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My Favorite Feminist

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 Battle of Georgia: A World at War with the Flu

Here’s to Heroes!

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 and Fiction: the true story of Charley Parkhurst

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 →

About that flood…

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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