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I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t

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)
In junior high and high school, my favorite poem was “Renascence,” by Edna St. Vincent

This week, April 9-15, 2017, is National Library Week. It’s a time to celebrate libraries

One of my favorite dogs ever has died—my daughter’s dog Langley. Langley has been a
Every year on Halloween night, I remember Halloween night in 1963, when I was seven

I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t
Although many posts on this blog are about my life, I don’t aspire to write

Yesterday I got my car washed. Mind you, many people in Seattle never get their

Last weekend, I was able to attend the virtual version of the Historical Novel Society
Because the emigrants in my first Oregon Trail novel traveled between April and October, I
My husband and I spent Christmas by ourselves this year. Most of our 46 Christmases
This might be the last time I post on the topic of grown children because
I’ve mentioned before that my father was usually the photographer in our family. That means
I wrote two years ago about going to see Santa Claus at Lloyd Center in
As I wrote recently, spring came earlier to Washington State this year than to Missouri.
Many years ago, my department at work took the Gallup StrengthsFinder survey to find out
A few weeks ago my husband decided to give away all his unused audio equipment
In an earlier post, I mentioned situations where I was confronted by the fact that