Due to work issues, Amanda A Brooks is taking a leave of absence. She will return to blogging June 8th. Should something change, I will le...

A pan of biscuit dough rests inside a small tin oven, propped carefully in front of the flames. There is no stove, no kitchen—only ingenuity...

  On this day in 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition left its camp among the Mandan tribe and resumed the journey West. The Corps of Discov...

  By Kristy McCaffrey Prairie falcons are medium-sized falcons similar to peregrines located in Western North America. They might be bette...

  Every time travel romance needs   a catalyst : a magical, mystical, or completely unexplained force that rips the characters out of their...

  Today is April 1 st .   Many refer to it as April Fool’s Day, the day to pull harmless pranks on the unsuspecting.   Some are elaborate sc...

  Last month, I wrote a post about the first women jurors chosen to serve on a jury in 1870 Wyoming Territory. It   all came about when Th...