Pam Crooks's Blog, page 63
May 5, 2024
Kirsten Osbourne Has a Winner!
Wow, thank you for visiting, Miss Kirsten! It’s fun thinking about traveling the Oregon Trail from our airconditioned house. 🙂 Now for the drawing………. One commenter will win the audiobook of Hannah’s Hanky! And the winner is……… ELAINE KIEFER Yippee! Congratulations, Elaine! Miss Kristen will contact you about your prize.
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May 2, 2024
Nourishing the Journey: The Foods That Fueled the Oregon Trail and a Giveaway!
Hi! I’m Kirsten Osbourne, and today I’d like to talk about the foods that fueled the Oregon Trail. In the mid-19th century, at least 500,000 emigrants embarked on one of the arduous trails across the American Wester. The most popular of these being the Oregon Trail. Their hopes and dreams were on the promise of ... Read more
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May 1, 2024
Quilt Week 2024
“In the quilt of life, friends are the stitches that hold it together.” If you read any of my books, my blogs, or my posts, you know that next to creating sweet historical romance, quilting is near and dear to my heart. With that being said, I’m taking you on a virtual tour of ... Read more
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Kirsten Osbourne Will Visit Friday!
Award-winner Kirsten Osbourne will arrive Friday, May 3, 2024 to talk about what the pioneers ate on the Oregon Trail and also what food they packed in their wagons. If you don’t have a clue, I hope you’ll come over and learn something. Miss Kirsten is also toting an audio book of Hannah’s Hanky to ... Read more
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Kristen Osbourne Will Visit Friday!
Award-winner Kristen Osbourne will arrive Friday, May 3, 2024 to talk about what the pioneers ate on the Oregon Trail and also what food they packed in their wagons. If you don’t have a clue, I hope you’ll come over and learn something. Miss Kristen is also toting an audio book of Hannah’s Hanky to ... Read more
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April 30, 2024
All About Irises
Hey everyone! Are you enjoying all of the beautiful flowers popping up? I know I am. While I’ve always appreciated a beautiful garden or bed of flowers, it wasn’t until I got older that I grew a whole new appreciation of them. They are an incredible amount of work, and I am very honest ... Read more
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Karen’s Favorite Things – Bookish Socks!
Writers are a quirky bunch. We talk to imaginary people, dream up ways to torture characters we claim to love, and have been known on occasion to show up to work in our pajamas. We all have different ways of getting into the writing zone, too. Some create playlists for each book they write to ... Read more
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April 29, 2024
Favorite Things: End of April
The end of April brings oodles of my favorite things! Today is my mom’s birthday (Happy birthday, Mom!)–a favorite thing, for sure. Winter always seems to last forever here (I live in NW Ohio), and by the end of April, we’re almost finished with the cold weather. There still might be a day or two ... Read more
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April 28, 2024
Kara O’Neal Has Winners!
Thank you so much for coming, Miss Kara, and letting us talk about flowers, God’s gift to us. Now I’m sure you’re anxious for the DRAWING…. Miss Kara is so generous to bring books for two winners! And they are: ANN STEWART LINDA HENDERSON ... Read more
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Jeannie Watt has Winners!
Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for sharing your dream destinations with me. I truly enjoyed reading the replies and I’ve even added a few places to my own destination dream list after reading your posts. I’m having a wonderful trip (Virginia is beautiful!) and it’s the first time in a decade that I’ve traveled ... Read more
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