…of my happy, peaceful, blissful, serene country place.    

Hiya! Just wanted to let you know that even though I haven’t had anything published lately I am working on various projects. One of the projects was helping create historic content for Lens Flare Rochester, an phone app that will be live within the next few months. You can conduct your very own historic walking…

I snapped this photo on a recent summer evening walk. It looks like a doorway to a secret garden or fairyland. I love its rustic-falling-apart look.

The 19th Amendment, which gave women in the United States the right to legally vote in elections, was ratified on this day in 1920. The History Center of Olmsted County currently has an exhibit titled “The Onward March of Suffrage” that highlights historic women in Rochester, Minnesota who were advocates for suffrage. I conducted research for…

I recently participated in a book reading project for the History Center of Olmsted County. I was asked to read “Gabriel Finds Silver Lake,” a 1970 children’s book written about Rochester Minnesota’s Silver Lake and its geese.

Lovely summer weather in Minnesota Beautiful stone walk bridge on a lovely morning beside a peaceful lake