Pam Backlund

I am a retired high school science teacher living in San Angelo Texas. I love writing and illustrating short stories...especially about my hometown and its vicinity. I like the decade of the 1880s, so most of my stories occur at that time.

Climbing Devil’s Courthouse Mountain—once called Sugar Loaf Mountain—is on my bucket list. Read the story, "1889 Balloon Journey," to visualize where it is.

When not writing, I enjoy with my husband, visiting our sons and their families, gardening and cooking for gatherings.