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November 19, 2025
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I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
As a writer of historical fiction, one of the issues I struggle with is how
Tomorrow, July 4, 2024, marks the tenth anniversary of my mother’s death. As I wrote
I’ve written before that my paternal grandfather, Laverne Ernst Claudson, was the grandparent I knew
Last week my critique group lost a member, Norman Ledgin. Ninety-year-old Norm had been ailing
It is peach season in Missouri. If it is peach season, it is time for
Ever since I began researching the Oregon Trail route for my novel about travel along
As I continue to research and edit my work-in-progress about the early years of the
Every year on Halloween night, I remember Halloween night in 1963, when I was seven
I feel like a curmudgeon this year because our house is one of only two
After I whined in a recent post about skiing, I now must report that I
As a child, I spent a lot of time with my maternal grandmother, my Nanny
Here’s another list of instances when I have been struck by how independent and mature (well,
As I’ve written before, I plan to set my next historical novel in Oregon in
When I was a small child, I had an imaginary friend named Ky-Bee-Chee-Bee. To me
My father died five years ago yesterday, on January 5, 2015. His death was sudden—I’d
Twice in one day last week, I encountered references to people’s reduced ability to focus
This week, April 9-15, 2017, is National Library Week. It’s a time to celebrate libraries
On Tuesday, September 3, 1963, fifty-five years ago today, I started third grade. The first