It just wouldn't be summer without reading a book or two by the incredible Gene Stratton-Porter. Gene was an Indiana native who became ...

  Have you ever thought about the history behind the jolly jingling of sleigh bells?  I have, but then again, I tend to ponder odd topics! K...

  A while back, Captain Cavedweller and I were able to visit the  Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center  located at Cape Disappointment on edg...

  Last year, I shared a blog post about the historic Vale Hotel in Vale, Oregon. Vale is located on the Malheur River. Back when wagons roll...

It always amazes me the things I learn when I'm doing research for a book. Recently, I was virtually thumbing through an old newspaper f...

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY....   I'LL TAKE TOILET PAPER My name is Teresa Ives Lilly.  I am new to this blog, but look fo...

by Shanna Hatfield I've been digging into research for a new sweet romance novel and one historical fact that caught my interest was t...

For this post I thought it might be fun to 'interview' Helen Hunt Jackson using her own words. Helen was born in 1830 and...