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Jeanne-Marie Suize beat the pants off other women’s rights advocates of the era – quite literally. She didn’t talk about suffrage; she lived it. She ran a successful vineyard. She was the first woman to sign an official petition in… Continue Reading →
The Great War was far away and long forgotten in rural California, at least before the US got involved. That was the era when my grandfather, Jack, came of age. He wanted to learn scientific ways to improve the family… Continue Reading →
A Historical Perspective for Father’s Day What do you think of when you hear the word, “Hero?” I’ll admit, my family loves superhero movies, so that’s where my brain goes first. But we have a lot of other people… Continue Reading →
Truth is often stranger than fiction, or at least just as strange. In researching my first novel (about a young lady disguised as a boy), I learned there was a real woman who had lived as a man for decades. … Continue Reading →
California goes through sporadic periods of drought and flood. Learn how the recent floods in Central California are connected to the Great Flood of 1862.
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