The Truth About Garden Hoses
Updated: May 31, 2020 Feb 9, 2015 We’ve been talking about getting prepared for emergencies. We started with the most obvious need – water. So, if you haven’t been with us,…
Buying a Pump for Your Water Barrell
Originally published in 2015; republished in 2019. BEFORE YOU BUY this recommended pump, read the follow-up essay. We learned later that this pump had BIG drawbacks, but I leave this…
Eating Well After the Quake
A Flashlight Aided Study (of My Food Pantry) Okay, gang, here’s a little perspective on long-range planning. What food would you want on your shelves if an emergency took out…
Does Any of This Seem Familiar?
Updated: Feb 2, 2019 By Rae Richen Wilderness path along Dreisam River with a hint of past, tentint in beaten down grass, R. Richen Many Oregonians work hard to solve the…
Review, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Own Words
Updated: Jul 3, 2019 by Rae Richen Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Own Words, with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams As with many reviewers in Amazon, I bought Justice Ginsburg’s My Own…
What’s up with Siblings?
Updated: Sep 5, 2019 Caring brother walks little sister to playground. In essays on relationships, we frequently get a voyeur’s glimpse of how things can go bad, and only an occasional…
Courtyard Book Fair
Updated: Sep 2, 2019 I met a lot of interested readers and a wonderful source for research on the 10th Mountain Division.
Frozen Trust
Updated: Jul 30, 2019 My newest novel, Frozen Trust, is now available at all paperback and e-book outlets! Whooray! Here’s the scoop on Frozen Trust: During World War Two, Nazi Spies…
Hunting Up Truth for Fiction
Updated: Nov 28, 2020 Frozen Trust is based on my research revealing Nazi spies and Nazi supporters in the U.S. For the writing of Frozen Trust, the original thesis grew out…
The Missing Manuscripts
Updated: Nov 28, 2020 The choices an author must make: Background hunting for In Concert, a novel of love and suspense Statue of Bach with manuscript outside Thomaskirche, Leipzig Photo by…