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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’ve written before about the two times I broke my left foot (see here and
A friend and I recently exchanged emails about cooking. Neither of us is the cook
I attended the Historical Novel Society North America conference last week. Unfortunately, I was not
Birthday celebrations figure in several of my novels, including my current work-in-progress. But I’ve never
One of the issues I have dealt with in my novel about the California Gold
I am starting the New Year with a new resolve to finish my novel. I
In the summer of 2001, a few months before September 11, my daughter and I
I’ve written before about the time that Santa came to visit my brother and me
Our 46th wedding anniversary was last weekend. Number forty-six doesn’t merit much recognition, though I
As we begin the new year, I’ve been looking back at my life. From time
I’ve mentioned NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) before—the national endeavor by authors around the world
My husband and I have taken many nice autumn vacations in September and October. Some
In a couple of days, my husband will celebrate a milestone birthday. One that ends
I’ve never been a bird watcher. I don’t really care about counting the number of
As readers of this blog know, I was very close to my maternal grandmother, my
Gratitude journals are a tool used in many disciplines. Psychologists prescribe them to combat depression.
Last year I recounted the story of James Marshall finding a gold nugget at Sutter’s
Mac McDougall, one of the major characters in my series, is an attorney who is