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Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
February 4, 2026
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Several weeks ago, my older granddaughter announced to me, with grammatical precision if not ideal
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I wrote earlier this year (see here and here) about the problems that the United
The trees have been gorgeous this autumn in Kansas City. I can’t say it’s been
I try to keep the language I use in my historical novels true to the
The sequel to Lead Me Home takes place during the California Gold Rush and the
Throughout my first-grade year, I felt exposed. As I’ve written, I was a superstar
My writing goal for the summer was to finish an edit of my second Oregon
I’ve written before about the wonderful libraries in the Kansas City area, including the Kansas
The History Channel recently reported the anniversary of Jesse James’s birth in Clay County, Missouri,
Sometimes I wish I could remember the story behind a picture. As I was searching
I wrote recently about my own experience learning to drive. I don’t remember that being
As I wrote last week, my husband and I are dealing with his broken kneecap.
I mentioned in a post a few years back that I saw the Mary Poppins
Many years ago, my work group and I took the Gallup StrengthFinders survey. The theory
My paternal grandmother’s chocolate fudge and divinity were part of many of my childhood Christmases,
I’ve been thinking a lot about walking recently, because of my daughter’s broken leg. Her
Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women’s Day. I was with a group of women fiction
Forsythia have always signaled spring to me. Yellow is not my favorite color, but the
For most of the 1979-1980 school year, my parents lived apart. My father had started