{"id":4782,"date":"2013-10-07T00:38:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T00:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=4782"},"modified":"2013-10-07T16:17:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T16:17:26","slug":"author-janet-tronstad-her-montana-chokecherry-grandma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/author-shares-story-of-strong-woman\/author-janet-tronstad-her-montana-chokecherry-grandma","title":{"rendered":"Author Janet Tronstad & Her Montana Chokecherry Grandma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Janet<\/a><\/p>\n

My guest today is my good friend author Janet Tronstad, creator of the Dry Creek series for Love Inspired. Janet has a lot to say about her grandmother. Here’s Janet:<\/span><\/p>\n

“What I know about strong women I learned from my grandmother.<\/h2>\n

She lived ninety-one years before dying ten years ago. She wasn\u2019t the fuzzy kind<\/p>\n

of grandmother who baked cookies and kissed boo-boo\u2019s (although I used to wish she was).<\/p>\n

Instead, she was the kind of grandmother who was invited into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame<\/p>\n

because she had worked a large cattle ranch, for decades by herself after my grandfather died.<\/p>\n

She knew how to dig in and never let go.<\/p>\n

\"Janet's<\/a><\/p>\n

I never realized how much she influenced my writing until my sister said to me one day,<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know Mrs. Hargrove?\u201d<\/h2>\n

I nodded. Of course, I knew her, I thought. She has been a pivotal character in my long-
\nstanding Dry Creek series with Love Inspired and I had invented her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just realized she\u2019s grandma,\u201d my sister said.<\/p>\n

I was shocked. She was right. I hadn\u2019t invented Mrs. Hargrove at all. She even wore the<\/p>\n

same kind of housedresses that my grandmother did (gingham cotton with a zipper down the<\/p>\n

front). And orthopedic shoes and gray hair a little mussed.<\/p>\n

\"Dry<\/a>
\nTo purchase, click here. White Christmas in Dry Creek (Return to Dry Creek)<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

My Chokecherry Grandma<\/h2>\n

While Mrs. Hargrove didn\u2019t run a ranch, she still had the same toughness that my<\/p>\n

grandmother did. She didn\u2019t tolerate much nonsense. She was a faithful woman who believed<\/p>\n

in God. She\u2019d empty her pantry if a neighbor was in trouble. I once compared the Montana<\/p>\n

chokecherry to Mrs. Hargrove and it is equally fitting as a tribute to my grandmother. The<\/p>\n

chokecherry isn\u2019t sweet, but it has a rich strong flavor that makes a syrup fit for a king\u2019s<\/p>\n

pancakes.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see a little bit of Mrs. Hargrove in my latest, A White Christmas in Dry Creek,<\/em> but<\/p>\n

if you want to read her own story, it is available on ebook in A Dry Creek Courtship<\/em>.
\nTo purchase, click here. A Dry Creek Courtship<\/a>\"\"“–Janet<\/p>\n

\u00a0Thanks, Janet. I love that old photo too. Both your grandparents have very “detemined” chins. \ud83d\ude42 QUESTION: Do you like Montana stories?\u00a0 Have you ever compared someone you know to a fruit, vegetable, animals, etc? If so, share!–Lyn
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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