Kathy Murphy

The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” Blog Featuring Murphy’s Law!

August 21, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, Welcome to my little cabin in the woods, Murphy's Law. This is where I live at Holly Lake Ranch, Texas and where I have added my Art Studio by enclosing my former carport, shed, into my glass enclosed artist working space. Today I will in my "Feather Your Nest" I will focus on the outside of my home as that is important too! Thank you for coming by for a visit! Here is one of the wreaths I have created from my forest finds to decorate my home. This bird feeder greets …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” and Ironically, with CATS!

August 20, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, Today's post on "Feather Your Nest" is all about cats. Mine in fact, Ferrelina my gray and white rescued ferrel kitten and Rush, my sleek little tabby also a rescue. I have had so many pets through the years, dogs, cats, and my daughters had lizards, turtles, frogs, once a flying squirrel, hermit crabs, if they could catch it, we had a new pet. Once Lainie came in the house wearing lizard earrings as each one she caught clamped down on an ear lob. It was pretty alarming to …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” Blog Features Lighting!

August 19, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers! Today on my "Feather Your Nest" I am going to talk about lighting in my little cabin in the woods, Murphy's Law. Most of the lighting in my home comes from either unique finds at estates sales, antique and resale shops, but mostly designer Angie Hudson of Made in the Shade in Jefferson, Texas! I love her lamps and light features so much they are throughout my home. Pictured above is the birdcage light fixture that I embellished, because I can never leave well …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” with Travel Souvenirs!

August 18, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, No matter where I go, I always bring back something that reminds me of that trip. Above, these are little raku ceramic pots that I have picked up from galleries and museums that I have visited all in my little cabin in the woods, Murphy's Law as I "Feather My Nest". This is an African doll that I picked up at the Chicago Art Institute on one of my visits that I have had now for over 25 years. I often go to estate sales and find the most incredible art work …

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The Pulpwood Queens Talks about Armchair Reading on “Feather Your Nest”!

August 17, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, Today I wish to talk about "Feathering Your Nest" with books. I have armchair traveled around the world reading especially during this time of social distancing. Above you will see some of the reads and books of my now fascination with all the storytelling of India cinema all displayed on my living room coffee table. I love the colorful world of Bollywood, the costumes, the cinematography, the dance, and songs, but especially the storytelling. My dear friend, …

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The Pulpwood Queen Launches “Feather Your Nest”!

August 16, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers! Today I am launching a NEW blog called "Feather Your Nest" which will be a monthly blog on my Pulpwood Queen authors, writers, book club members, and art clients homes that have purchased my art for their homes. We will get to know how they "Feather Their Nest" as we learn of their decorating styles, their collections, whether art, books, or from their travels. We will learn of their favorite books, their libraries, and what books they may have written or are writing. And the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Film Club Kicks Off TONIGHT, Saturday, August 15, 2020!

August 15, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Readers and Film buffs! I have just created on Facebook a NEW way to have some fun during our time of social distancing with the launch of The Pulpwood Queen Film Club, please join and bring all your friends. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112701/ Tonight at 6:30 p.m, I will be doing a LIVE Facetime at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time as we Kick Off our very first Watch Party for our first film to watch together "Cold Comfort Farm". Unfortunately the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Talks about her Favorite and Most Despicable! Book Characters!

August 13, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, A question was posed to me this morning of which I was tagged by my friend Kristen Chambers as follows. "Reading friends, what literary characters come to mind when asked which one(s) do you love? And which do you loathe? I don’t mean how well or how poorly written the characters are. I’m talking about the ones who make your heart swell, who you’d admire if they were to come to life, who you’d want for a neighbor, best friend or mate; and the ones who are so despicable …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” Blog Coming Soon!

August 4, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

I had to share this as working on a NEW monthly blog that I will be posting on our Pulpwood Queen Book Club Member and Author's homes at www.thepulpwoodqueens.com blog page. As I have been selling my paintings, I have been in awe of the homes that my artworks are going into for their new homes. Who wants to see some incredible homes? Home is where we "feather our nest" with our libraries, our collections, and featured artworks all surrounded by the things we love. …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares an Outstanding Art Teacher Story!

July 31, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2qOOqgP8pw&vl=en Dear Readers, "Like stars on earth" every child is special, I love this phrase as so very true. Most of my adult life I have worked with children whether as Sunday School teacher, Youth Group leader, Youth choir director, Girl Scouts, or doing story times and events when I was Children's Manager and Buyer for an independent bookstore. I have won twice, from the National Women's Book Council, the Lucile Michele Pannell Award for …

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The Pulpwood Queen Champions Women’s Stories!

July 29, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers! I am passionate about many things, books, art, fashions, decorating, collecting, theater, music, films and breaking stereotypes. When I wrote my first book "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing Book Sharing Guide to Life" I talked at great length about not judging a book by it's cover. I was interviewed once for a radio program in New York via phone from my hair salon/book store, Beauty and the Book. He kept making remarks, like, "Are you chewing gum as you backcomb that …

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The Pulpwood Queen’s Narrow Escape This Saturday Morning!

July 25, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, Before dawn I packed a bag, grabbed my laptop, and a bag of books as I was traveling to my daughters to pet sit her animals until the first of the month. I left at dark as they were to leave around 6:00 a.m. for a trip so driving is a great time for me to ponder life's big questions. As I went around a blind curve driving the speed limit suddenly in front of me was a multiple truck, boat, and car wreck. No time to hardly hit the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares a Great Story from Author/Songwriter Layng Martine, Jr.

July 22, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

RIDING OUT OF THE BOX When my wife Linda was crippled in a car accident years ago, we had to adapt. Quickly. After the shock, the tears, the fear and the steep learning curve subsided, instead of thinking of all the things we could no longer do together...hike, ride bikes, play tennis etc...we began to think of all the things that were still possible for us. Chief among those possibilities were car rides out into the country to towns and villages with cafes, bookstores, local bakeries. We’d …

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The Pulpwood Queen on her Forever Quest for the NEXT BEST READ!

July 18, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers! During this time of social distancing during the Covid - 19 global pandemic I have been on a mission to read, write, paint, create, feather my nest, and to educate, enlighten, and entertain myself to keep me fully engaged in turning a negative into a positive. I have learned how to be alone with myself. A daunting task because I am no easy person to be with, I can't sit still. I need work, good work to keep me busy and have found it so never been more productive in my …

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The Pulpwood Queen Wants You to Watch This Film, “Billu”!

July 12, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjT_s3m6t2Y&list=PLJ7Ozx-BB0y0EqP8TJNx3OGQG3L7AdN5U&index=20&t=0s&app=desktop Dear Readers, I watched this film some time ago and shortly after one of it's stars, Irrfan Khan, died suddenly and I have been mourning ever since. You may recognize him from the film, "Slumdog Millionaire" but every role he has played is sheer gold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_agFp1PMnM I want you all to watch this film either on youtube.com or …

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The Pulpwood Queen Presents Heidi Surber Teichgraeber!

July 8, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers! This is the first of a series of videos that we have done this week . Facebook has made some changes so trying to figure out the new way to share so hope this works! https://www.facebook.com/stefania.chance/videos/10219378264469650 Kathy L. Murphy Artist/Author/Founder of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs and Author of "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" P.O. Box 1220 Hawkins, Texas 75765 - …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares her Valentine Writing Room!

June 28, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author, Mary Ann Henry wanted to know where I wrote at home and this is my home office in all it’s creative chaotic glory! This is where I email you, send my blog posts, and work on my three books in progress! All these cherry reds to rose pinks get me fired up. Create the space that get your creative juices flowing! This is my Valentine Writing Room and my life’s blood pouring out on the page word by word to you! This is my Valentine year …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares Her Decorating at her Home, Murphy’s Law!

June 27, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

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The Pulpwood Queen Wants to Connect Through the Sharing of Stories!

June 23, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGt03Bodo0&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0-YAHZH7xZ4Vo8tCeLY8IeUCV2I-OOoU_VBiVirjY2BF7k0WXFDc1RFl4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhvoF2E7tG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ABS5WCnZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlqXBBceJ2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATNEB6X110E&t=14s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ9fQpwTQMk&t=10s …

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The Pulpwood Queen Welcomes All New Authors and Members To Our Book Club!

June 22, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, During this Coronavirus pandemic we have had a considerable rise in New Pulpwood Book Club Members and those joining all my Facebook pages including Breathless Bubbles & Books. Let me begin with our story so we can all be on the same page on exactly what is The Pulpwood Queens and yes, Timber Guys Book Clubs, the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world. Our motto is "where Tiaras (or Crowns) are mandatory and reading our good books is the ONLY RULE." …

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The Pulpwood Queen Has Breaking News Regarding 2022 Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend!

June 19, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS! The Pulpwood Queens Book Club annual convention to restart January 2022 on Martin Luther King Weekend has now partnered with The Pat Conroy Literary Center and The Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Each will have their own panel and so very, very excited. You can check out both their websites at www.patconroyliterarycenter.org Jonathan Haupt, The Executive Director of The Pat Conroy Literary …

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The Pulpwood Queen Announces January 2021 Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections!

June 16, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

https://www.facebook.com/IamSRK/photos/a.745346912158241/1379643965395196/?type=3&theater With every visionary I have found that all the success they have in this life they earned it through their hard, hard work. Take the responsibility to be what you want to see and earn it. Work hard and read. It's all about the story. So for 2021, I, as the founder of The Pulpwood Queen International Book Club will be selecting a book each of the 12 months as a book club selection but also to be …

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The Pulpwood Queen Welcomes Guest Blogger, Author, Connor Garrett!

June 13, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Writing a Fantasy Novel with My Dad During Protests, Power Outages, and a Pandemic By Connor Judson Garrett Twenty-seven years ago, I met Kevin N. Garrett, a man that would one day become my writing partner. He also happens to be my father. When I was a kid, he used to tell my older brother and I his mashed-up remixes of fairy tales, such as Little Blue Riding Hood and The Medicinal Tequila, and Robin Hood and The Three Little Pigs. After the Harry Potter series …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares her Love for “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee!

June 9, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD07PKGvh6Y&t=448s Dear Readers! When I was a child I watched this film and it had a profound effect on me. First of all, the child actress Mary Badham portrayed in the character of Scout reminded me so much of myself. I was such a tomboy and still am. I would have given anything to wear overalls to school but school policy was little girls had to wear dresses. So I totally related to this character but then I got caught up in the story. I grew up in a …

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The Pulpwood Queen in Planning Stages of Going more DIVERSE and GLOBAL!

June 8, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, Besides all I do, this week's focus is on global literacy. I am already hard at work to get more people on board our Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reading Nation and to find more books of diversity of from writers and authors around the world. This coming year's theme is "A Whole New World" and get ready for some exciting news as we proceed into our 21st year of reading altogether as Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club readers. To join go to …

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The Pulpwood Queen Announces 2021 Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend Cancelled!

June 1, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens Book Club Members, our Authors, and Book Lovers Everywhere, After much sincere consideration and discussion with my Pulpwood Queen staff and with deep sadness we have decided to be safe and cancel our 2021 Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend, January 14 - 16, 2021 in Jefferson, Texas. Many factors went into this decision but mostly because all other festivals and events in this world, especially in Jefferson, Texas, have cancelled to keep people safe in this time of social …

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The Pulpwood Queen Announces NEW Breathless Bubbles & Books READS!

March 20, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

The Pulpwood Queen Announces NEW Breathless Bubbles & Books READS! Press Release for Immediate Release: March 19, 2020 The Pulpwood Queen is pleased to announce as the NEW administrator of the Breathless Bubbles and Books NEW pairings of our Official Pulpwood Queens Book Club Books to be paired with Breathless Wines for our Breathless Bubbles & Books! JANUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years edited by Susan Cushman, introduction by Kathy L. …

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The Pulpwood Queen Has Breaking News!

February 8, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, First the good news or the bad news? I'll go with the good news. Our 20th Anniversary Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend was a huge success. You know you have done good when one of your authors, and a dear one to me I might add, wrote a feature for Southern Writer's Magazine on her take on the event. Thank you Claire Fullerton and Southern Writer's Magazine! Here is the link …

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The Pulpwood Queen Press Release On All the Winners and Awards at our 20th Anniversary Girlfriend Weekend!

January 24, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Kathy L. Murphy Founder of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club and our Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend Book Club Convention Email: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com Website: www.thepulpwoodqueens.com January 24, 2020 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jefferson, Texas - As the founder of The Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reading Nation, now at nearly 800 chapters making us the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world, am happy to announce the following Awards and Winners at …

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The Pulpwood Queen Recognizes and Bows to the Feet of my Girlfriend Weekend Volunteers!

January 21, 2020 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

You all I am a bit under the weather, perhaps a cold, just overdoing it as usual, but just give me a chance to recoup and get caught up here as unpacking soon my camper and car. I would certainly appreciate it! But in the meantime, I have something to say that is important. All the people working my 20th Anniversary Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend are volunteers. They need to be recognized and treated like Queens and Kings. Service Above Self, they gave it there all. So for those …

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