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My Thoughts on Finishing Another First Draft
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
May 20, 2026
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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
As I’ve written before, when my daughter was born I thought she was the “icing
Last month I went to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City to see
Now that my husband and I are functional in our new apartment (though not entirely
I don’t know how I became the pumpkin carver in our family. My husband and
As I continue to research and edit my work-in-progress about the early years of the
My husband and I are fans of live Christmas trees. Actually, I’d be tempted to
The spiders are back already. After a mild winter and a hot spring and start
I did not plan to write this week about losing my parents—that’s a subject I’ve
Last November, I set a goal to work on my novel every day until the
Last Friday was our first Independence Day in Seattle. The staff at our retirement community
1. You find a long list of alcoholic beverages in your car in your son’s
The last time I wrote about my work-in-progress, I was just sending it out to
Remembering last week’s Thanksgiving celebration brings a smile to my face. I think the memories
I’ve written before about the idyllic summers I spent as a teenager on Coeur d’Alene
I’ve mentioned before that I called my maternal grandmother Nanny Winnie. How I came to
The History Channel recently reported the anniversary of Jesse James’s birth in Clay County, Missouri,
I never knew my great-grandmother Cecelia Ryan Strachan, my maternal grandmother’s mother. In fact, Cecelia
Every once in a while I come across a book that intimidates me. Sometimes, it’s
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