We spend a lot of time thinking about it in our busy, 21st century lives - security or the lack of it. We have to watch and arm our...

It’s been quite a while since I last blogged and there’s a lot to catch up on. This blog will be less historical and more biographical in...

I’ve touched on the political and nationalism ambitions of President Polk when he took office, especially when it came to Mexico’s...

I’ve written some pretty heavy blogs of late so I thought it might be refreshing for all of us to explore a lighter subject, one that...

As a twentieth-century girl, seeing a woman astraddle on horseback is a common sight. But, in 1849, when horseback travel was reserved...

It is hard to imagine in our world today, that there was actually such a thing as The Cult of True Womanhood. This article, by Barbara...

Growing up on a ranch in southwestern Colorado in the mid-to-late-20th century has given me a unique perspective from which to write....

When not on actual trips of discovery, I’m in my mountain cabin, laptop, books and papers scattered all around the arcs of my rocking...

Whenever possible, I have tried to do the thing that I ask my characters to do so I know it is possible. For instance, I had never fired...

History makes me curious, I can’t help it. Why did people do the things they did? What drove them or inhibited them? What about all those...

I started writing in 2009. Granted, it had been a very long time since Freshman English in college but I started nonetheless. I took a...

I do. I remember it very clearly. The echoes of clapping hands, the warm glow of sincere satisfaction filling my heart and an inner voice...