Summary:  Ben’s granddaughter, Lizzy gives her grandfather a special Christmas gift. This story touches upon the importance of family, remembering those who have passed and those that cannot be with us. Just a short story for the Holiday Season. Enjoy!

Rating:  K  (1,780 words)

Summary: Some interesting people come to the rescue of Adam Cartwright and his friend, Jane Waumsley

Rating: K+ (16,845 words)

Summary: Ben Cartwright’s dead … well, some people seem to think so. 

Rated: T (19,070 words)

Summary:  Ben Cartwright forgets the true meaning of Christmas to the dismay of his sons but gets it back with some unexpected help in this Bonanza twist of a classic tale. You may recognize what tale I’m talking about once you read it!

 Rated: K+ (3,570 words)

Summary:  When Adam brings his family back to the Ponderosa, his daughter Elizabeth’s first Christmas in Nevada is far from idyllic. But in 1903–in St. Louis!–Adam and the rest of her family make an upcoming Christmas truly special for her.  

Rated: K  WC  2600

Summary:  This is a sequel to Reacquaintance.  The Cartwrights welcomed the daughter of a good friend back from college after her father died.  She had a long, adversarial history with Adam, but since she’s been back, old wounds have healed.  The pressures of her dual life of running a ranch with Adam as trustee and the possibility of singing abroad forced her to make a choice. Did she ultimately make a sacrifice?  Or will she make a different choice?  

Rating:  T  WC 78,000

To Everything, There is a Season Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: Seeking shelter in a line shack during an early spring ice storm, Joe encounters a family of moonshiners he doesn’t stand the chance of fighting. He can do nothing but hold to the thin hope that his family will reach him in time.

Rated: T  Word Count: 25,000  

Summary: An old man gives Adam something more than advice.

Rating:  K  (1,410 words)

Summary:   One man’s trash is another’s treasure.  Written for the Dan Blocker 2012 Birthday Challenge  

Rated:  K —  WC  800

Summary:  The Cartwrights welcome the daughter of a good friend back from college after her father dies. She studied for seven years and became a successful singer back east and comes home to her father’s ranch and horse business which is held in trust with Adam and Ben as the trustees. She shares some unpleasant history with Adam. This is the first part of a series.  

Rating:  T  WC 63,000

To Everything, There is a Season Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: Sometimes, it’s the littlest things in the smallest places that make the biggest impact. To young Adam Cartwright, Galesburg, Ill. is just another stop on the long journey West, but this time his life will be changed forever.

Rating:  K (Word count: 42,700)

Summary:   This story is in response to November’s Chaps and Spurs Challenge. Joe on the high seas. 

Word Count: 546  Rated: K

Summary:  Adam is awake now and ready to tell his story.

Rated: K+ (1,685 words)

Autumn Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

A dying man’s last thoughts, a family’s grief…and a glimpse of hope?

Warning: character death

1,400 words, rated T

Summary:  Ben extends a business trip in San Francisco when he meets a mature, polished younger woman who comes from a well-known, well-to-do family.  Joe, Hoss and Adam believe they have each met this same young woman before under questionable circumstances and each kept those meetings to himself, but are all disturbed when their father introduces her as his fiancé. 

Feedback:  All, good or bad.  If bad, constructive.  Reader Alert:  Adult themes  Rated: T  WC 22,000