You know, some things just take on a life of their own. There seems to be a whole lot of bloggers out there in the world and a whole lot of people who read them and every once in awhile, something extraordinary happens. A blog hits the big time…goes viral…changes the world and starts its own revolution. That’s what happened to Ree Drummond, (The Pioneer Woman) who lives on a working cattle ranch in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Drummond explains, “I planned to attend law school in Chicago and live in a big city, but plans changed when I met and married my husband, Ladd Drummond, a fourth-generation member of a cattle ranching family, whom I call “the Marlboro Man.”
She began blogging in 2006 on topics ranging from ranch life; her transition from city girl to country girl; her four children to her very cute husband. After about a year she posted her first recipe on “How to Cook a Steak” accompanied by 20 photos explaining the cooking process step by step and the rest as they say is history. Her blogs are filled with family stories; country living, and step-by-step cooking instructions. Not to forget her elaborate food; life and ranch photography. Her blog, Confessions of a Pioneer Woman, won honors at the Weblog Awards in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and in 2009 it took the top prize as Weblog of the Year. As of September 2009, Drummond’s blog reportedly receives 13 million page views per month. (You might want to read that again).
In 2009, she published a cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl which shot to the top of the New York Times Best Sellers List. It exudes her trademark charm, pictures and really great recipes!
On her blog, she also wrote a series titled: “From Black Heels to Tractor Wheels – A Love Story” which detailed her move from Los Angeles to Chicago after she met said rancher/ cowboy and changed her life plans. That series has just been published as a book on Valentine’s Day 2011.
On the fly leaf, Ree explains the book this way:
“Read along as I recount the rip-roaring details of my unlikely romance with a chaps-wearing cowboy, from the early days of our courtship (complete with cows, horses, prairie fire, and passion) all the way through the first year of our marriage, which would be filled with more challenge and strife—and manure—than I ever could have expected. This isn’t just my love story; it’s a universal tale of passion, romance, and all-encompassing love that sweeps us off our feet. It’s the story of a cowboy…and Wranglers…and chaps…and the girl who fell in love with them.”
To make all this even more fun the movie rights have been sold to Columbia Pictures. Reese Witherspoon is rumored to be playing Ree. How cool is that. -Norma
One of Ree's pictures of her Marlboro Man
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