Archives for “Weddings”
What the mail order bride ad says: Traditionally built What the ad means: Better reinforce the floors I’ve always loved mail order bride stories. So imagine my delight when I was invited to write one for a collection with Mary Connealy, Robin Lee Hatcher and Debra Clapton. The result is A Bride for All Seasons, [...]
Once upon a time, a handsome schoolmaster married a debutante from across the Mississippi River. Paper Japanese lanterns glowed. Years before, the bride’s grandpa had marched with General William Tecumseh Sherman. She is said to have weighed a whole 98 pounds full-term with child. Of their eight kids, one would become a preacherman. About this [...]
Welcome to our final day of HERE COME THE BRIDES as Cheryl Pierson and Tracy Garrett share scenes of TRUE LOVE from their novels, Fire Eyes and Touch of Texas! FIRE EYES Fire Eyes was my debut novel in 2009. It has since been re-edited and re-released with a new publisher, WESTERN TRAIL [...]
Elizabeth and I are sharing some ceremonies that, well, didn’t quite happen as planned. We’re each giving away a copy of our books today so don’t be a stranger! Excerpt One: from “Marrying Mattie” by Tanya Hanson “Dearly beloved…” Jake, his childhood pal, sounded so masterful and mature Call snickered and Mattie giggled. [...]
Thank you for inviting me back to your blog site for a visit. One Hot Cowboy Wedding hit the book stores last week and I’m so excited. It’s the fourth book in the Spikes & Spurs series and there are three more on the docket behind it. So keep your cowboy hats and your boots [...]
That’s the theme for the upcoming Love Inspired Historical spring wedding anthology, Brides of the West. It won’t be out until April, but my author copies arrived in a nice big box. Time for a giveaway! Leave a comment and I’ll toss your name in the Stetson–a white one to honor weddings. Sometime tonight I’ll [...]
…Mother Of the Bride that is. On Saturday (two days ago when this post goes live) my oldest daughter got married. She is the first of my four children to take this step and it was a very emotional day for me. In fact, I hope you’ll forgive this indulgence, but I’m still too wrapped [...]
Last month I went with a friend to the Texas Tech Museum in Lubbock. The newspaper had advertised that they were displaying their extensive collection of old wedding dresses and I couldn’t wait to see them. They certainly didn’t disappoint. I learned that the museum keeps a ton of things in their basement and [...]
My youngest son is getting married on Saturday! I couldn’t be happier for Dave and Whitney, my new daughter-in-law. It’s our second wedding in eight months. My oldest son and his wife tied the knot in October. In honor of both brides, I thought I’d talk about family wedding memories. My husband and I had a [...]
Today just happens to be my wedding anniversary. And it’s not just any old anniversary – it’s my 35th. So in honor of that auspicious occasion, I thought I’d deviate from my usual western themed posts and instead discuss some fun/interesting notes on a few wedding customs. And yes, the pictures posted are from my [...]
I’ve blogged before about the various settlers in Texas: the Anglos, the Native tribes and the Tejanos, Texans of Mexican or Spanish descent. Today I want to share a scene from my book Her Abundant Joy, which will be released early in 2010. The Tejano Wedding from Her Abundant Joy, third book in my Texas [...]
Well, there is something downright romantic about darling little birds flying in to California from Argentina on the same March day year after year to build their nests in the eaves of a jewel-like California mission. In the 1940’s, the hit song “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano” delighted radio [...]
*Mother of the Bride…seventeen days til my daughter’s wedding. Since I can’t find anywhere that 17 is an unlucky number, I reckon I can regale you with wedding stuff again while I still have my nerves and my mind left. Most of my mind, that is. And I need a chance to showcase the hit of [...]
Debra Clopton and Janet Tronstad are delighted to be guests here at P & P today. We’re both western women and have a fondness for cowboys and their brides. In our June book, “Small-Town Brides,” we tell the story of two cousins who find love in tiny towns, one in Montana and one in [...]
Well, I’ve definitely got weddings on the brain these days, with our daughter Christi getting married soon, Pam Crook’s Kristi a brand-newlywed, Charlene Sands’ son recently engaged…and a mail-order bride book just released! In Marrying Minda, the heroine-bride’s favorite flower is the white rose, and her bridegroom ordered special the big bouquet of them she [...]
Well, I’m both rambunctious and skeered this week. Marrying Minda is set for release. If you like mail-order bride stories (and even if you don’t J) I hope you’ll give it a whirl. The story did well in contests and therefore got some good remarks from judges, but my favorite comment came from a [...]
