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Sue Marsh

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Only Time Will Tell

Only Time Will Tell Suzanne Marsh July 2nd, 1863 The generals gathered around the makeshift table; dubiously eyeing the map. It is the beginning of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee has already committed to battle even though he does not know the lay of the land. Longstreet looks at that map and suggests they go to the right. Lee says no to the plan, going right would impede the plan. Longstreet, always honest with Lee disagrees, and they argue. Longstreet does not think a battle should be fought here at Gettysburg. It is almos...

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Oh No Oh Hell No

Oh No Oh Hell No Suzanne Marsh Family reunions were always a bust when I was growing up, that is until Aunt Jo Jo arrived uninvited. Aunt Jo Jo was an adventure for our family, actually, Aunt Jo Jo was an adventure all by herself. The dust from the Ford Model T could be seen for a mile down the road. The family reunion was about to get underway. A time my family always looked forward to, seeing Aunts and Uncles, Grandparents, and cousins. There was one family member whom we all ostracized, Aunt Jo Jo. Why was she ostracized? That is what thi...

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The Best Cat Fight Ever

The Best Cat Fight Ever Suzanne Marsh “Diamond” Lil was not a woman to anger, she fought to keep her saloon “Diamond” Lil’s Palace on the right side of the law. Sheriff Jed Smith strode into the bar, his guns strapped to his slim waist; he and Lil had become friends over the years, years he remembered as good ones. They were both growing older; Lil was a beauty in her day. He strode over toward where Lil stood at the bar: “Hey Lil, how’s business?” Lil turned to face her old friend: “Ain’t good Jed, got me a real hotheaded, bothersome saloon...

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The Legend of the Yellow Rose

The Legend of the Yellow Rose Suzanne Marsh “Em I want you to know I will come back for you, I just don’t know when. Them slave trackers are getting a might bit too close. I promise you, wherever you are I will find you and make you mine.” Anger flushed her beautiful face: “You go now Sam, I will leave Connecticut, I might even go to some place called Texas, then how you gonna find me?” He cast his eyes downward, his tall lean frame slouched, his work-worn clothes all he owned. He shuffled off out of her sight. Furious, Emily West threw the ...

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Murder on the Open Sea

Murder on the Open Sea Suzanne Marsh The thin blond man pushed open the door of the suite, his pistol pointed at the chest of Rudolph Diesel. “Herr Diesel, we are going to go for a little walk to the upper deck, the Kaiser does not wish you to sell your engine to the British, so you will pay the price for your stubbornness. Now please let’s get this over with.” Diesel with the blond man, the pistol placed between his ribs, walked calmly to his fate. He removed his jacket, folded it, and handed it to the blond man. He stood near the rail for ...

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I Won't Apologize but I Will

I Won’t Apologize but I Will Suzanne Marsh “I apologize to his excellency for speaking boldly. My name is Susanna Dickinson, my husband Almeron was the artillery captain. I ask of Your Excellency to let the women and children go, we can’t harm you, we have lost everything here at the Alamo.” Santa Ana held Susanna’s daughter Angelina in his lap, he looked up from his chair at the woman before him. Tears were streaming down her face, her face blackened from gunpowder, her hair disheveled. Susanna wished she could plunge a sword or fire a pist...

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The Great Texas Freeze

The Great Texas Freeze Suzanne Marsh I had moved from New York State to Texas to avoid the cold and snow until February 11, 2021, which was the beginning of the Great Texas Freeze. I awoke in the middle of the night, it was cold in the house. I poked my husband, and he got up and attempted to turn on the lights, we had no electricity! This did not bode well, we got out an extra comforter put it on the bed, and went back to sleep. This meant no stove, heat, nothing; just a very cold house. The roads had been closed since the night before, be...

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I Won, I Won the Lottery

I Won, I won the Lottery Suzanne Marsh I Won, I won the lottery, oh what I could do with nine hundred million dollars!” Words of prophecy or words of doom? The day dawned beautiful and clear, I walked to the small store on the corner and bought my first lottery ticket. Like millions of other people waited for the numbers to be called, the announcer began with; 31, 42, 55, 17, 20 bonus number 24. My eyes grew wide, I listened again, then my emotions took over, I laughed, then I cried, I had actually won the lottery, all nine hundred mil...

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Dad and the Mongoose

Dad and the Mongoose Suzanne Marsh “What did you do during the war dad?” My dad could talk for hours about his time in the army, Men he became friends with during that time. He was a Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Army, and he served proudly for a little over four years. Dad was drafted in 1941 just after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served all over the world from Camp Hood in Texas to Hawaii. He was in Germany, Holland and France. There is one whopper of a story my dad used to tell at my urging; the story of Dad and the mongo...

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Hannah

Hannah Suzanne Marsh “No, don’t” Hannah Morgan begged Union Captain John Elroy. Things had happened so quickly, Jeremiah, her brother had ridden hell bent for leather attempting to rid himself of the Union patrol. He hid himself in the swamp waiting for the patrol to pass. Then his whinnied, giving away his position. Hannah, her fears taking over hid in the basement of their shelled out plantation home The Ivy, it was the only safe place for her. She heard the thunder of hooves, heard a pistol crack. She raced up the steps of the basement, ...

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THAT DAMN GPS!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT DAMN GPS!!!!! Suzanne Marsh “That damn GPS!!” I uttered that phrase so many times over my husband’s truck driving career. I will begin by saying I am technologically challenged, the GPS was no exception. The advent of the GPS should have made things much easier for the driver not to mention the ‘professional seat cover’; that’s me. The first GPS entered our lives in December of 2005, it was a Christmas gift for my husband, until the GPS it was the old paper maps, actually those were more accurate than the GPS in some cases. My first mis...

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The Danny Harvey Story

The Danny Harvey Story Suzanne Marsh Her thin veined hand held that of her son Danny; she began to cough as she attempted to shield him from seeing the once white handkerchief; now bright red. Martha Harvey knew she had very little time left before the consumption took her last breath. She wanted Danny to find his father, who could finish raising him to manhood. Once the coughing had subsided Martha reached for the last letter she had received from her husband John in the California gold fields. The older Danny became the more he resembled h...

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Rule are Meant to be Broken

Rules are Meant to be Broken Suzanne Marsh “I don’t want to go to Catholic School, there is nothing wrong with Public Schools!” It was a losing battle, my mom said I was going and that was the end of it: or was it?” The nuns back in the 1960’s ruled with an iron fist over students; yes rules are meant to be broken. The very thought of the regimentation of Catholic school was enough to make me miserable. I had always been an off beat, rebellious child, but I was about to become the nuns worst nightmare. The summer of 1963 I was fitted for my ...

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