the first book