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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
My husband and I are starting to think about what to hang on the walls
I’ve never been one to play practical jokes. And I don’t like them played on
This wasn’t the post I intended to write today. But in the last couple of
I have immersed myself in the nineteenth century over the last few weeks, editing my
Every so often I thumb through one of my boxes of old photographs. This time
As I look back on my childrearing years, one of the things I’m glad I
The emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trail arrived in the Willamette Valley in late fall,
As I wrote last week, my husband and I are dealing with his broken kneecap.
I wrote last summer about my son’s first overnight camp experience, at the YMCA’s Camp
I just spent nearly three weeks caring for my daughter who broke her leg skiing. She
I’ve written before about the change in perspective I’ve developed now that my children are
I’ve made a tradition of writing about “haunting books” on this blog each October, though
In my monthly newsletter, I usually update readers on the status of my work-in-progress, but
I’ve written many times about photographs taken from my childhood or from my children’s childhood.
I wrote in an earlier post that my husband and I are building a new
I wrote an earlier post about my son’s birth. I put his first baby picture
My paternal grandmother’s chocolate fudge and divinity were part of many of my childhood Christmases,
Last year I posted several times about travel along the Oregon Trail in 1847, the