Smallpox! Just the sound of the word sent chills up my spine. Remembering the history of Deadwood from my past gave a real feeling of dread. From what I remembered, Deadwood lost almost half its people due to the smallpox epidemic in August of 1876. This was something that sent fear all through my mind as to what I could do about it. I wasn't worried about...
The peaceful green valley echoed with the reverberations of a high powered rifle shot. The supersonic crack of the bullet let everyone behind it, know it had passed. Down in the town at the far end of the valley a man falls to the ground blood gushing from his head. He is dead before he hits the ground. Across the valley another shot rings out. In the town a...
I don't tell these stories because I'm proud of them. I only tell you these stories because I find them amusing, and maybe you will too. Moving to my small town could very well have been the worse move I've ever made in my life. Living amongst the Stepford Wives and mini vans isn't really my cup of tea. The only tea I like happens to be Long Island Iced Te...
This is the serenade of lunacy. I'd like to welcome all guests, hope you will all be comfortable for the trip. When I was a kid in Tidioute we had a circus come to town. It was one of those old circuses, with the sexy 14 year old trapeze girls and battered elephants too dumb with beatings to mind the crowd much. There was a vacant lot in the center of town,...
A working copy of this chapter was mistakenly posted earlier. Please excuse the error. I thought I'd put this story to rest but my main character, Rafe Cassidy, reminded me that I hadn't told the complete story of he and Emma. So according to him this tale wasn't finished. At Rafe's request I must continue the story. And as our friend Denham Forrest says "L...
Dan wakes me on this day, not because he is awake or moved. Instead his equipment is in the ready state and he is moving a little. Perhaps I am moving instead but it is so good feeling. Look around and while the sky is not lit for the sun yet it will be soon so good time for morning roll. Course Dan is not aware yet so have to ride. Enjoy riding so just sta...
It took far too long to concentrate the army. Tallia performed miracles, and kept every regiment fed and supplied. But it was almost a month before the majority of the troops designated for my army could be gathered. Colonel Lupona didn't let me down. She identified 6 of the best regiments in the former central army - including hers - and then introduced m...
All of Jack's close family were gathered around him at the reception following his graduation from college. It had taken him five years but he graduated with a double major, taking degrees in Landscape Architecture and Business Management. During his college days he also managed to obtain a Master Gardener's certificate. His father shook his hand then said,...
It was May 5th... I was driving back to Pittsburgh after spending some time in California, and why I took the southern route instead of that dull and boring I-70 through the heartland, I'll never know, but there I was, just moseying along I-40, my hands tapping the steering wheel to the rhythm on the radio... had to keep rollin'... (little poetic license the...
We were very young when we married and hubby's job didn't pay much. I think when this happened I was maybe 19 or 20 and hubby is two years older. I was a skinny little blonde girl trying to look sexy for my husband and anyone who would look. This story is about the only time I worked. Come with me to the tiny town south of where we lived in the mid west. I...