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1840s Guides for Travel on the Oregon Trail
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
This year’s Christmas tree is up and decorated. As I’ve mentioned before, my husband and
I saw a post recently titled “The Timeless Writing Struggle: Ego vs. Humility” by Karen
Many family heirlooms—or future heirlooms—have sentimental value because of the stories behind them. But the
In addition to our 35th wedding anniversary, I have another 35th this year – thirty-five
I met with my real estate agent for three hours one afternoon last week. She’s
Every so often I thumb through one of my boxes of old photographs. This time
Today is Labor Day, the traditional last day of summer vacation. Though in recent years,
In August 1985, thirty-five years ago this month, I returned to work after my second
My mother’s birthday would have been later this week, and so I’ve been thinking a
This has been another bad year for bugs in the Hupp household – for them,
In past years, each October I have used this blog to review books that I’ve
I wrote recently about my son’s bout with chickenpox in January 1986. Well, as I
On a spur-of-the-moment Fourth of July visit, my son appointed himself my assignments editor for
In the midst of the pandemic, we are all looking for little moments of joy,
Today would have been my mother’s 82nd birthday. One of my most popular posts on
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, haunts me because I hated it so much. I know
When I retired several years ago, I told myself I wouldn’t sit around doing crossword
The trees have been gorgeous this autumn in Kansas City. I can’t say it’s been