The year 2021. It winds up mere hours from now. So slow, yet all of a sudden- -   Can I stay up until midnight?   An excellent question, 9, and it invites another question: can I stay up until midnight? Right now there’s a foot of snow on the ground and I’m...

Hey Lily, hey 9, we’re going to be on the radio!   We’re doing Christmas first, though, right?   Right, 9. The radio interview happens on Boxing Day, December 26.   And it will cover both music and writing.   Correct, Lily. Here’s the official...

In 2018 I volunteered for the Living History program at Fort Walla Walla Museum https://www.fwwm.org/ . I debuted as historical figure Matilda Sager Delaney in May, 2019, and have given her presentation nearly 30 times since then. Being part of the Living History cast...

Hey, Lily, hey, 9, this week we have a special guest! Award-winning author Julie Weston is here to tell us about her new book, MINERS’ MOON, available 12/15/21.   Wow, that’s next Wednesday!   Yes, 9, and I have my copy on order at our local bookstore....

This week, before the wild descent into the winter holidays, I’m taking inventory on all kinds of projects in progress. Let’s start with a progress report on this blog:   December 10: Interview with author Julie Weston, whose new title “Miner’s Moon” comes out...

What does prep mean to you this week? Doubtless cooking prep comes to mind. I’m writing this on Thanksgiving, faced with my own meal prep and a Zoom with family coming up in half-an-hour.   For me, most of Thanksgiving prep has to do with shopping. I have a dead...