Cookies in the 1800s
When I wrote about the MacPhersons in Colorado, Granny MacPherson always had ginger cookies in her apron pocket to give her grandchildren—normally one to each child, unless it was the first time on the…
When I wrote about the MacPhersons in Colorado, Granny MacPherson always had ginger cookies in her apron pocket to give her grandchildren—normally one to each child, unless it was the first time on the…
While I was doing the research of my current series, the Kansas MacPherson stories, I came across a magazine from the 1850s. It was titled The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac. The more I looked at…
I’d plans to post about my MacPhersons every week, but life stomped on my plans in a big way. By the way, I’ll be the first to agree that the flu this winter was the…
Welcome to my world—the world of the family of Angus and Mary MacPherson. I have been writing for years, but everything fell into place after my son’s graduation from law school. At his graduation, a…