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Hi! Winnie Griggs here. I just spent the last four and a half days in Kansas City at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention and I thought I’d give you a little photo diary type recap of my time there. (And check out the giveaway I have listed below!) I arrived on Wednesday morning with BFF [...]
Am in Kansas City, enjoying meeting readers and attending events with my critique group members and friends. RT is one party after another. Below are pics from today. At Rosie’s Gulch party here’s me with the awesome Janelle Taylor, me with the amazing Bobbi Smith and Winnie and I when we found each other. Sherri [...]
To my surprise I mentioned to some friends (well, FORMER FRIENDS, the wimps) that I came home the other day and there was semen on my front porch. (Note the warning to keep the tank upright…I’m guessing that there is NO ORDER concerning a semen tank that anyone would dare disobey.) ~ Their [...]
Good morning! Although I’m a modern girl at heart, who relies daily on her electronics and modern conveniences, I do so love getting lost in another historical time period. It doesn’t matter how I enter that time-gone-by, whether it’s through a television program or buy viagra canada a movie or simply reading a well-written book. [...]
I have a soft spot for nativity sets, especially vintage ones, and over time I have acquired over two dozen of them. Every year I assure my husband ‘no more’, but every year I break my word and discover another I must have. So for my Christmas card to you, I thought I’d share a [...]
It’s my father’s birthday this month. A WWII vet, he’ll turn 90 years old. To mark this entrance into a new decade, he’s decided it might be time to retire. Yes, you read that right. He’s still working, part-time, at his age. He also continues the habit of running every morning, Monday through Friday, and [...]
Here’s a little poem for you. Grandmother, on a winter’s day, milked the cows, slopped the hogs, and got the children off to school; did a washing, mopped the floors, washed the windows, and did some chores; cooked a dish of home-dried fruit, pressed her husband’s Sunday suit, swept the parlor, made the bed, [...]
I recently came across this picture in my search for a reliable car for my kid–he graduated high school last month (woohoo!) and we’re trying to find a small SUV type rig with a gas mileage that won’t drain his wallet. By the descriptions, this is just what he’s looking for ;-) Good gas mileage, [...]
Hi! Winnie Griggs here. By the time you read this Father’s Day will be over, but it is still in progress as I write this and so I have fathers on my mind. That being the case, I thought it might be fun to do a list of some of my favorite TV [...]
Here at Petticoats and Pistols we’re always thinking of our readers. When we hear something that’s great, that improves our lives, we want to share. Here’s a method for cleaning the toilet and giving your cat a bath that is a real timesaver. 1. Put seat and lid of the toilet up and add 1/8 [...]
My BFF Robyn is a MOPS mom and has a blog Coolest Mommy’s Coolest Thoughts with all kinds of tips on child raising and money saving techniques. She shared this timely topic with us today: It’s summer and this means many of you will be traveling with small children. Through the years, we’ve found a [...]
Family dinners, pot lucks, buffets–they always feature at least one Jell-O salad. Something red with marshmallows and fruit — or green with pineapple and whipped cream — or at holidays — a cranberry mold. Each of us remembers Jell-O from our earliest years.It’s just always been there. Open the little box, pour the granules into [...]
Last night we looked at the weather forecast and got very hopeful. Snow in the evening, over night, and into the morning. Not a vast amount, but enough that there was the possibility of a snow day. In the two years that my husband has been teaching at a local college, he has never had [...]
Harkening back to 18th century Pennsylvania, and rooted in ancient lore, Groundhog Day is traditionally celebrated on February 2nd. Perhaps the most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil of Gobbler’s Knob, was immortalized in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day featuring Bill Murray. Legend says if the groundhog sees his shadow, we’ll have six more weeks of winter. [...]
I love romances. Really. I write them and read them. But there are some things in romance novels that just make me crazy, and I know I’m not the only one. In no particular order these things irritate me: 1 . The heroine has tiny feet. How many people actually think of their own [...]
Well, here I am back at the junction again to share another word of the month. I kind of like the idea, actually – it’s like each month I have something new to work on and develop and learn. Last month I talked about productivity and how the fall gets me all juiced up for [...]
A few years ago, my hubby and I took a leaf-peeper trip throughout New England, and the blinding colors of Massachusetts’ Berkshires and Vermont’s Green Mountains still glow in my memory. But I got to thinking about the kind of autumn offering we might have out here in the West. Searching around a little, I [...]
Just north of Dodgeville, Wisconsin, atop a rocky bluff with a view of a tree-filled valley, sits an architectural marvel of unique rooms, streets, gardens and shops called “House on the Rock.” Envisioned, designed and mostly built by architect Alex Jordan Jr., this house is an amazing combination of talent and whimsy. Built, literally, into [...]
When I was a kid, I had a real thing about horses. I wanted one, but growing up on an apple farm meant we didn’t have a barn or pasture to keep one (or two). My solution was to suggest 4-H – using a horse from a nearby farm. But that meant having to drive [...]
Okay, so neither the title or the picture are quite right since I walked about 15 miles today (not exactly REST or RELAXATION, but it was FUN :) ) and someone forgot to pack the fishing gear. But at least we made it out of Dodge earlier this week, minus my cell phone (how is [...]
Before we get into the world of villains, desperados and scoundrels, I’d like to say how happy I am to be rejoining the Fillies at Petticoat Junction! Thank you for having me back. As usual, life has a way of dictating to you, rather than the other way around – I find I’m destined (gratefully [...]
Hello folks. Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my Honey Bee post. I used my handy-dandy random number generator to select a winner of the giveaway and came up with Laney4. Laney4, if you will contact me via my website with your mailing address, I’ll get a copy of my book right out to you. Thanks again [...]
1. It is always possible to find a parking spot directly outside or opposite the building you are visiting. This also applies to a building you are surveying in the dark to spy on someone. There is always an open spot on the street with a view of the exact window you need to see. [...]
