Re-thinking lots of things in my life, including this blog.
2026 Walter Scott Prize
Somehow I managed to miss the announcement of the shortlist for Historical Fiction for 2026 which was published in April. This is my favorit...
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*Part of my continuing blog series leading up to the 250 th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis in February 2014. In October...
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Every year I read other people's "best of" lists but I've never done one myself. I'm a little ambivalent about the wor...
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Since it is Independence Day I thought I would republish a story from long ago. This is the story of the family of my paternal grandmother w...