Summary: Rated: PG Word Count: 3330 It certainly has been a long day and I’m bushed. My brothers and I have mended fences since sunup this morning and unless you’ve ever ridden along with us, you have no idea just how much fencing it takes to keep Ponderosa cattle from straying. They’re stubborn critters … Continue reading Reflections, of my Father (by Debbie B.)
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Standing on Principles (by Debbie B.)
Summary: Rated: PG Word Count: 13,239 It wasn’t something that he had to do, not really; he could let the incident go unnoticed, but if he did that, could he live with himself? He reckoned not…besides, could the boy live with himself either, for that matter? Again, he reckoned not. It would be hard, … Continue reading Standing on Principles (by Debbie B.)
Fondue Too (by Robin)
Summary: A Really Lost Episode -- sequel to "Marie My Fondue" Rated: PG Word Count: 914 It was a cold night in West Poe Dunk. The three Cartwright brothers strode into the busy Greasy Garter Saloon. They had just sold a herd of Plethers and Naugas to the local Laz-e Boy Recliner factory and … Continue reading Fondue Too (by Robin)
Tending the Garden (by Marybeth)
Summary: Gardening is about more than vegetables. Category: Non-fiction Genre: Memoir Rated: PG Word Count: 870 The garden catalogs spill all around us on the floor as we pour through them and argue over the choices made. Many of the catalogs are replete with gorgeous pictures of mouth-watering displays of beets and broccoli, … Continue reading Tending the Garden (by Marybeth)
Three Houses (by Marybeth)
Summary: Unexpected memories . . . Category: Non-fiction Genre: Memoir Rated: PG Genre: Word Count: 3233 The first time it happened, we were out in the driving rain, trying to hang Christmas lights. Seattle is not the most enchanting place to be in December. Instead of thick snow and sleds and icicles, we have … Continue reading Three Houses (by Marybeth)
The Runaways (by Marybeth)
Summary: Category: Non-fiction Genre: Memoir Rated: PG Word Count: 2631 "Home is where, when you have to go, they have to take you in." --Robert Frost Five-year-old Brendan is vibrating, in the way only small boys can, with absolute fury. That spring season he had made a dirt and grass kingdom under … Continue reading The Runaways (by Marybeth)
Hope (by Marybeth)
Summary: Category: Non-fiction Genre: Memoir Rated: PG Word Count: 3850 “Life begins on the other side of despair.” —Jean-Paul Sartre Grief unravels life in such a way that it can never be woven whole again. Sometimes though, unexpected joy plaits a pattern out of darkness. Our holidays of 1990 were a time of anticipation and … Continue reading Hope (by Marybeth)
An Exchange (by Patty W.)
Summary: Category: Laramie Genre: Western Rated: PG (Warning: some adult themes, violence and strong language) Word Count: 30,853 Slim It was a hot afternoon in early fall and my friend and business partner Jess Harper and I had been working hard all morning bringing some of our cattle down to the lower pastures in preparation … Continue reading An Exchange (by Patty W.)
The Runaway (by Patty W.)
Summary: Category: Laramie Genre: Western Rated: PG Word Count: 25,400 It was a warm Sunday afternoon in early fall at the Sherman Ranch and Relay Station and Slim Sherman, the tall, blond owner, was relaxing in the living room with a good book while Mrs. Daisy Cooper, his motherly housekeeper, was busy baking pies … Continue reading The Runaway (by Patty W.)
Reprisal (by Patty W.)
Summary: Category: Laramie Genre: Western Rated: PG (Warning some adult themes, violence and strong language) Word Count: 42,200 The members of the Sherman Ranch and Relay Station were sitting around the breakfast table and all eyes were focused on the youngest member, Mike Williams, who was holding his stomach and groaning loudly. Slim Sherman, … Continue reading Reprisal (by Patty W.)
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