MAY, 2023 |
ISSUE 347 |
NEWS | QSALTLAKE MAGAZINE | 41
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Petunia’s Perils are Now in Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle Petunia Pap Smear has been writing and publishing her perils in QSaltLake Magazine for 15 years. That’s over 175 columns of her best and worst times. Now, you can get all of them in one place — a 355-page book available in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle through Amazon.
setting Utah State University on fire, losing his keys in a cruisy park restroom … you get the picture. Ruby Ridge, aka Donald Steward, even looked up from his new Aussie home to celebrate. “Droughts. Pandemics. Market meltdowns. Now a collection of Petunia Pap Smear’s ‘writing?’” he wrote. “Face it Utah — God’s just not listening!” Close friend, Dennis
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