Pam Crooks's Blog, page 69

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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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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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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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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Kara O’Neal Shares Her Newest Series – Plus a Giveaway!

It’s such a pleasure to be here today! I’m so excited to share my newest series – Wildflowers Of Texas – with y’all. This series combines several of my favorite things – heroes, heroines, true love, romance, family, and last… Flowers. I adore them. I don’t care what kind they are, or what color, or ... Read more

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More Than You Probably Wanted to Know About Horseshoes!

It wasn’t long after horses were first domesticated that humans figured out they needed to protect their horses’ hooves in order to best care for their valuable helper and keep them healthy. The first horseshoes were constructed from woven plants and then rawhide. Metal horseshoes came into use around the sixth and seventh centuries, and ... Read more

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Kara O’Neal Returns to Visit on Friday!

Our guest this week is Kara O’Neal. She’s been here before so we’ll welcome her back. She’ll arrive Friday, April 26. 2024! Nothing is prettier than flowers and Miss Kara is going to talk about that and how they tie in with her new book. Better be thinking about which flowers are your favorites. She’s ... Read more

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