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Because I write fiction set in the American West, sooner or later I knew I’d be compelled to tell an Oregon Trail story. But why any trail story? If I was going to tackle this subject, I decided to take on one of the most difficult and misunderstood narratives in American history. Isn’t everyone a bit intrigued by the Donner Party saga? We recall the story of these ill-fated travelers from high school history classes, and what do we remember? Cannibalism. Even though there’s no avoiding gruesome detail, I focused on the emigrants’ collect...
Everybody loves a parade! Lining the streets of La Conner amid stars and stripes banners, sparkling sequined hats and red, white and blue garlands, ties, leis, vests, pins, capes and drapes, newborns in slings to nonagenarians in patriotically bedecked wheelchairs came out for the annual Fourth of July parade. This was my fourth July 4th parade here and I loved it - All 10 minutes of it. Sitting in front of Caffe Jubilee, thanks to a quick thinking Frank Scott, we lined chairs on the sidewalk,...
