
A Quarter Through 2025: Am I Voting “Present”?
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
My husband and I visited the Peace Arch on the border between the United States
I love classical music, but in recent years, I haven’t had many chances to experience
The house we moved into when I was six and a half, in October 1962,
My paternal grandmother’s chocolate fudge and divinity were part of many of my childhood Christmases,
I mentioned in my last monthly newsletter that my husband and I have decided to build
I am writing this post just a few hours after I dropped my daughter and
Perhaps it seems odd that I just announced the publication of my last novel, My
The trees at our new house were planted just days before we moved in, late
So much has changed in the twelve years since September 11, 2001. The security lines
Last Sunday I worked all afternoon on the Internet through my laptop’s wireless connection. I uploaded a
I spent this past weekend (May 1-3) at the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc., conference in
I follow This Day in History, watching for events that relate to my historical novels.
I wrote in January 2019 about my hesitation over my husband’s Christmas gift to me
Every year on Halloween night, I remember Halloween night in 1963, when I was seven
For those of you who want an update on my writing about the Oregon Trail,
Now that I’m a grandmother, I find myself thinking of my mother more frequently. Though
My current work-in-progress is set during the Civil War in Oregon. The Civil War was
In February 2018, when I began writing my current novel, I speculated about what historical
If you want to know what it’s like to live with someone with Alzheimer’s Disease,
A few days ago the topic of September 11 came up during a conversation with