Pine Bluffs Winter Author’s Festival

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I will be at the Pine Bluffs Winter Authors Festival Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School, 607 Elm Street. Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, is 40 miles and 40 minutes east of Cheyenne.

I will have copies of all my books:

–Cheyenne Birds by the Month

–Cheyenne Garden Gossip

–The Best of Cheyenne Bird Banter (new)

–Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice

–Dear Diary (World War I era)

When I’m selling my books in person, I round up the price by 5 cents and include sales tax–giving you a 6 percent discount. I can take cash or checks but not credit cards.

There will be a wide variety of authors from the tri-state area, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.

While you are there, check out the nature trails accessible from the rest area on the south side of the Pine Bluffs I-80 exit rest area.

Cheyenne Local Author Celebration Oct. 11, 2025

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The Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., is hosting a new style of local author event Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. There will be workshops for authors in the morning and a Book Fair from 2 – 4 p.m. to which the public is invited. It will feature nearly two dozen Cheyenne authors of many genres–fantasy, romance, history, self-help, children’s books, etc.

I will have copies for sale of my newest book, The Best of Cheyenne Bird Banter ($24, see link for local and online availability and coverage by the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, https://cheyennebirdbanter.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/the-best-of-cheyenne-bird-banter/). I can take checks and cash.

And I’ll also have:

“Cheyenne Garden Gossip” – $25 (usually $24.90 plus tax)

“Cheyenne Birds by the Month” – $23 (usually $22.95 plus tax)

“Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice” – $10 (usually $9.95 plus tax)

I also have a couple copies of “Dear Book, The 1916-1920 Diary of Gertrude Oehler Witte” – $23 (usually $22.95 plus tax). It is not available online.

Book sale and signing

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I will be at the Author Celebration Oct. 12, 2024, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., at the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming, along with other local authors selling and signing their books. Stop by and say hi!

I’ll be able to take cash and checks. My prices will be slightly discounted. If you aren’t able to attend, check here: https://yuccaroadpress.com/buy/.

“Cheyenne Garden Gossip” – $25 (usually $24.90 plus tax)

“Cheyenne Birds by the Month” – $23 (usually $22.95 plus tax)

“Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice” – $10 (usually $9.95 plus tax)

I also have a couple copies of “Dear Book, The 1916-1920 Diary of Gertrude Oehler Witte” – $23 (usually $22.95 plus tax). It is not available online.

I’m also bringing a sample copy of “Cheyenne Bird Banter, 25 Years of Bird and Birdwatching News,” which is only available online via Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Library book signing Nov. 25

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I’ll be at the Local Author Celebration at the Laramie County Library Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. I’ll have copies of all three of my books for sale (cash, check or Zelle),:

— “Cheyenne Birds by the Month – 104 Species of Southeastern Wyoming’s Resident and Visiting Birds” – $23

–“Cheyenne Garden Gossip – Locals Share Secrets for High Plains Gardening Success” – $25

–“Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice – How to Help Your Quilt Live to 100” – $10

–“Dear Book – The 1916-1920 Diary of Gertrude Oehler Witte” – orders, $23

Signing special: All prices include sales tax.

If you only have a credit card, pick up books at one of these Cheyenne locations and bring them by for signing: 307 Made, Barnes & Noble, Bonsai Books, Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Cheyenne Depot Museum, Cheyenne Honey, Curt Gowdy State Park, the Hawthorn Tree, JAX, Riverbend Nursery, Sunshine Plant Company, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Headquarters, Wyoming State Museum.

See more about my books at https://yuccaroadpress.com/.

Local authors at library Oct. 22

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Laramie County Library is featuring a “Local Author Celebration” this Saturday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room at the library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

I will be there from 1 – 5 p.m., selling copies of all of my books including “Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice,” “Cheyenne Birds by the Month” and “Cheyenne Garden Gossip.” And I’ll have a pen if you want them signed.

There will be 27 local authors besides me including some of my favorites: Bob Budd, Karen Cotton, Mary Gillgannon, Ann Muirhead, Michael T. Shay.

Half of the authors will be there from 10-1 and half from 1-5, so come from 12 to 2 and catch all of us!

“Quilt Care” book at Eclectic Elephant

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If you are in Cheyenne, you can now pick up my “Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice” book at the Eclectic Elephant, 112 W. 18th Street. Look for Jan’s booth, righthand side, in front, with vintage quilts.

Jan’s Nature Booth, on the left side, part way down, is carrying my “Cheyenne Birds by the Month” book.

Find it at

the Eclectic Elephant,

112 W. 18th St.,

Cheyenne, Wyoming

WSQG Featured Quilter!

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A few months ago, Wyoming State Quilt Guild “Patchwords” newsletter editor Virginia Ohr asked if I’d like to be a featured quilter. I said sure. I’ve been a member since the guild started in the late 1990s. As I wrote answers to Virginia’s questions, I realized how much of my quilting story happened in Wyoming–as far back as 1980!

Read it here (scroll to page 7): https://wsqg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/PWDec20op.pdf.

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum picks up “Quilt Care” book

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The current Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum exhibit celebrates the museum’s 30th anniversary. Photo by Barb Gorges.

On a trip last week to Golden, Colorado, I visited the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, www.rmqm.org, to see the 30th anniversary exhibit of quilts from their collection.

I met executive director Karen Roxburgh. She was enthusiastic about “Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice,” so I left my last five black and white copies with her for the gift shop (Any reorders will be in color.)

I hadn’t visited the museum since it moved to this bright new location. The main gallery is well-lit and spacious. The current exhibit includes a variety from art quilts to utility quilts, antique to contemporary, made by groups and prize-winning quilters.

In the small gallery is an exhibit dedicated to the quilts of museum founder Eugenia Mitchell. Some are quilts she collected and some she made.

And there’s a gift shop, of course! Quilting notions, books and reproduction fabrics for several different eras—and friendly staff.

Opening Oct. 19, a new phase of the 30th anniversary show will feature RMQM’s crazy quilt collection. The small gallery will be featuring “Through a Lens,” a solo exhibit for Kathy Suprenant, winner of RMQM’s 2019 Evolutions Exhibition. Both exhibits will be up through Jan. 17, 2021.

The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Saturday. Don’t forget your mask. They are closed on Sundays but look for their Sunday Zoom programs.

“Quilt Care” full-color edition available on Amazon

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My “Quilt Care, Construction and Use Advice” book, subtitled “How to Help Your Quilt Live to 100,” is available in full color on Amazon, HERE.

This summer, graphic designer Chris Hoffmeister prepped it for uploading to IngramSpark, a print-on-demand distributor that works with Amazon and other retailers.

I still have a limited number of locally printed black and white edition copies available for $9.95 each plus applicable sales tax (Wyoming only) and the cost of your preferred shipping method (as low as $3-$4 for Media Mail which takes a week). Contact me at bgorges2@gmail.com.

Local Author Day, Cheyenne

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QuiltCareFCSaturday, September 14, 2019, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Laramie County Library

2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming

I will be one of the authors from around the region selling and signing books:

—Quilt Care Construction and Use Advice, How to Help Your Quilt Live to 100 and

—Cheyenne Birds by the Month, 104 Species of Southeastern Wyoming’s Resident and Visiting Birds.

This year the library is partnering with Arts Cheyenne for the Cheyenne Arts Celebration “to celebrate a large and diverse collective of local artists.”

Make a day of it–get your lunch or snack at the Library Cafe! The entire event closes at 4 p.m.