Summary:   Thanks to Michael Landon for recording this wonderful song. Rated:  PG Word Count:  5070   Joe slipped into the dark shadows of the trees and watched as his ladylove slid from her horse.  As Joe watched, Matt Cunningham stepped from his own shadowy hiding place into the soft moonlight and when Isabella Rose stood … Continue reading Love, Oh Love, Oh Careless Love (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:                                                                        Little Joe shivered, he was cold, and he was wet too. Looking up from the depths of the old well where he had fallen, Little Joe watched the lightening as it flashed across the sky.  Joe heard the rumble of the thunder as it boomed into the darkness … Continue reading Little Jonah (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  13,584   The cuffs fit tightly about his wrists, which were pulled back behind his back.  Once his wrists were secure, the man putting on the chains ran a short length from the wrist’s cuffs downward and locked that length to the shackles around his ankles.  He was trapped, with … Continue reading Love at its Best (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  2380   “Hoss…I’m telling you…there’s something wrong with that colt.” “Naw…it’s just your imagination, Little Joe…” Hoss answered, studying the week old colt closely. “Suit yourself,” the younger Cartwright said, turning and leaving his middle brother alone with the chestnut mare and her new baby. Hoss scrunched up his face … Continue reading Jingle Bells (by Debbie B.) →

Summary:   Part 2 of ‘If I’m Dreaming’ Rated:  PG Word Count:  6983   My head aches something terrible; therefore I have chosen to keep my eyes shut, for the moment that is.  I can hear Pa moving about the room and I know he must be tired.  He has spent the last several days at … Continue reading Are You or Aren’t You? (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  2015   I can’t help but smile to myself.  I wonder briefly what my father would say if he could see me just now.  Here I stand in the yard of the Ponderosa ranch house.  I am truly amazed; it really is as large as it looks on the television … Continue reading If I’m Dreaming, Don’t Wake Me (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word count:  11,082   “Oh Little Joe, you are such a kidder,” giggled the girl who peeped out from behind the tree that separated her from the youngest Cartwright. “I wasn’t kidding,” smiled the seventeen-year old young man as he made to reach for the girl’s hand. Grace watched as Joe’s hand … Continue reading In the Name of Love (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  15,239   Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach    “Ya one of us now, Cartwright…ya cain’t back out, ya dun swore the oath!” stormed the oldest boy in the group.  The tall lad, heavier than the boy … Continue reading How Do I Love Thee? (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  1223   “There’s a letter from Joe, Pa,” called Hoss the minute he opened the door. Ben, who had been resting his weary body in his favorite chair, quickly jumped to his feet and met his middle son half way across the room.  He had been waiting all day, hoping to receive … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day, Pa (by Debbie B.) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  13,414   Joe stopped and leaned against the tree trying hard to fill his lungs with air while wiping the sweat from his brow.  Somewhere behind him, he had lost his hat and the hot sun felt as if it were baking his head.  Casting an anxious glance over his … Continue reading Heart of Clay (by Debbie B.) →