Pam Crooks's Blog, page 161
June 8, 2022
On the “Fringes” of History ~ Pam Crooks
Back in August of 2015, I announced that Petticoats & Pistols had opened up an official Pinterest account. Pinterest was just gaining traction as a site featuring all kinds of fun pictures that one would pin to these strange things called ‘boards.’ It also turned into a valuable tool for businesses to market their goods, ... Read more
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Janice Cole Hopkins Will Visit Friday!
Miss Janice Cole Hopkins will arrive Friday, June 10, 2022! She’ll talk about the hazards of living on the Kansas frontier in 1850. So be thinking about that and be ready to chat with her. Plus…she’ll give away a Kindle copy of the 3rd book in her series! Yippee! Come Friday, hitch up the wagon ... Read more
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Meet Luke and Damaris
In Honor’s Defense has officially released, and I’m so excited to introduce you to Luke Davenport and Damaris Baxter. If you’ve read the previous books in the Hanger’s Horsemen series, you will be familiar with Luke “Preach” Davenport. He’s the largest of the four, good with his fists, and deadly with a sword. He can ... Read more
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June 7, 2022
A Summer Full of Busyness
A week ago, I was recovering from the four day affair that was my birthday, my daughter’s graduation, her graduation party, then Memorial Day. All week, my children have been home. The house has been loud. I’ve been trying to do “all the spring things” that I couldn’t do while I was preparing the house ... Read more
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June 5, 2022
It’s Yee-Haw Day!
Welcome to Yee-Haw Day, the once-a-month day we’ve reserved to share our news with you – all sorts of fun news! So check out the post below to get the details on the kinds of things that make us go Yee-Haw!! Karen Witemeyer Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. YeeHaw! I’m ... Read more
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Rachel Fordham Has a Winner
Wow, we loved the talk of hidden or buried treasure! Thank you so much for coming, Miss Rachel! It’s drawing time……. Winner of the copy of Where the Road Bends goes to………. ELIZABETH LITTON Woo-Hoo! We’re so happy for you, Elizabeth. Watch for Miss Rachel’s email and check Spam if you don’t see it. Tomorrow ... Read more
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June 2, 2022
Rachel Fordham Finds Treasures of the Past
While researching a book, I came across several accounts of hidden money sewn into clothing, hat brims, or fake compartments in luggage. I didn’t end up using everything I’d discovered in my novel, but it did send my mind racing and ideas spinning. We are so used to electronic funds, checks, and secured shipping that ... Read more
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June 1, 2022
Ducks vs. Chickens (Watson and I have a small argument)
Most of you all know that we have two laying houses in Pennsylvania. There are 20,000 birds in each of those houses. We started out our chicken journey when the kids were little with ten Rhode Island Red hens and one rooster. Goodness, that was twenty years ago. Over those twenty years, people came ... Read more
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Julie Benson’s Winner
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat with me about how music acts as a background to our lives and can say a lot about who we are. Drum roll, please. The winner of my giveaway is: Ellie Ellie, look for an email from me on how to claim your giveaway. Thanks again for ... Read more
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Karen’s Acrostic Winners
We have such creative readers here at Petticoats & Pistols. Everyone who submitted an acrostic for my game day yesterday did a stellar job. It was quite a challenge to select only two winners. Below are the two I ended up picking. Both ended up using the word DEFENSE. D – Devotion E – Exists ... Read more
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