Pam Crooks's Blog, page 19
June 7, 2025
Our Summer Puzzle Palooza Starts Tomorrow!
Four Days of Puzzles and Summer Reading Fun! Visit Amazon or the filly’s website. Then guess the cover on the puzzle piece. We’ll give you the filly’s name. You give us the title of her book. 14 puzzle pieces – 14 Winners! Grand Prize A comfy chair for your Summer Reading ... Read more
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Kiersti Giron Has a Winner!
Thank you for coming to visit, Miss Kiersti! We wish you well with your new book. Now for the Drawing………. One commenter will win a copy of Beneath a Turquoise Sky! And the winner is………. KARIN Yippee! Congratulations, Karin! Now watch for Miss Kiersti’s email and check Spam if you don’t see it. Remember…the Summer ... Read more
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June 5, 2025
U.S. Boarding Schools for Native American Children
We have a guest at the junction today! Let’s give a big welcome to our guest, Kiersti Giron! * When I began researching the story that would become my historical novel Beneath a Turquoise Sky, I decided to set it at a mission school on the Navajo reservation in the early 1900s, since I’d spent ... Read more
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June 4, 2025
A Gateway to Summer – Recollections of the Screen Door
“If the old screen door could talk today, what do you think that door would say? All the laughter, the loving children at play. All the squeaks, slams, and knocks, the old screen door can’t say.” After a rainy and cool Memorial Day weekend, summer has come to our little part of North Carolina. With ... Read more
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Karijean You are Sarah Lamb’s Winner!
Thank you all for stopping by! Karijean, you’ve won an ebook of Frances. If you’d send me your email address, I’ll have Amazon get that right over! Here’s where you can reach me: sarahlambwriting@gmail.com
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Kiersti Giron Will Visit on Friday!
Historical western author Kiersti Giron will be here on Friday, June 6, 2025! Miss Kiersti will talk about the Indian boarding schools back in the day and their atrocious treatment of the students. It’ll be interesting so don’t miss it. She also has a copy of Beneath the Turquoise Sky to give away and that’s ... Read more
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June 3, 2025
Soaps: Scented and Stinky in the 1800s
I’m thinking we all take it for granted when we meander down the aisle of a store, choosing a hand soap or bar or gel of soap for the shower. We sniff, appreciating this scent, quickly putting that one up, and deciding which one we like the best. But it wasn’t always that way! In ... Read more
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Summer Vacation Tip: Don’t Hit the Bison
June is here! Let the summer vacations commence! I have a list of vacation spots I’d love to visit, and near the tippy-top is Yellowstone National Park. With over 2.2 million acres, Yellowstone boasts geographical features like geysers, canyons, waterfalls, hot springs, basins, meadows, mountains, and of course, Old Faithful. Since my surroundings are generally ... Read more
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June 1, 2025
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 This past weekend I learned that I am a double finalist for the Holt ... Read more
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Jeannie Watt has a Winner!
Susan Fletcher! Congratulations! I will be in contact via email. Thank you everyone for sharing your weather stories.
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