Donkey Derby Days
During my first research trip to Cripple Creek, Colorado, I met a couple of the town’s beloved residents–two donkeys that …
Category Archives: Travel
Toasted Ravioli, Fife & Drum Corps, and Daniel Boone
My March 2012 research trip for The Quilted Heart novellas returned me to a setting I first discovered in 1999–a charming …
Research Trip for The Quilted Heart: 1st Stop, Gateway Arch
In March 2012, after thirteen years, I returned to St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri. This time, as a historical novelist writing for …
Mollie Kathleen Gortner: A Cripple Creek Woman
The fascinating women of the 1800s were not dissimilar to you and I, even though their circumstances varied greatly and …
A Munce Bookstore Celebration
Since my first book came out in print fourteen years ago, I’ve signed books at many bookstores. But the book …
Pacific Beach Mini Vacation
A bookstore event in Hemet, California led to three school visits in Hemet and Riverside, which was close enough to …
Research, Cookbooks, and Christmas Plum Pudding
Research can be many things: Fascinating, engaging, time-consuming, surprising, delightful. Even yummy. If you’ve been reading The Sinclair Sisters of …
Bob’s Corner: Mining with a Steam Shovel
Howdy, and welcome back to Bob’s Corner! Today, I thought we’d talk about another type of ore removal. Since a gold …
Bob’s Corner: Headframes and Cable Hoist
The pursuit of riches drew tens of thousands of colorful characters to Cripple Creek in the 1890s. The boom town provided me a …
Checkers, Anyone?
A checkered board with rounded game pieces—here in the United States, we know it as checkers, a timeless table game. …
Hindsight by Mona Hodgson 