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Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
February 4, 2026
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Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I am one of the moderators for a Facebook page called Read Local Kansas City,
As I mentioned in my last post, my granddaughter just passed her first birthday. My
Delaware author John Riddle established “I Love To Write Day” in 2002. According to the
My father liked to cook, but my mother did not. Cooking was required of a
I’ve written before about the odd things that can trigger memory. I had another such experience
When I was in second grade or so, my class sang the old song, “My
My next novel will include scenes with Winema Riddle, a Native American woman who lived
My father and I took a day last week to go to Lake Crescent in the
In all the years we’ve been married, my husband and I have never spent Christmas
I always assumed I would walk down the aisle at my wedding to the strains
One of the joys of writing is getting feedback from readers. Of course, the feedback
A few nights ago I was awake in the middle of the night, one of
For my husband, the mark of adulthood was ownership of a toaster oven. He’d spent
As Christmas approaches every year, I worry about all the things to do — send
My husband and I have thankfully escaped getting COVID-19 so far (knock on wood), though
Because of the pandemic, over the past many months my husband and I have been
In May 2017, I attended the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. conference in Oklahoma City. I’ve
You might think grammar is boring, but it is the writer’s toolbox. I marvel each