
Two Reunions: Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone
In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important

In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important

I’ve been to Volunteer Park several times since we moved to Seattle, but usually I’ve

I wrote a few weeks ago about how AI saved me money by helping me
I’ve seen several reviews of Barkskins, by Annie Proulx, that compare her book to James
In a post several years ago, I mentioned that Fort Kearny was relocated from near
I’ve recently read two articles that made me think about the importance of telling our
One of my favorite oases in Kansas City is the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. I go
As of the end of May, we’ve spent 209 months in the 21st Century (I started
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
For my husband, the mark of adulthood was ownership of a toaster oven. He’d spent
When my parents lived in Bellevue, Washington, in the 1980s, they owned a small cabin
On our recent drive from Washington State to Missouri, my husband and I detoured to
In my family growing up, the tradition was to take down the Christmas tree before
Today, November 26, 2018, is our 41st wedding anniversary. I’ve been on a “forty years

A friend of mine recently emailed me an article from the Mayo Clinic on “popcorn
I’ve been fixated recently on what happened in 1964—fifty years ago—as 2014 winds to an

My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
One of the things I love about winter is peppermint ice cream. I’m not a
I’ve blogged about some boring topics related to my research for my Oregon Trail and
One blessing from the current coronavirus stay-at-home order is that I have realized how little
On December 30, 2020, I posted my primary writing goals for 2021: 1. Edit and