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
Most people pull out their wool sweaters and socks for warmth during winter. Not me.
Recently I was doing more research for my current work-in-progress the is set in 1867.
Every so often I thumb through one of my boxes of old photographs. This time
In recent weeks, my Microsoft OneDrive memory feed has reminded me of our move into
There is a tradition that says that when one wants to sell a house, one
Lawyers are supposed to tell a story when they are trying a case. Professors taught
My kids were born several years before the chickenpox vaccine was available. The measles/mumps/rubella vaccine
A writing and blogging friend, Linda Joyce, has nominated this blog for the “One Lovely Blog
It wasn’t until December 1848 that President James Polk acknowledged that gold had been found
One of the fun experiences I had during my years at Middlebury College was making
I’ve always been uncomfortable in hair salons—or “beauty parlors,” as we called them when I
When I visited my father in August, I decided to make a peach cobbler and
One of the more sensational stories of the Oregon Trail is that of the Donner
Once the emigrants to Oregon survived the plains and the Rockies, they still had to
Today, February 12, would have been my paternal grandmother’s 108th birthday. She died in 1990
Many thanks to those of you who have written comments on my earlier posts or
Last week I shoveled our driveway and walks three times in one week. Kansas City’s
My daughter was born the day before Mother’s Day. Some years her birthday has been