I put Boofy’s painted windows in my Christmas Bucket List book last year because they were well done, happy, and very specific to the pet store. But I have to say, I think this year’s windows are even better. They make you smile!

I signed books at Boofy’s, Saturday, with the ultimate cowboy – Slim Randles. I could listen to Slim’s stores all day!

Boofy’s still has some signed books for kids and adults or almost adults left. There is nothing better than a booksigning with a bunch of really good-looking dogs and cats. Oh, of course there was Santa too!


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We have made it with 100 entries. So appropriate in the middle of book signings and a busy weekend. See the sign at Bookworks?

Slim Randles will be at Boofy’s Best at noon Saturday. Boofy’s is located at PETroglyph Plaza - talk about great! If you go on Plaza del Norte west it dumps you at Golf Course and Boofy’s is to the left of Smith’s.

Slim will be signing Ol’ Jimmy Dollar for kids and his new Cowboy Bucket List book that just won an Winner in the NM & AZ Book Awards. He will have some other books there too.

I will be there with the Christmas Bucket List book that has Boofy’s windows in it. They are worth seeing!

We will be with Santa but ALSO, if you buy a book you get FREE a More Pet Friends book. Talk about cool! Come over and say HI!

Also Pat Hodapp is at the Santa Fe Women’s Club Holiday Event on Saturday. She is signing her Santa Fe Bucket List. We are so proud of the book because today we are making emergency refills to stores in Santa Fe. We are happy to do it! Get it at Collected Works, Garcia Street Books, op cit, Santa Fe Botanical Gardens Store, Museums of New Mexico store, Kimberly’s Hallmark, Marcy Street Cards, and more!

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Last night was the NM & AZ Book Awards Banquet and the Winners in the Book Awards were announced. I am very happy to say that all of the Bucket List Books entered received awards.

Cowboy Bucket List Book - Winner
Green Chile Cheeseburger List Books – Winner
Space Buff’s Bucket List Book – Winner
AND
Santa Fe Bucket Book List Book – 2 Winners – First Book & Small Book Cover

The books sell very well and are now Winners. What more could you ask for?

To mark the win – the four Bucket List Books are $10 (plus postage) Saturday and Sunday (this offer expires at midnight on Nov 20, 2016. Why $10? It is to mark the 10th Anniversary of the NM & AZ Book Awards. Don’t delay because this is a really good deal!

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Kicking the Bucket List has been very popular with both people who want to downsize and family or friends SUGGESTING downsizing. It is a gift that can start a conversation. Order on Amazon HERE

The Cowboy Bucket List book is for those cowboys or almost cowboys who need a little spur to get going. Order on Amazon HERE

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We were thrilled to be invited to the ceremony for Ollie Reed Jr. & Rod Taylor, who received the Max Evans Rounders Award from The New Mexico Department of Agriculture and the New Mexico Governor’s Mansion in Santa Fe ear;her this week. Slim Randles, author of the Cowboy Bucket List book and previous Rounder winner was there along with Don Bullis who was also a Rounder winner. Of course Max and Pat Evans were there. We are friends of Ollie’s and he was truly touched to have received the award. Ollie is a good-old-boy!

One of the guests was Pat Hodapp, the author of the Santa Fe Bucket List book. She will be speaking today at Women Write the West Conference in Santa Fe. Pat will also be presenting at the New Mexico Library Association Conference in Albuquerque, November 3 & 4. She is busy!

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The weather is starting to turn fall-like. That means the temperature is getting cooler at night and perfect weather to watch a good cowboy movie. We have some great movies listed in the Cowboy Bucket List book courtesy of Ol’ Don Bullis.

They keep making cowboy movies in hopes there will be a revival. Frankly, there are very few movies likes the old movies. Check them out!


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What can you say about Slim Randles? He competed in the Iditarod, shoots, hunts, fishes, was a journalist in Alaska, California, and New Mexico, and now an author here. He is one of our shining lights and always makes us laugh. Slim has also won a lot of awards for his books – we like that.

After he wrote three adult books for us, I said he had to write a kid’s book. Slim was kicking and screaming but he did it. It was good. And it won awards too! Ol’ Jimmy Dollar is a fun gift for kids. And who can resist those dogs?

So, I asked Slim to write a Cowboy Bucket List book. When I got the manuscript, some of the items were longer than a page – our standard for the series. I said I can edit them with no problem. After I read them I didn’t want to touch them. Slim’s stories ran a little long and who cares? They still are good.

Slim in now working on a Fly Fishing Bucket List book for the spring. He fits that writing in with his syndicated newspaper column and syndicated radio show.

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