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The Denny Party: Deciding on Puget Sound
In the last post I wrote about the Denny Party, they had reached Portland, Oregon,
October 28, 2026
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In the last post I wrote about the Denny Party, they had reached Portland, Oregon,
In past Octobers, I’ve written about haunting books—which I define as stories that linger after
In the last couple of months, I’ve had two mini-reunions with people who were important
Last month my husband and I spent an hour or so at the Nelson-Adkins Museum
I have usually devoted at least one October post to “haunting books,” because October is
As the news reports have shown pictures of the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Harvey and
One of the disadvantages I’ve found in getting older is not sleeping as well as
Today, February 12, would have been my paternal grandmother’s 108th birthday. She died in 1990
In May 1843 – 170 years ago this month – Jesse Applegate and his brothers
On a chair in my guest room sit two handmade pillows with cats on them.
I’m turning now from haunting books that deal with violence and man’s inhumanity to man
Late last winter, another couple asked my husband and me if we wanted to “go
My husband and I recently spent time with our son and his girlfriend in New
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing
As I’ve written before, I plan to set my next historical novel in Oregon in
As I continue to research and edit my work-in-progress about the early years of the
I know it is un-American, but I do not like orange juice. The pulp in
One day during my recent visit to New York, my friend and I walked through
Throughout my first-grade year, I felt exposed. As I’ve written, I was a superstar
By June 1851, the Denny Party had already traveled more than a thousand miles from
As Black History Month (February) winds to an end, I decided to post a bit