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New Lenses: The World Back in Focus
When I wrote last about my cataract surgery, I described how strange it was to
July 29, 2026
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When I wrote last about my cataract surgery, I described how strange it was to
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Most years about this time I get frantic over Christmas preparations. This year is particularly
I’ve written other posts this year about jewelry I received from my maternal grandmother—earrings she
I’ve written before that my paternal grandfather, Laverne Ernst Claudson, was the grandparent I knew
I had a boss once who always knew what percent of the year had already
Authors continue to research aspects of their plots throughout the drafting and revising of their
Last September I posted about my first few weeks using Scrivener, a software program for
My husband and I will celebrate our thirty-ninth wedding anniversary soon. We were married just
Maybe this is one of those “when I was young, we had it tough” stories.
I’ve written before about my first experience skiing. I hated it, though I later learned
In June 1992, the same month that my kids spent at camp in North Carolina,
This wasn’t the post I intended to write today. But in the last couple of
When I first began writing, I read lots of books on writing—many on the techniques
My new work-in-progress takes place in 1851. It is another story of emigrants traveling from
The novel I’m writing now takes place in 1864 Oregon. The Civil War was the
A year ago, I showed readers the cover of Lead Me Home, the first book
Last week, I visited The Rabbit HOle, a museum in North Kansas City dedicated to
Our 46th wedding anniversary was last weekend. Number forty-six doesn’t merit much recognition, though I
As I’ve written before, any year is a good year when I get to walk