Who was causing all the flat tires in Broadwater County? What was the Sherrif's solution to a knife fight in the streets? Why did the deputy's son enter the bank with a shotgun? How did Whiskey save her life? Read four hilarious true tales from S. C. Zipp's days as a Montana Deputy. The first in a series of "Montana Nuggets"--slice of life stories that preserve the people and places that are uniquely Montana.
About the Authors
S. C. ZippS. C. Zipp once wrestled an entire stick of butter down the throat of a bloated ewe while wearing nothing but her bright red nightgown--only to discover her bemused neighbor standing in the barn door thinking what a great story this was going to be to tell his friends. But that was a minor footnote in the adventures of a lifelong Montana rancher who hobnobbed with gamblers and bartenders at the age of 4, started breaking horses and selling them at 11, was her class valedictorian, elected a school board member at 22, and became a deputy sheriff in her forties when female deputies were non-existent in Montana.
Born with one arm, S. C. never let anything stand in her way, whether it was sharp shooting, horseback riding, or raising four rambunctious boys. She met her husband of 66 years in a kissing contest. Since his death 3 years ago, she's lived alone near one of her sons on her two thousand acre ranch which was once nearly twice that size, nestled near Montana’s Elkhorn Mountains. She has been actively engaged in all phases of ranching all her life and has owned and operated three businesses, one of which involved selling and installing wall coverings. In that capacity she was often referred to as the one-armed paper-hanger. The other two were a tire shop and upholstery business. Now nearly 85, S. C. still enjoys painting, crocheting, gardening, baking her own bread, and writing both fiction and real stories of the people and places that have made her life so rich. |
J. J. WolfJ. J. Wolf grew up in small town Idaho where she skied, rode horeses, worked in the potatoes, and took Hunter's Education as part of her sixth grade curiculum.
She still enjoys skiing and riding horses, but hopes to never work in the potatoes again. Despite her early training, she's never once gone hunting. She lives in the green forests of Western Washington. She's mom to four kids and a very spoiled dog, works in a high school library, and writes Young Adult mysteries under a different name, (but she'll tell you what it is if you ask.) Whatever the genre she likes to surprise her readers and make them question everything they thought they knew about the characters she writes. |