Summary: A tasking mistress draws Ben away from his family. Will it take losing his family before he sets his priorities right?

Rating:  K+  (19,460 words)

Summary: One of Adam’s retired professors visits the Ponderosa for a vacation; involving the entire family in his latest art project.  Is Virginia City ready for the newest Adonis?  

Rating:  T   WC 10,100

Summary; When first you conspire to deceive… It’s mighty hard to keep a secret with Little Joe around.

Rating:  K  (9,850 words)

Summary: The task of reroofing the barn brings back various memories for each of the Cartwrights.

Rating: K (9,000 words)

Summary:  You’ve probably read what the producers want you to know about the map that hung on the wall behind Ben’s desk, but here is the real story.

Rating:  K  (2,790 words)

Summary:  Just how deep of a hole will Joe dig for himself?  And when the consequences of being restricted from the Silver Dollar seem unjust…  Could it get any worse?  This is Joe we’re talking about.

Rating:  K+  (14,030 words)

Summary:  It’s the end of the month and settling the accounts nearly spells an apoplexy for Ben. 

Rating:  K+  (10,440 words)

Summary:  Vignettes of life on the Ponderosa as well as Boston during Adam’s college years.

Rating:  K (10,835 words)

Summary:  Trouble invades Virginia City, and with the law on their tails, they unwitting head straight for the schoolhouse.

Rating:  K+ (6,550 words)

Summary:  A traveling dentist visits town

Rated: K (11,710 words)

Summary:  Ben finds it difficult to re-enter his boys’ lives after Marie’s death

Rated: K (13,335 words)

Summary:  Ben is determined that this Founder’s Day will be a family affair, but his sons have other ideas  

Rated: K (17,400 words)

Summary:  Joe is missing when the family are in a San Francisco hotel

Rated: K (7,465 words)

Summary:  Ben finds it necessary to take a young Little Joe on a long stagecoach trip

Rated: K (7,090 words)