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Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
October 22, 2025
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Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
For over fifteen years, I’ve been following the Write on the Sound (WOTS) conference sponsored
I mentioned in a post in March that I was looking for the speech I
My father liked to cook, but my mother did not. Cooking was required of a
Last month I wrote about reopenings. Those have continued apace, and my life is slowly
Last Friday was our first Independence Day in Seattle. The staff at our retirement community
Sometimes, I link to posts from this blog in my monthly newsletter. And sometimes, I
I had a humorous post lined up for today, but I learned Monday night that
We have a tendency to mark milestone birthdays more than others. In my last post
Forty years ago today, September 4, 1979, I started working for Hallmark Cards. It was
My OneDrive memories feed sends me pictures I’ve taken in prior years on that date.
Our new home is still not much more than a hole in the ground. The
Most of my photos are now packed away in boxes and would be difficult to
As I reported to readers of my newsletter last week, I completed the rough draft
My maternal grandmother was always happy. At least that’s how I remember her. Her birthday
I started my life as a writer in early 2007, so I’ve now been trying
I’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
Over the Christmas break, I went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City
The first President I could name was John F. Kennedy. President Eisenhower was in office
My husband’s maternal grandmother put tags and notes on many of her possessions, stating who