My mother Lena Kash Holther, born in 1910, was a daughter of the south who made her home in the west. The south never really left her any more than did the unmistakable drawl, identifiable after nearly sixty years. Her mother, Nell White Kash, was born in 1890, married at eighteen to a young lawyer, twelve years her senior. They were together until his death in 1955.Their daughter, my mother was their only child. My father’s mother Dora Pauline Hatch Holther, born in 1869,

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L. J. Holther Sr.’s wife, my great grandmother b. 1850 d. 1928, she was known as Huldah but her name was Eliza. In Annie Elgin she is Eliza Jensen. Click the photo to order on Amazon.

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Update on my new novel, Annie Elgin, I have talked about her arriving this year and she is definitely packing! Decisions about the book...

March 2025 One of my favorite reasons to post in March is that, March is Women’s History Month! Though my historical novels, Dear...

I am looking ahead this month to the 22 nd 0f September, designated by Congress as American Businesswomen’s Day. My brief comments salute...

Ladies at their leisure in the city park showing a bit of leg. Others in the background taking advantage of some shade. In the...

In 1944, I was about four, two years before my grandma, Dora, of Dear Kiss, had a stroke which left her paralyzed on her left side...

This wonderful photo of an unidentified westerner was taken at the Bingham Copper Mine in 1913 by the writer’s own description on the...

Annie Elgin, the sequel to Dear Kiss, is finished and is being edited. Annie will be familiar to readers of Dear Kiss. She is the...

Looking forward to sharing images and stories about the old west with my readers!