HeyJaredFlappers to Flip Phones: Everyday 20th-Century American Life
A retired nurse educator, celebrator of everyday 20th-century life, and writer of contemporary short stories and long-form 20th-century historical fiction exploring, among other things, challenges and richness of early 20th-century U. S. immigrant life.
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Sparrow’s Song Book Launch Announcement (opens the original)
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I’m happy to share that my debut novel, Sparrow’s Song is launching in September. This book has lived with me for quite some time. Starting in early twentieth‑century Nebraska with the local immigrant community of Germans from Russia, and transitioning to New York and then Ohio, it’s an immigrant story filled with early to mid-twentieth century nursing history and it’s meaningful to finally bring it forward.I’ll be having an in‑person celebration in my home community, and I’m also hosting a virt
A Little History Behind a Familiar Hoop (opens the original)
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I was thinking today about how accomplished I used to feel when I could keep a Hula Hoop going for long periods. I wasn’t an athletic kid at all, so excelling at something that involved movement and being outdoors felt like a real accomplishment. The small ball bearings inside the brightly colored hollow tube were responsible for the satisfying whoosh whoosh and the slight tug of the hoop as it circled my waist. Once I found the right pace, it was nearly effortless.Though they seemed new to me i
Old Favorites (opens the original)
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Today the Library of Congress shared something that caught my attention. They were talking about an old novel called Charlotte Temple and asked whether it might have been America’s first bestseller. It was published back in the late 1700s and people were drawn to the story of a young English girl who is taken advantage of and left behind during the American Revolution. Readers believed it was based on a true story, and by the end of the 1800s some were even visiting the grave of a real woman nam
Excited to Share my Cover Here (opens the original)
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So excited to be sharing the cover for Sparrow’s Song. Thanks to publisher Old Fort Press and cover artist Okay Creations for the care they gave this project. The chambray blue background comes from the Army School of Nursing — student nurses were required to wear chambray uniforms, and Kathryn begins her journey in that
When the Record Dropped: The Click, the Whir, and the Spin (opens the original)
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When I was an elementary-school-aged child in the mid to late 1960s, we lived in my hometown of Needles, California in the Mojave Desert. One of the legendary restaurants among the locals was Pete’s. It was a Mexican restaurant owned by Pete Mejia, but the cook was his wife Sophie, and wow was her food delicious. We ate there regularly as did many of the locals. I loved the tostadas and the ice-cold orange and grape sodas in heavy glass bottles pulled from a deep chest cooler in the linoleum-flo
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