Colleen Hall

[Colleen Hall @ColleenGHall]

Yesterday I attended a patriotic service honoring the victims of 9/11. The service was emotional and uplifting, and I must admit I was moved to tears as I heard first-person accounts from one of those fire-fighters and other first responders who had been there. Never forget!

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I wanted to share one of my most loyal writing companions with you! Meet Punky, my orange tabby cat. He is my constant shadow when I'm home. He usually likes to sit beside my chair at the desk patiently waiting while I write or curls up beside me and naps.

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"A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it." - Samuel Johnson #wednesdaythought

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$25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

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$25 Amazon gift card giveaway coming on Friday ���🎉

Have you read Wounded Heart? If so, this contest should be pretty easy! Make sure to follow my page on Facebook and keep an eye out on Friday 👀

#giveaway #Contest #bookcontest

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In Wounded Heart the hero, Shane Hunter, rides a gray grulla mustang like the one in this picture. Readers have asked me what is a grulla horse. A grulla horse is usually gray or sometimes dun with black points and a black dorsal stripe down the back.

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Vacations are great when you can read a good book next to a beautiful view. ☀️

#books #lake #vacations #Fridaymorning #Fridayfeeling

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Happy Father's Day to all of the amazing Dads out there! Sending you a lot of love on your special day. #HappyFathersDay #FathersDay

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Hominy could be ground into grits—slightly coarser than cornmeal. Grits are traditionally eaten for breakfast with butter and milk, or made into breads and puddings. #grits #Southern #Food

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#FridayFun I needed a spa day.

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Hominy was adopted from the Indians and became a basic food for pioneers. It is hulled corn. Pioneers removed the hulls by soaking the grains of corn in a weak wood lye. Washed and boiled until it was tender, hominy was often served in place of potatoes. #hominy #oldwest #Food

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Once settled, pioneers grew corn to make cornbread. Wheat was not as common, so biscuits made from wheat flour were served only on Sunday or for guests. The simplest kind of cornbread was the johnnycake or journey-cake. Cornmeal was mixed with water, salt, and dough. #cornbread

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The pioneers brought dried corn on the journey west and would grind it into meal to make cakes and breads. Corn meal lasted well on the trail west and sometimes pioneers were able to trade with Native Americans for cornmeal if needed. https://t.co/SBiODaTdhm #oldwest #Bread

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If pioneers ran out of flour, they made acorn bread or cornbread. Acorns are plentiful in some parts of the U.S. They can be roasted and ground. I can’t imagine the work. The Indians made flour from acorns, and some pioneers did too. #oldwest https://t.co/UGO15tY5BP #Food #bread

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#FridayFun

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When bacon ran out, pioneers made do with salt pork. It's a chunk of fat with a little pork meat running through it. Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers were issued salt pork as rations & ate it with frypan bread. Southerners still use #saltpork to season veggies. #oldwest #Food

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Hardtack was the staple when pioneers had few supplies to make bread; it was just flour and water. One recounting says "The dryness sucks out any moisture from your mouth." They've been a staple for militaries for centuries. https://t.co/Xz6Uq42rig #oldwest #bread #hardtack

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For pioneers, baking bread on the trail was difficult. Frying pan bread was common --basically, biscuits cooked in a frying pan. Most flour was whole grain, not bleached flour. Recipe: 1 c. flour; 1 tsp. bkg powder; 1/4 tsp. salt; Water. https://t.co/mBFJHpMr7k #bread #oldwest