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What Twenty-One Years Have Changed
Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
August 19, 2026
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Twenty-one years ago, in August 2005, my family gathered to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Back in November 2022, I wrote about ending each journal entry by listing five (more
I recently loaded the OneDrive app on my Android phone so that I could have
I wrote a few months ago that I started taking piano lessons again, after a
My Christmas preparations are about finished—the cards are mailed, the packages wrapped, and the house
Thanksgiving is behind us now, but just barely. I was thinking this past holiday weekend
My current work-in-progress takes place mostly in the Oregon City area, beginning in October 1850.
I’ve been thinking a lot about walking recently, because of my daughter’s broken leg. Her
My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
Eleven years ago, I wrote about my birthday falling on Easter for the first time
I’ve mentioned before that I wasn’t fond of the Harry Potter books. But I read
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, haunts me because I hated it so much. I know
Please forgive me for posting another Christmas snapshot, even though we are now in a
Once again, during the holidays I noticed that my children are now adults, no longer
I’ve been stuck a few times while writing my historical novels. My characters got into
The time has come again for me to focus on technology. It seems every three
Kansas City got hit with a snowstorm last Friday and Saturday. Friday morning I had
Today I am hosting Christi Corbett, author of the new novel, Along the Way Home,
On Monday, I wrote about the Oregon Trail emigrants choosing their leaders on the Kansas