Hiya!

Just wanted to let you know that even though I haven’t had anything published lately I am working on various projects. One of the projects was helping create historic content for Lens Flare Rochester, an phone app that will be live within the next few months. You can conduct your very own historic walking tour of downtown Rochester, Minnesota. I contributed five historic stories. I’ll post about it again when it’s available for download. But for now, check out Lens Flare Stillwater (Minnesota). The Rochester app is being designed after this model.

https://www.lensflarestillwater.org

I snapped this photo on a recent summer evening walk.

It looks like a doorway to a secret garden or fairyland. I love its rustic-falling-apart look.

The 19th Amendment, which gave women in the United States the right to legally vote in elections, was ratified on this day in 1920.

The History Center of Olmsted County currently has an exhibit titled “The Onward March of Suffrage” that highlights historic women in Rochester, Minnesota who were advocates for suffrage. I conducted research for the exhibit, providing exhibit creators with information about the many local Rochester women who were involved in the suffrage struggle. I uncovered lots of interesting stories! Make sure to visit and check the exhibit out! The title is taken from a paper written by a Rochester suffragist and presented at a local Woman’s Christian Temperance Union meeting. Sadly, we didn’t uncover the paper’s content. However, the title was a great discovery and it rings true even today. We are still marching on, fighting to achieve equality for all.

Check out the new flag the History Center of Olmsted County erected in honor of the suffrage cause. The purple, gold and white flag was a symbol of the woman’s suffrage movement. Each time a state ratified the 19th Amendment a new star was added.

I recently participated in a book reading project for the History Center of Olmsted County. I was asked to read “Gabriel Finds Silver Lake,” a 1970 children’s book written about Rochester Minnesota’s Silver Lake and its geese.

Lovely summer weather in Minnesota

Beautiful stone walk bridge on a lovely morning beside a peaceful lake

The Wild Rose Press has included Mr. Jack Frost in a special holiday boxed digital set. A wonderful selection of magical romances that take place at Christmas!

An Enchanted Holiday: A Digital Boxed Set

Thank you to all those who attended my Princess Cafe presentation at the History Center of Olmsted County on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. What a fabulous turnout with great questions and discussion. I LOVE when people share memories of Rochester’s lost buildings.

So excited Lost Rochester, Minnesota is now available for purchase @ Target Markeplace in NW Rochester, Minnesota!!! Just in time for the holidays. Hopefully sales will be very good for this test run. And it’s not just Lost Rochester, Minnesota. Other great History Press and Arcadia Publishing Rochester and Minnesota focused history titles are available.

Book signing in June at Costco was a successful event. Thanks to my husband Chris for keeping me company and snapping this photo!

@ Costco in Rochester, Minnesota

11 a.m to 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 16

Fabulous Father’s Day Gift!!!!