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My Third Beach Birthday
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
April 9, 2025
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I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
My husband and I visited the Peace Arch on the border between the United States
In just a few days, my granddaughter will be eighteen months old. I won’t be
Another year has begun, and with it another round of birthdays. And another round of
I’ve written many times about Pacific Grove and Carmel, California, and other venues on the
I had to make some hard decisions when we moved last fall. I had several
Now that I’m a grandmother, I find myself thinking of my mother more frequently. Though
One of the joys of writing is getting feedback from readers. Of course, the feedback
In an earlier post, I mentioned situations where I was confronted by the fact that
In December 2017, a writer friend of mine asked me what my 2018 goals were.
Last month my husband and I spent an hour or so at the Nelson-Adkins Museum
As I review my novel about the California Gold Rush with my writing critique partners,
One of the things writers have to do is market their books. This blog is
I received Plume, a book of poems by Kathleen Flenniken, from my daughter, who bought
As I work on my current novel, I am mired again in the vagaries of
My husband and I recently returned from a trip to South Dakota. I’d never been
I recently learned a surprising factoid: Today, February 4, is Homemade Soup Day, even though January is
We live on a golf course, across from the women’s tee for the 11th hole.
Every so often, something happens in real life that makes a good story. There is
I mentioned in a recent post that I’m a part of Read Local Kansas City.