Archives for “Oldies, But Goodies”
Recently Lonesome Dove was on television in its entirely, and even though I’ve seen it a dozen times or more, I watched a lot of it. It’s available on Netflix – and I have a DVD. What is it about these characters and their plight that draws us back again and again? Three-dimensional, well-drawn characters, [...]
34 Comments. Posted by Cheryl St.John on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 6:00 am.
Filed under Cattle Drives, Drawing, Legends of the West, Oldies, But Goodies, Texas History, Western Movies, Western Novels, Cheryl St.John, Lonesome Dove.
Quick! Write down your five favorite novels. Don’t think too long or too hard . . . Just pick the first five titles that come to mind regardless of genre or when you read them. I was surprised at the books that immediately leapt to mind. Some are old; some are new. Either way, each one is [...]
23 Comments. Posted by Victoria Bylin on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 2:00 am.
Filed under Inspirational Western Romance, Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses, Love Inspired Historical, Victoria Bylin, western romance.
I had been writing and submitting for several years before I joined an RWA chapter and a local writers group. With the help of other more experienced writers, workshops and conferences, I learned and grew. Those first early projects are still in boxes in a storeroom—where they belong. I truly didn’t know what I was [...]
17 Comments. Posted by Cheryl St.John on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 8:55 am.
Filed under Behind the Book, Oldies, But Goodies, Cheryl St.John.
Since Academy Awards Night is one of my favorite evenings, I thought it might be fun to talk movies. Old favorites, new favorites, worst picks of all time. Let’s start with the positive. Who doesn’t love ET? Star Wars? Gone with the Wind? Wizard of Oz? They’re classics, never to be forgotten. Sometimes I look [...]
19 Comments. Posted by Guest Blogger on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 1:05 am.
Filed under Behind the Book, Drawing, New Releases, Oldies, But Goodies, Western Movies, Cheryl Pierson.
The title for this blog is a bit of hyperbole, but I think it’s true. El Paso by Marty Robbins has been my favorite song for years. It came up at P&P a few weeks ago, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. For those who haven’t heard it, I’m included [...]
24 Comments. Posted by Victoria Bylin on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 2:00 am.
Filed under Inspirational Western Romance, Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses, Love Inspired Historical, Victoria Bylin, Western Music.
I’ll never forget a particular trip to the library. My mom heard about the summer reading program and off we went. It was quite the adventure! The Granada Hills Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library had just opened, and it was right next to Petit Park, another brand new facility. I walked out of [...]
28 Comments. Posted by Victoria Bylin on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 2:00 am.
Filed under Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses, Add new tag, children's books, Love Inspired Historical, Victoria Bylin.
In her post of classic western favorites on Monday, Patricia mentioned Bordertown, and a whole slew of memories ran through my head about this fine show that many western fans have never heard of. So I thought I’d investigate a little about a show I so loved. Bordertown, a Wild Western featuring two lawmen straddling [...]
26 Comments. Posted by Tanya Hanson on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 1:03 am.
Filed under Oldies, But Goodies.
A blessed 2011 to everybody! After I graduated from the giant orange and yellow daisy prints of my college dorm room, I turned my bachelorette apartment turned into a haven of gentle yellow gingham. A few years later, the everyday dishes I selected for our first home bore that theme. One serving bowl relic, left, [...]
15 Comments. Posted by Tanya Hanson on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 1:03 am.
Filed under 19th Century Fashion, Just for Fun, Oldies, But Goodies.
I’m late to the party, but I finally signed up for Facebook. Somewhere in my travels to Walls and Like buttons, I ended up on a Fan Page for my all-time favorite TV series. Did anyone else watch Paradise? It was also called Guns of Paradise. It starred Lee Horsley as Ethan Allen Cord, a [...]
37 Comments. Posted by Victoria Bylin on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 2:00 am.
Filed under Hunky Cowboys, Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses, Victoria Bylin.
My blog day sneaked up on me and I find myself short of words, so I figured this would be a great time to share some cowboy quotes that made me smile (hopefully a few you haven’t heard)…and a little visual inspiration can’t hurt :) Cowboy Wisdom Never approach a bull from the front, a [...]
32 Comments. Posted by Stacey Kayne on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 6:18 am.
Filed under Oldies, But Goodies.
Almost two years ago my husband and I adopted a dog from an organization that rescues abandoned animals. His name is Hartley and he’s a Jack Russell / Beagle mix. He’s a tad bit . . . odd. He licks furniture (gross), and he’s terrified of little girls. Little boys don’t bother him at all. The [...]
35 Comments. Posted by Victoria Bylin on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 3:00 am.
Filed under History - General, Oldies, But Goodies, Western Movies, Victoria Bylin.
I heard a song on the radio the other day that took me way back to the days when westerns dominated the movie screen and the television airwaves. The song was The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Hearing the song immediately put me back in front of the screen reliving scenes from that great [...]
39 Comments. Posted by Winnie Griggs on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 1:13 am.
Filed under Cowboy Music, Filly Fun, Oldies, But Goodies, Western Movies.
There are more than a dozen forms of country music. Who knew? When researching this, because I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC, I was amazed to learn it’s origin and how it has progressed through the decades. Founded in the southern states, country music has its origins in the Appalachian Mountains and has roots in gospel, Celtic [...]
51 Comments. Posted by Charlene Sands on Friday, August 21, 2009 at 1:16 am.
Filed under Cowboy Music, Oldies, But Goodies.
Our special guest today is a reader and reviewer who shares our passion for westerns–and I mean she’s passionate about them in a big way. Kristie Jenner has made it one of her personal missions to interest readers in the genre; in fact, she came up with the idea for the Great Western Challenge this [...]
42 Comments. Posted by Cheryl St.John on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 3:00 am.
Filed under Hunky Cowboys, Oldies, But Goodies, Cheryl St.John, western romance.
“Hold on!’ shouted the trail guide. As I grabbed the saddle horn, the horse I was riding (sitting on would be more accurate) jumped over a narrow creek. Judging by the way my stomach lurched, you’d have thought we’d taken a five-foot fence. Far from it . . . I was on a trail [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Victoria Bylin on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 3:00 am.
Filed under History - General, Oldies, But Goodies, Children's toys, research, Rocking Horses, Victoria Bylin.
Our family is big on games. We’re “gamers” as they say. Whenever we get together either with friends or family, we play our fair share of games. It’s a hoot and a howl and we usually end up laughing our heads off after a few pizzas and beers. Since our kids are grown [...]
46 Comments. Posted by Charlene Sands on Friday, April 17, 2009 at 1:00 am.
Filed under Folklore/Myths/Legends, Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses.
I don’t know about you, but I feel sorry for the United States Post Office. They don’t have a chance against today’s technology, and they admit it. In fact, they’ve lamented they don’t see any glimmer of hope on the horizon and that technology will slowly and surely squeeze out the average consumer’s need to send correspondence [...]
39 Comments. Posted by Pam Crooks on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 3:00 am.
Filed under Oldies, But Goodies.
I’m pouting because no one attempted to guess who was America’s most famous silhouette. But here he is. George Washington himself. Not surprising, since the silhouettes were the rage in his lifetime. Here’s the identities of the silhouettes. Some were easy, several were much tougher. Two, no one guessed correctly. #1 – Benjamin Franklin [...]
4 Comments. Posted by Pam Crooks on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 6:00 pm.
Filed under Oldies, But Goodies.
If you went to school in the 60′s like I did, they probably made a black and white silhouette of you. Though I can’t remember how old I was (six or seven, maybe) I remember the experience - sitting on a chair with a light shining on one side of me and staring straight ahead without moving. I’m [...]
32 Comments. Posted by Pam Crooks on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 3:00 am.
Filed under Oldies, But Goodies.
Will Rogers died before I was born. I never saw any of his movies or heard his voice on the radio. But I feel as if I knew him because he was my dad’s favorite movie star. Dad talked about him a lot, especially on long car trips. Most movie cowboys were city boys with [...]
21 Comments. Posted by Elizabeth Lane on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 1:39 am.
Filed under Legends of the West, Oldies, But Goodies, Western Movies.
I was pleasantly surprised to find a stunning vintage calendar in my mailbox the other day from Harlequin. Celebrating 60 years in the business, they compiled some of their covers in a glorious depiction of what those early days in publishing looked like. Harlequin has made strides in the roles and relevance woman have [...]
46 Comments. Posted by Charlene Sands on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 2:23 am.
Filed under Behind the Book, Oldies, But Goodies, Women in History.
I love trivia. I don’t know why, I’m not a gossip hound. I don’t watch TMZ, the latest hip, trendy gossip show rivaling Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood. But I do love learning snippets of information about people, places or things. By the way, do you know what TMZ stands for? Take a guess. Here’s a [...]
42 Comments. Posted by Charlene Sands on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 12:36 am.
Filed under Behind the Book, Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses.
Take a stroll with me down memory lane and see how many of these things you remember. It’s funny how we forget many trivial things that were, at one time, significant in our lives. Some, I haven’t thought about in years, but once I was reminded, they put a smile on my face and the memories [...]
75 Comments. Posted by Charlene Sands on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 11:59 pm.
Filed under Behind the Book, Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses.
It’s so great to be back on our regular blogging schedules here on P&P. I’ve really missed everyone! I hope you enjoyed the guests and maybe won some fabulous prizes. Today, I’m going to talk about the importance of aprons. I’m not so old that I can’t remember when every wife, mother, and grandmother wore [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Linda Broday on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 3:00 am.
Filed under Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses, Wild West Research.
“If he’d just pay me what he’s paying them to stop me from robbing him, I’d stop robbing him!” That’s Paul Newman’s clever rationalization in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! Those two lovable bankrobbers had some classic lines and put smiles on our faces. “Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?” And [...]
32 Comments. Posted by Charlene Sands on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 9:59 pm.
Filed under Behind the Book, Oldies, But Goodies, Personal Glimpses.
