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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
August 12, 2026
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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
When I wrote last about my cataract surgery, I described how strange it was to
As I sat in the dentist’s office a couple of weeks ago waiting for the
After I published Now I’m Found in late September 2016, I found myself at loose
Forgive me one more post on NaNoWriMo. Now that it’s over, I’ve been asking myself
In my critique group, I’m known as the Point-of-View Nazi. I try to catch when
One of the pitfalls of skipping kindergarten was that I couldn’t get my driver’s license
Fireflies don’t live in the western United States, and I never encountered them growing up
I only spent one Christmas at my maternal grandparents’ home in Pacific Grove, California. That
As I’ve written before, I plan to set my next historical novel in Oregon in
As Christmas approaches every year, I worry about all the things to do — send
Today is a first Wednesday, which means that at 11:00am, sirens will blare. At least
I do not have many African American characters in my books, but I do include
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
I’ve written before about my dentophobia. Unfortunately, I’ve had more dental problems recently. My upper
As of the end of May, we’ve spent 209 months in the 21st Century (I started
One scent that brings my childhood to mind is that of Vicks VapoRub. When I
Although I have a lot of editing to do on my current work-in-progress (the sixth
As I looked through the photographs my father digitized, I came across this picture of
My husband and I visited the Peace Arch on the border between the United States