
Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled

My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was

Every once in a while, I save the fortune I received in a fortune cookie

I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)
I wrote a post last year about the difficulties of mail service during the California

I have been blogging regularly since early 2012. In over six years, I think I
As 2014 draws to a close, I want to thank all my readers for their
I was fortunate to attend the Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. conference this past weekend. The
I wrote last summer about my son’s first overnight camp experience, at the YMCA’s Camp

Many readers have picked up on the theme behind the titles of my historical novel
A year ago, I showed readers the cover of Lead Me Home, the first book

One change in the last six months of pandemic sheltering is that annoying errands have
When I was in second grade or so, my class sang the old song, “My
Last Wednesday morning, I made pumpkin and pecan pies. Wednesday night, my husband made apple
It’s hard not to be haunted by any book about the Nazi death camps. Lilac
On Tuesday, September 3, 1963, fifty-five years ago today, I started third grade. The first
Lawyers are supposed to tell a story when they are trying a case. Professors taught
I didn’t know my grandfathers as well as my grandmothers. Maybe it’s natural for a
I am writing this post just a few hours after I dropped my daughter and
Many of the posts on this blog are about my memories. My theme, after all,