Pam Crooks's Blog, page 28
January 29, 2025
Misty M. Beller Will Visit Friday!
Our dear friend Misty M. Beller will climb down from the saddle on Friday, January 31, 2025! She’ll tell us about surveyors in the old west and how important they were to map out routes and towns back then. We still have surveyors today that help in road construction. But back in the 1800s it ... Read more
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January 28, 2025
Hometown Hoedown – Karen Witemeyer
The fillies thought it might be fun to share some interesting tidbits found right in our own backyards. So in 2025, you’ll see a handful of Hometown Hoedown features, and I’m blessed to have the chance to kick off this new series. My hometown is Abilene, Texas. I came to college here back in 1989, ... Read more
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Rhonda Pierce, You’re Kit Morgan’s Winner!
Rhodna, you’ve won a free ebook copy of Mrs. Pettigrew’s Valentine’s Match! Contact Kit at authorkitmorgan@gmail.com so she can get you your ebook!
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January 27, 2025
The Denver Dry Goods Company and a Give away!
As usual, I stumbled across some interesting facts about something I needed to research in my current work in progress. In this case, it wound up being the Denver Dry Goods Company. My characters had to go shopping for a few things, and when you’re my rich widow, Mrs. Pettigrew, you can go wherever you ... Read more
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January 26, 2025
Cowgirls in the Kitchen – Pam Crooks
Fifty years ago, when I was newly married and newly pregnant with my first baby, I joined La Leche League for all their collective wisdom and encouragement with breastfeeding. Not only was their focus on nursing babies, they stressed nutrition, too, for ourselves and for our families. Those ladies were some of my best friends ... Read more
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January 25, 2025
A Blast from the Past on Cowgirls in the Kitchen!
A new year. A new twist on recipes! Tomorrow, we kick off our newest feature on Cowgirls in the Kitchen. Vintage Recipes! We’ll share recipes that our grandmas made, or our mothers, or even ourselves that have been family favorites over the decades. See you tomorrow! Also ... Read more
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Nicole Helm Has a Winner!
Thank you for coming to visit us, Miss Nicole! We loved talking about dark, mysterious caves. Now for the Drawing……….. One commenter will get the entire set of her series!! That a big Yee-haw! And the winner is……… ANN STEWART Yippee! Ann, you’re going to love these books! Congratulations! Now watch for Miss Nicole’s email.
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January 23, 2025
Welcome Guest Author Nicole Helm!
Thank you all for hosting me today. This week my book, Cold Case Discovery released. This is the 6th book in my Harlequin Intrigue Hudson Siblings Solutions series. As you can tell by the title, and all the titles in this series, all 7 books involve a group of siblings who work cold cases together. ... Read more
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A Glimpse Into My Civil War Family Connection
I was talking the other day with some of the fillies about my early American Colonial history and my relationship to Nathan Hale. Yes, the famous “I regret I have but one life to lose for my country” guy. FYI, he didn’t have any children, but his sister did, and it’s through her that my ... Read more
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January 22, 2025
Nicole Helm is Next Up in the Junction!
Contemporary romance author Nicole Helm is set to visit on January 24, 2025! Miss Nicole has written a series about caves. What do you know about them? Do you like going in them or not? I don’t think it would bother me too much unless I go waaay into them. Those things are dark! She’s ... Read more
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