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July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
July 22, 2026
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By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking
At Mass last Sunday, the second reading was from 1 John, and included 1 John
After 45 years in Missouri, I left many friends behind when my husband and I
When the pioneers to Oregon left the settled territories for the West, they said they
I wrote recently about my own experience learning to drive. I don’t remember that being
My anthology of short stories, essays and poems will be published and available soon. Here is
My husband and I have now been in our new home a little more than
Here’s a link to my January 1, 2018, newsletter. I send this out monthly with
Among the books I found when I cleaned out my bookcase recently was a two-volume set
In our decluttering plan, I assigned my husband to clean the basement. Most of the
Occasionally on this blog, I have posted some of my favorite recipes. Readers will intuit
This set of random photos came from an envelope my father labeled “Cannon Beach.” Most
The last book in my October series of haunting books is Turn of Mind, by
My youngest brother is eleven and one-half years younger than I am. Given where our
I’ve known since I began writing this blog that there were stories I couldn’t (or
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t
The second of the haunting books in my October series is The Sandcastle Girls, by
On a chair in my guest room sit two handmade pillows with cats on them.
Our Christmas today will differ from how my husband and I have celebrated in years