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Accidental Artist
I’m not an artist. Ask my seventh-grade teacher, who gave me a C in art. My worst subjects in school were art and choir, followed by...
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May 29, 20193 min read
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1880 Colorado Oyster Craze
In the late 1800’s everyone was eating fresh oysters, even in Colorado. And I’m not talking Rocky Mountain Oysters, which would be...
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May 22, 20192 min read
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Tunneling to the Wild Side
One of the perks of being a novelist is that I can go exploring and call it research. I need to research a lot of things. For a decade, I...
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May 15, 20192 min read
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How Small Is A Small Town?
“I grew up in a small town of 100,000 people.” That’s what a Chinese co-worker told me as I complained about squeezing onto a crowded...
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May 8, 20193 min read
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Love Your Coffee? Thank A Baby Goat
That’s right. Legend has it that goats played a primary role in the discovery of coffee. Not necessarily baby goats, but it could have...
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May 1, 20192 min read
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Fifteen Years to Overnight Success
Success never happens overnight, no matter how much I imagine it does. Reality competitions like the Idol shows and the Talent shows...
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Apr 24, 20192 min read
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Historic Social Media Tidbits
It’s been a while since I’ve posted fun tidbits from historic Colorado newspapers. My daughter/blog editor pointed this out. I’d almost...
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Apr 17, 20192 min read
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Supermom in the Land of Mañana
Supermom. That was me. In fact, it was all the women in my social circle. We worked, raised kids, hosted birthday parties, volunteered at...
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Apr 10, 20192 min read
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Drying My Hair With Vacuum Exhaust
As I researched inventions of the 1920’s, I learned that before hair dryers were invented, women used the exhaust end of the vacuum...
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Apr 3, 20192 min read
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My First Piano Recital –The Little Kids And Me
Last month I performed in my very first piano recital—the little kids and me. I knew what to expect because my daughter took piano...
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Mar 27, 20192 min read
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Cake For Breakfast
If I want to give my husband a treat, I cook eggs and sausage for dinner. Breakfast-for-dinner has always been a favorite for my family....
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Mar 20, 20192 min read
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I Love A Party
. . . product party, that is. A friend from church invited me to her essential oils party. My reply, “I don’t know anything about...
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Mar 13, 20192 min read
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I’ll Take The Modest Hotel
Modestly priced hotels usually include hot breakfast, free wi-fi, parking, and an onsite, coin-op washing machine. Why do the fancy...
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Mar 6, 20192 min read
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Glad To Be Replaced By Technology
In recent times technology has replaced people in the performance of mundane tasks, and I’m glad for it. I don’t want to do those jobs...
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Feb 27, 20192 min read
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Not More Laundry!
Every day there’s another set of dirty clothes. It never ends. As a working mom, I developed my own laundry strategies. My mother...
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Feb 20, 20192 min read
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It Takes A Year
They say you should date someone for a year before you marry them. See what they’re like through all the seasons, holidays, and moods. It...
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Feb 13, 20192 min read
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Going Old School with Amazon
I love modern life where I can order anything on Amazon. I mean anything. But Amazon’s just a catalog company, and catalog shopping has...
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Feb 6, 20192 min read
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Don’t Get Rid Of That Tiny Ketchup Packet
The other night at supper, we ran out of hot sauce. My husband said, “That’s okay. We have the leftover packets from Taco Bell.” After...
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Jan 30, 20192 min read
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What Is It About Gardens?
I love parks and gardens, although I’m not patient enough to grow flowers or vegetables myself. I gave up on indoor plants years ago,...
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Jan 23, 20192 min read
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Historical Research – Not For The Fainthearted
Research is part of the fun in writing historical novels. For me it’s often an excuse to go on a rabbit trail—in other words, “squirrel!”...
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Jan 16, 20192 min read
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