Pam Crooks's Blog, page 38

Guest Jodie Wolfe and a Give Away!

The Impact of Journals Did you ever keep a journal or diary as a kid? Maybe you still keep one as an adult. Perhaps as a child you recorded events like a grade you received on a test, interactions with siblings, or the weather. Perhaps you wrote about a secret crush you had on someone. ... Read more

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Let’s Ring in the New Year!

  Happy New Year, Friends! By now you have either put away your holiday decorations or are procrastinating, waiting for January 6th, the 12th day of Christmas. But before you pack away that last box of ornaments, here a few fun facts how New Year’s traditions came about. Since New Years’ Eve is celebrated around ... Read more

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Cowboy Cookie Exchange with Karen Kay

  Howdy! Well, here we are on the sixth day of the twelve days of Christmas!  Are you still baking Christmas cookies?  Must admit it’s this time, when I’m not so stressed getting everything ready for the big day, when I have the most fun in the kitchen. The recipe I’m going to share with ... Read more

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Cowboy Cookie Exchange with Shanna Hatfield

I LOVE to bake during the holidays. One of the first Christmas presents I remember receiving was an Easy Bake oven. While my mom rushed around trying to get ready for 40+ people to descend on our house for Christmas dinner, I sat up my little oven on the kitchen floor and baked a batch ... Read more

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Cowboy Cookie Exchange with Sarah Lamb

    Hello everyone! I sure hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Whether you met up with friends and loved ones or stayed at home snug in your jammies, I hope you found some moments of joy. For myself, I think I spent three days in the kitchen. Phew. That was exhausting. But I had ... Read more

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Merry Christmas!

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Cowboy Cookie Exchange with Jo-Ann Roberts

Merry Christmas Eve, Friends! Any time I can bake cookies is the most wonderful time of the year! But during the holiday season, there is something special about the scents of butter, sugar, vanilla, and spices wafting through the house, along with the Christmas tree lights, and holly, jolly holiday songs on the Music Channel. ... Read more

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Cowboy Cookie Exchange Jo-Ann

Merry Christmas Eve, Friends! Any time I can bake cookies is the most wonderful time of the year! But during the holiday season, there is something special about the scents of butter, sugar, vanilla, and spices wafting through the house, along with the Christmas tree lights, and holly, jolly holiday songs on the Music Channel. ... Read more

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Karen’s Christmas Shortbread

I enjoy baking, but I rarely make the time for it. Except at Christmas. I still don’t do a lot of baking, but I always make at least a few yummy goodies to have on hand. It just wouldn’t be Christmas without cookies. Growing up, we would go to my grandparents house for Christmas every ... Read more

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Christmas Freebie

Hello and Merry Christmas! Once upon a time I wrote a two-book series about a pair of rodeo-riding brothers called The Harding Brothers. A few years after these books were released,  I was asked to expand the series. The problem was that I was out of brothers, so I came up with a third, long ... Read more

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