San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Art Museum: As Reported by WWW Member Mary Trimble

While in San Antonio, Texas to attend the 2019 Women Writing the West conference, we toured the amazing Briscoe Western Art Museum. It was a tour to remember. The museum is housed in a renovated historical building, a 1930s structure that once served as the city’s library. The Briscoe, located downtown San Antonio on theContinue reading "San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Art Museum: As Reported by WWW Member Mary Trimble"

New Release: LADY LAW AND THE TEXAS DERANGERS by WWW Member Xina Marie Uhl

Cowboys, Indians, and Outlaws. It may be 1892 but the Old West is still alive and kicking in the dusty west Texas town of Abalone. When a bad batch of coleslaw kills Texie Cortez’s father she takes over his old job: Sheriff. Texie’s proud of how she keeps the gunslingers away and the cowpokes inContinue reading "New Release: LADY LAW AND THE TEXAS DERANGERS by WWW Member Xina Marie Uhl"

WWW Member Sarah Byrn Rickman Honored by Aviation Associations

Sarah Byrn Rickman, author of 9 books about the WASP -- the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II -- has been doubly honored. Rickman has been named the recipient of the 17th Annual Combs-Gates Award from the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF.)  In addition, she is one of several chosen for inductionContinue reading "WWW Member Sarah Byrn Rickman Honored by Aviation Associations"

NEW RELEASE: From Our Home To Yours: Homestead Vegetables – Rhubarb by Ann Edall-Robson

Rhubarb. Is it a fruit for a vegetable? In the pages of From Our Home To Yours: Homestead Vegetables - Rhubarb, the much-maligned, yet versatile rhubarb embarks on a culinary journey. Rhubarb is a vegetable, and one that has travelled the world to eventually riddle homesteads across the land. A mainstay for many of theContinue reading "NEW RELEASE: From Our Home To Yours: Homestead Vegetables – Rhubarb by Ann Edall-Robson"

Living in Living History

Written by WWW Member Susan D. Matley This May I went “live” with a new project, portraying Matilda Sager Delaney for Fort Walla Walla Museum’s Living History program. The project incorporates many of my loves- -history, research, writing and performing. There are probably as many formats of historic reenactment as there are historical museums andContinue reading "Living in Living History"

Early Bird! 2019 WWW Conference Info

By Sara Dahmen, WWW blog coordinator It’s time to think about the WWW conference! If you haven’t checked your mail recently, don’t forget to head out to the mailbox and peek in to see if you’ve received your letter from the board and committee putting on the 2019 conference in San Antonio, TX. Plus, it’sContinue reading "Early Bird! 2019 WWW Conference Info"