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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
November 12, 2025
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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)
During the earlier years of this blog, in a nod to Halloween celebrations, my October
I deliberately keep this blog away from politics. I’m told that writing about a hot-button
Writers of historical fiction look for first-hand accounts of the time to give their stories
One of the challenges in writing this blog is finding pictures to suit each post.
I’ve known since I began writing this blog that there were stories I couldn’t (or
The Missouri Writers Guild annual conference hasn’t been in Kansas City for a number of
Who waits for Black Friday (now called “Thanksgiving evening”) or Cyber Monday? When I was
One of the disadvantages I’ve found in getting older is not sleeping as well as
Although pioneer journals often mention “circling the wagons,” it is not at all certain that
Our Christmas today will differ from how my husband and I have celebrated in years
I wrote last week about the autumn of 1961, when I spent three weeks in
I thought about only including historical fiction in my “haunting books” this year, but a
Today, April 25, 2018, would have been my father’s 85th birthday. (He was 52 days
Soon I will get to meet my new granddaughter. I have anticipated this moment for
I have immersed myself in the nineteenth century over the last few weeks, editing my
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
Today is my sister’s birthday. Regular readers of this blog can figure out which one,
Halloween has never been one of my favorite holidays. As a kid, I suppose I
Last Friday and Saturday, November 2-3, 2018, I attended the Johnson County Library’s writing conference.