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Most Recent Story:\u00a0 What if… – <\/strong>posted 11\/14\/2024\u00a0 see summary below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Circle of Family #1:\u00a0 The Book of Joseph – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Days before Adam is scheduled to leave for college, Little Joe “borrows” his older brother’s Bible and leaves it outside in the rain when his attention is drawn elsewhere. The Bible had belonged to Elizabeth and was one of the few tokens Adam had of his mother.\u00a0\u00a0 We watch as he discovers the seemingly ruined text, and comes to grip with his loss and tries to find forgiveness. This is the first of a four part story of family love, sweet memories and the Cartwright’s way of living life to its fullest. A Circle of Family #2:\u00a0 The Book of Benjamin – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This is the second story in the A Circle of Family saga. Adam’s Bible, nearly destroyed in The Book of Joseph, has been returned in better shape than thought possible. After a thoughtful conversation with Hoss, Ben opens the Bible to the story of David and Goliath and relives a memory from a Sunday in the past when a reenactment of that story went awry. We see a young David\u00a0 Hoss\u00a0 smite the powerful Goliath\u00a0 Adam\u00a0 with a heavy wooden sword, leading to an interesting exchange between Marie and Ben as they decide how to patch the mighty Philistene’s gaping lip. This story is stand alone. It doesn’t require reading the Book of Joseph to pick up on what’s going on. A Circle of Family #3:\u00a0 The Book of Hoss – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 In this third story of the A Circle of Family, Hoss faces several challenges. Adam is away at school and while life has been going pretty normally back on the Ponderosa, Hoss wakes up one Sunday morning to find that nothing is normal. Pa and Joe are both sick and Hoss has to dig deep inside to find the courage to take control of things. In the midst of it all, he must deal with self-pity, anger and the feeling that he will never be able to fill his oldest brother’s shoes. In the end, the day turns out far better than he could have expected as he finds his strength and ability is equal to the task. This story can be read without reading the first two of the series – and\u00a0is a sweet look at Hoss as he comes to know himself better and finds his connection to Adam and his family. A Circle of Family #4:\u00a0 The Book of Adam – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This is the last story in the Circle of Family saga, but enjoying this one is not dependent on having read the others. Adam has been in Boston for a year and all his careful planning has done him well…until an accident while staying with Abel puts him flat on his back for a few days. It is during this time of infirmity that Marie’s Bible arrives along with letters from home. After reading them, Adam makes a heart-rending decision that leaves his grandfather reeling. This story has its comedic moments along with some sweet takes on Adam’s relationship with Abel and the family he left behind. A Debt Repaid – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This WHN for the Honor of Cochise actually begins when Marie tells a very young Joe that\u00a0he owes his oldest brother a debt of gratitude for looking after him so well. Joe’s early attempt to repay Adam go comically awry, but finally has the chance as he sees his brother wounded in the battle with Cochise. Adam recovers from the gunshot, but struggles deeply with choices he made that put his family in jeopardy that day. A Decision in Ohio<\/a> \u2013 by Miss Judy<\/p>\n Summary: An unexpected visit from an old Boston shipmate, and the question he asks, prompts\u00a0 Ben to think back to a time when he’d visited his brother with Adam, the winter before leaving for Missouri to join a wagon train west. Their stay had provided some great family times, while also pointing towards many obstacles Ben had never considered. It had finally prompted the biggest decision of his life.\u00a0 Rating: G Word Count: 15626<\/p>\n A Father\u2019s Parable – <\/strong>by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: When Ben finds Adam to let him know it\u2019s time to head home from a neighbor\u2019s party, he can see that his son is upset and trying to hide it. Although his son won\u2019t offer any information, Ben suspects Marie knows what happened, and once home, they\u2019re able to put together the pieces of what 15 yr old boy overheard, and why he looked so stricken. The truth makes Ben seek Adam out for a father-son talk. A Gift for the Man Who Has Everything \u2013 by MissJudy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: In the middle of a busy Christmas morning, Adam receives a request from Roy Coffee to help him investigate a possible crime in Virginia City. The case intrigues him as he follows the clues along with Roy and Paul Martin, and has a moment of agony as he begins to see the truth. In the midst of the his discoveries he receives a few unexpected reminders of the true meaning of Christmas, and is able to offer the gift of restoration. A Little Home Schooling – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This story takes place the evening after Adam\u2019s first day filling in for Miss Scott in the episode Right is the Fourth R. While that story took a very serious turn, I thought it might be fun to examine how Adam would deal with the antics of youngsters after living in a household of adults for so many years. After facing a day of student illness, crazy questions, a black eye and a crush by a young student, Adam has to confess some shortcomings and learn a few lessons from his family. A Moment Before Leaving – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This WHN for A Journey Remembered looks at a “missing page” from the journal chronicling the journey West with Inger. After reading the story to Hoss while they waited for a horse to foal, Ben finds evidence of a page that was removed and remembers that it’s kept with personal papers. When he finally has a chance to do so, he rereads the missing page and recalls what he witnessed the night after Inger died. A Prayer in the Night – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Ben stands vigil as thirteen-year-old Adam lies near death with a raging fever. The father blames himself and questions his ability as a parent while offering a prayer to give his own life to spare his son’s. A stranger helps Ben face his fears and understand that parenthood takes courage and help from unexpected places. A Rainy Day Tale – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Marie and Ben\u2019s attendance at a funeral in town leaves Adam at the Ponderosa to watch six-year-old Hoss, and seven-month-old Little Joe. The day of babysitting gets started with only minor difficulties, but takes a frightening turn as a late-season thunder storm hits the area, trapping the\u00a0parents in town overnight, and making\u00a0the boys rely on all that they’ve learned to get by alone. A Simple Favor – by Missjudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: A fellow rancher asks Adam to look in on his daughter\u2019s family who lives in California, where Adam is about to travel with a small herd. A problem has arisen is that this daughter has fallen ill while visiting her parents in Virginia City, leaving her husband with a farm to run and two young children to care for, at the busiest time of year. While that seems easy enough, the other information Adam is given about the situation at that home, and the request being made of him, is anything but simple. What he finds on arrival changes, and the roles he must assume to get this family through the frightening times, revisits feelings he\u2019s been contending with for some time. A Still Small Voice – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam has been away at school for two years when he starts having vivid dreams about his youngest brother. He wonders why his memories center around Little Joe even while he misses his entire family. What he is about to find out will shake his certainty about many things and make him look for a clue hidden in his dreams. A Tale of Four Brothers – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam and Hoss seem to have vanished while on their way to Placerville for ranch business, leaving Ben and Joe to search for what might have happened. What they can\u2019t imagine is that the lost Cartwrights were left for dead by two brothers who had once worked on the Ponderosa. Hoss and Adam\u2019s lives depend on being rescued quickly, but their situation stacks the odd against that happening, forcing Adam to make a decision that may leave the family short one son. Broken \u2013 by MissJudy\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: The Broken Ballad episode ends with many unanswered questions. Life would have changed in small and huge ways following Ed’s death. So … what happened to Will Cass, whose grief pushed him to do despicable things? How does Billy explain his reason for shooting Payson in what could be described as legal murder when Ed refused to shoot first? How do Adam and Sally make sense in the loss of their friend who simply wanted a chance at a normal life? And how do Adam and his father find common ground after Ben sided with Will Cass against his own son and continues to think Adam should have expected this outcome all along?” This story takes a realistic view of what they each faced in the hours and days after Ed’s ballad was sung at the cemetery.<\/p>\n There’s a twist in this story connecting Broken Ballad to an earlier episode, Blood on the Land that should prove interesting to the story. Burning Bridge (The) – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam has never worried about his father’s faith and trust in him. That changes dramatically after a woman drops an 11-year-old boy at the Ponderosa, telling Ben that the boy is Adam’s son, conceived before he left for college. After repeated attempts to defend himself against the accusation, Adam leaves home, angry and hurt by his father’s seeming refusal to accept that the woman is lying. Once Adam confronts his accuser, he is forced to look further to find out how he and his family became\u00a0targets for her ploy, and pays a high price for trying to find the truth in her life of lies. Christmas Afghan (The) \u2013 by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: A cold ride home in the pelting snow, followed by a sweet conversation with his father, gives Adam a memorable Christmas Eve. Detour Through a Snake Pit \u2013 by MissJudy\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: !5-year-old Adam is awaiting a letter from San Francisco, but his plan to check for its arrival at Cass’ store are detoured by his father’s directive to head the opposite direction for the day instead. Something about this feels off to Adam, and he lets his frustration at being kept from his simple request billow into anger. After hearing something that seems to confirm his feeling that all is not right with this situation; he lets his emotions ride unchecked, causing a chain of\u00a0 painful events he has to sort through. He settles on writing it all out just as it happened, including each step and misstep he made and the feeling that drove it. Meanwhile his father will have to examine his part it what happened as well, and we see this conclusion through Adam’s eyes as well. Discernment #1 Lessons Taught\/Lessons Learned \u2013 by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: This prequel set a few weeks before Adam’s departure for school, has him pick up Little Joe after an afternoon of play at the nearby farm owned by one of his father’s oldest friends. Discernment #2 \u2013 The Homecoming \u2013 by MissJudy <\/a>\u00a0Summary: Instead of excitement and joy over Adam\u2019s imminent return from school in Boston, unexpected emotions and personal fears leave the Cartwrights struggling in their welcome. This story is comprised of chapters told from a family member’s POV. Falling Out (The) – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: The Cartwright family should have returned to normal after Se\u00f1or and Delores Tenino left for Mexico, but it hasn\u2019t. Hoss, Adam and Joe have been surly and avoiding one another since the lovely young woman left, and Ben can\u2019t understand what\u2019s driving it. He senses that what had started as a competition to win the young lady\u2019s heart, had left some unexpected wounds behind. When circumstances and harsh words fracture his family even more, Ben decides he must force his sons to take stock of what they\u2019re about to lose, in the one way he thinks will work.\u00a0A What Happened Later story, for Ponderosa Matador. Half-Brothers, Half-Truths, and Whole Hearts – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Adam has been home from school for a short time when he witnesses 11 year-old Joe “stealing” from a store in town.\u00a0 After finding out that his brother had been pressured into doing this by two brothers who are new to the area, he tries to help.\u00a0 His assistance is met by Joe’s anger, resentment, and profession that Adam means nothing to him anymore.\u00a0 Adam still promises that he will protect Joe from these boys…or die trying. His words prove prophetic. He\u2019s My Father Too – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Farmer Perkins and Sam Bryant are dead and Ben is safe, yet his sons are at odds. Little Joe and Adam’s argument tears them apart, and Hoss realizes that while his father survived, the bond between his other brothers died at dawn. Ben wants to solve things but must step back to let his sons find their way back to each other. Healing (The) – by MissJudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Adam’s unexpected illness; an unexpected visitor, and Ben’s unexpected reaction to a developing situation leaves the Cartwright home in upheaval. Can the information this stranger holds, bring healing to old and new wounds? Hunting for Memories – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Ben is enjoying\u00a0a hunting trip with Adam when it takes an unexpected turn and\u00a0forces a detour to the cabin in the woods where the Cartwrights first lived and trapped on the Ponderosa. Adam has not been there since he was a child, and Ben is filled with trepidation\u00a0over how his son might remember those days. All seems well, even though a few of Ben’s memories leave him wondering what his son is thinking.\u00a0Then a vivid dream about a incident from Adam’s childhood leaves him thoroughly shaken, and he finally finds out just what Adam thought of his early years on the Ponderosa. This story occurs a year after Adam got back from school in Boston. In Defense of Innocence – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam’s life begins to fall apart after a lie told by another student at Harvard results in him being expelled. He struggles to understand how he could have done everything right and still lose everything he worked so hard to accomplish. He must listen to the wisdom of those who love him, look deep into his own heart and find the truths and lessons that forged his character into the man he became. In the Child\u2019s Best Interest – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 In this early prequel, Ben Cartwright and 4-year-old Adam stop in Cleveland where pay was good at the docks. Ben hopes to earn enough to start the final leg of their journey to Missouri, and a wagon train west. But a couple at their boarding house have plans for Adam that don’t include Ben. The story ends 26 years later as Ben helps Adam recall the ordeal and the outcome. Is It Love \u2013 by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: After a period of adjustment with Adam’s return from school, life has settled nicely for the Cartwrights … until a new storm cloud seems to be threatening Hoss’ usually good mood and ability to work. It\u2019s Only a Year #1 \u2013 He Said What? – Lessons in Understanding – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: This first story of a series called It’s Just a Year\u00a0didn’t come through from the old library. This episode tells of how Adam received and education that allowed him to enter a prestigious Eastern university while living in the wilds of the west where there wasn’t a school or people with a formal college education. Adam has studied hard with a Harvard professor he found on the Ponderosa and is ready to leave for Boston when Ben asks him to remain home another year. Marie’s death has left him reeling and in need of his son’s help while he finds men to work the growing ranch. It\u2019s Only a Year #2 \u2013 The Castor Oil Caper – Lessons in Humility – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 17-year-old Adam is learning some hard life lessons. He returns home from a cattle drive where he’s been forced to subsist on beans and endure hazing by the hired hands intent on making him prove his worth, to find his father away, Hoss ill and Little Joe in a state of panic. The results involves some very bad decisions, a dose of castor oil given in an all-out battle of wills, and hurt feelings. This story takes a serious turn when Hoss’ attempt to give his brother a “taste of his own medicine” goes horribly wrong. It\u2019s Only a Year #3 \u2013 The Worst of Consequences – A Lesson in Choice – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0\u00a0 17 year old Adam has proven himself to the Ponderosa ranch hands after a summer of hazing, and is finally enjoying his last year home before leaving for school. But his life takes a dramatic turn when he is menaced by a new addition to the crew, and must decide whether the man is serious in his sinister intent, or it’s just another attempt to test his mettle.\u00a0 Once Adam decides which it is, he makes choices that bring him into conflict with his father and lead to the worst of consequences. It\u2019s Only a Year #4 \u2013 The Quiet of Uncertainty – A Lesson in Hope – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 17 year-old Adam has been in his first gunfight and although his wound seemed minor, it worsened as he continued to work, until he lost so much blood that he was near death. We now find out what happened that night and who helps to heal a family wrought with sadness, guilt and decisions. There is no need to read the previous stories to enjoy this one. A young Abigail Jones makes her first appearance and Hop Sing makes a friend. It\u2019s Only a Year #5 \u2013 The Final Trial – A Lesson in Mettle – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 The final episode of the prequel series, It’s Just a Year. Adam has remained home for a year longer than he’d planned before heading for college. In that time, he’s been hazed, poisoned, almost killed and now we find him healthy and camping with Hoss for a final brother’s weekend before leaving for Boston. The idyllic time takes an ominous turn when Adam realizes that someone’s been watching their camp and must soon face his worst fears again and save his brother from the same fate. As with all these stories, this can be read without reading the others first. This concluding episode brings the two oldest Cartwright boys together for some defining moments. Lovelee Sisters (The) – by MissJudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: How can two lovely women showing up in Virginia City, a meeting to award a lucrative timber contract for the Transcontinental Railroad and the Cartwrights fit together? Find out in this mystery. Moments \u2013 A Brother\u2019s Decision \u2013 by MissJudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Moments is my new series of stories taking a look at situations that affected the Cartwrights deeply and personally. In this one, we see how something learned in the midst of a decision Adam had to make when he and\u00a0 Hoss were younger, sheds light on a a question posed in a canon episode. Part 1 is a prequel called October Snow, describing the events as youngsters, and Part 2 has Hoss recalling that memory to help his father and brother\u00a0 understand Adam’s decision in a “what happens during” scene from a familiar episode. Each of the Moments stories are separate with no need to read others in the same series to understand. One of a Kind – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: This \u201cwhat happens later\u201d story for Thanks for Everything, Friend, picks up after Tom Wilson has been dead for several months and a woman comes to Virginia City with one goal in mind: to kill Adam Cartwright for his role in Tom\u2019s death. She holds Adam at gunpoint as she presses her case against him, and he tries to help her see the truth before she pulls the trigger. One Step Closer #1 \u2013 For Loves Sake Only – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam promised Laura that he’d be back for their engagement party. But he’s delayed and during that time, he unexpectedly meets his first love – a young woman he knew in Boston. After an evening spent talking, they realize that they still love each other, yet they know that it can’t make a difference. Life and time have sent them in opposite directions and they part again, while wondering what might have happened if they had taken one step closer.\u00a0 This is a what happens during, and after the episode, Triangle. One Step Closer #2 \u2013 \u2018Til Death Do We Part – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam’s getting married! He’s moved to Boston to help his grandfather, and has begun to build a good life there, including an engagement to the girl he fell in love with during college.\u00a0 Their wedding is set to coincide with an unexpected visit from Ben Cartwright. One Step Closer #3 \u2013 Two Broken Hearts – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam is back in Boston after a 12 year absence. His career has taken off in a prestigious engineering firm; he\u2019s happily married to his college sweetheart, and he\u2019ll be a featured performer at an upcoming choral production. But the life he\u2019s made is destroyed in three weeks after a beautiful stranger hires him to build a wine cellar. He loses his job; his wife thinks he\u2019s having an affair with the stranger, and he\u2019s forced to participate in a federal crime, knowing that he won\u2019t live through it, but hopes to stay alive long enough to protect the people he loves. One Step Closer #4 – In Search of Safety – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Following a harrowing experience in Boston, Adam and his new wife head west to the Ponderosa for a visit, hoping to relax where they feel safe. Unfortunately Little Joe is not happy with their presence. Hoss helps sort things out between his brothers, but when one problem is solved, the Cartwrights \u201cwelcome\u201d two more unexpected visitors. A misguided act by one of these guests brings near tragedy. This is a story of new lessons learned while old feelings are dealt with. It ends with Melinda and Adam in London, still wondering whether they can ever escape the trouble that seems to shadow them. One Step Closer #5 – From Two to Three – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam and his wife, Melinda, are living in England, and getting ready to welcome their first child. After a fall on the stairs, Adam must face the fear of losing his wife and child, and he comes to terms with his own lingering grief over his mother’s death.\u00a0 We also see\u00a0the family back on the Ponderosa waiting impatiently for the arrival of a new Cartwright. The story returns the young parents to the states where a number of surprises await – including a visit from some Nevadans, and one old foe who leaves them reeling. One Step Closer #6 \u2013 Changes in Fate – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Ben, Hoss and Little Joe head to Boston to be with Adam after receiving the devastating news\u00a0that the entire Wadsworth family had perished at sea. \u00a0The Wadsworths had adopted Adam into their family when he\u2019d been a student, and they\u2019d renewed their support and friendship when he\u2019d returned to marry Melinda and start a family twelve years later. Ben and the two brother find Adam coping, but staggering under the weight of his pain. Adding to his loss, Adam\u00a0may lose his command over Wadsworth Engineering\u2013the firm he\u2019d helped make into a thriving business\u2013when Frank Wadsworth\u2019s will names an heir. Will this accumulation of loss be the final straw for Adam? Can\u00a0the love and support of his family: his father and brothers from the West, and his grandfather, wife and children in the East,\u00a0sustain him as he faces\u00a0the absence of even more people he\u2019d loved? Quarantine – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Adam is running the ranch alone while his family takes a spring trip to San Francisco. All has gone well, but a change in the weather heralds an unexpected chain of events that Adam must deal with. When Ben, Hoss, and Joe return, they find an empty ranch\u2026and a mystery. Reunions – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: A story of Cartwright family love:\u00a0\u00a0 When Adam refuses to fight for his life\u2026or his limb\u2026after his Mountain of the Dead experience,\u00a0 The Savage\u00a0 Hoss and Joe return to the camp where they found him and figure out what really happened there. Hoss confirms that Ruth was real, but in following Adam\u2019s journey, he also finds truths his older brother couldn’t see. Sacred Promises \/ Malicious Games – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: A “What might have happened” story for the Crucible, this story tells of Adam’s experience as a 12-year-old with a madman who played games with his mind. Say Something \u2013 Lessons of the Heart – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: This is a grouping\u00a0of short stories that show Adam in situations where he is left speechless when it comes to matters of the heart. It begins with a story of youthful naivete, and each progressions shows another episode where he learns something new about love. loss, mistakes and finding a the right person. Sum of All Sadness (The) – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Ben is trying to sleep after laying his son to rest and is visited by memories of a life well lived. In another room, Joe is struggling with similar thoughts as he tries to quiet his mind to sleep. And in a place far removed, Adam receives the news that sends his heart reeling. Sunny, With a Chance of Rain – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A stage crash has killed everyone on board…including Adam Cartwright. While Paul Martin has made a “best guess ID” of the “remains,” and even though Adam’s most personal possessions were found in the wreckage, Ben refuses to believe it is Adam. Hoss and Joe begin a journey of discovery with their father as a mystery develops that includes another man in black, attempts at blackmail and the eventual acceptance of what seems obvious – that Adam is gone. It becomes the story of two families facing the loss of a child and a woman who\u2019s care of a deathly ill stranger may restore one of these families to completeness. Transfigurations – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 I’ve always wondered how Adam’s life would turn out after he left the Ponderosa. This story takes a look at the later years of his life. He’s had a distinguished career as an educator, philanthropist and businessman, and is “comfortable” with where he is and not looking for more. That changes when he sees a woman fall on the sidewalk in front of him and finds out that 40 years ago, she was his student in Virginia City. While getting to know her again, he comes to realize many things about himself – in particular \u2013 that being in love again is wonderful…but never easy. Trial of Jessica Hardy (The) #1 – by MissJudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Virginia City is in the middle of a trial for a woman charged with bank robbery, kidnapping and murder. There are two factors whipping the town into a frenzy of activity: If convicted, Jessica Hardy could be the first woman sentenced to hang in the United States. The second part that has left the community in turmoil is that the person she\u2019s accused of kidnapping and murdering, is Adam Cartwright.\u00a0 The story is told from her perspective as she tries to convince the people on the jury that Adam was not the man they thought him to be; a man so tired and hateful of his family that he would use unthinkable methods to get away from them.<\/p>\n Rating: G\u00a0 but with adult themes\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Word Count:\u00a012,600<\/p>\n Trial of Jessica Hardy (The) #2 – Buried Alive – by MissJudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0This is a sequel to The Trial of Jessica Hardy. Four months have passed since Adam\u2019s disappearance and presumed death, and life has taken on a more normal flow for the Cartwright\u2019s who have conquered their grief to find joy again.\u00a0 But just as things begin to even out, a series of coincidences and incidents bring them\u00a0 back to the woman accused of\u00a0 causing Adam\u2019s death. The Cartwrights will become instrumental in helping others, while learning the truth of what happened to Adam. Trial of Jessica Hardy (The) #3 – The Empty Casket – by Missjudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: This story picks up in San Francisco, where he has gone, hoping to find something about himself that is worth saving.\u00a0 He meets someone who just might understand what he’s feeling, and recognize what he’s planning to do. Can this other “man in black” save Adam from himself? We Dance – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This was a poem I wrote shortly after Pernell Roberts\u2019 death, remembering his accomplishments and wonderful character. It’s not sad! Those who love Adam or Pernell or any of his other characters will understand exactly what I’m writing about. Sweet dreams! What Comes Around – by MissJudy <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Ben took the leadership of his wagon train when the group decided to keep moving to Fort Laramie after the tragedy at Ash Hollow. With their journey nearly complete, Ben rides ahead to make arrangements with the cavalry at the fort, leaving others to move the wagons the 15 miles from the final campsite. He’s excited to see his group arrive, but soon realizes all is not well. What if\u2026.. \u2013 MissJudy\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0How might a change in an episode early in the canon of Bonanza, change the episodes that followed? This is a collection of stories to show how life in the Cartwright family and in Virginia City would reflect the difference, while you try to figure what happened When Lies Wound a Broken Heart – by MissJudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Ben’s presence with his family is sporadic and brief. Adam is feeling frazzled with running the ranch and caring for his brothers. Hop Sing is holding his breath wondering if the family can ever be the same, and Little Joe has heard something in town that his very young heart believes, despite all evidence to the contrary. (A prequel) When Grace Heals a Broken Spirit – by MissJudy<\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 The Triangle episode has always bothered me. It showed an upbeat Adam who was always chipper and jolly. Yet he\u2019d been seriously injured, and was not having optimal outcomes when it came to walking again. He would certainly have gone through some very dark times while considering his future in a wheel chair. \u00a0In addition, he had to have felt Laura\u2019s coolness and emotional absence, since she loved Will. This is my personal adaptation of that episode with a little backstory. It is a realistic and gritty look at the likely medical outcomes of the fall; the emotional battles Adam would have faced, and the power of brotherly love.
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\nAll is well until Adam’s fiancee disappears and Ben and his son set out to find her. Adam battles a worsening illness along with the lies of those involved. He must rely on help from those more familiar with the city and at one point despairs as he asks his father why the women who love him…die. Will there be a wedding or will Adam sink further into loneliness and pain as another opportunity for love is torn away.
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\nTwelve years later, Adam is a happy husband and father living in Boston at the time he travels to San Francisco where he meets his father and brothers there for a reunion. Another \u201cunexpected\u201d reunion sheds more light on the past.
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\nWarning: This story tackles some serious topics, and Adam goes through a lot. However, he is left better for the experience, and as a result of what he endures, he and his father reconnect in a loving way after their year apart.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is a story about Hoss’s passing, but it is not about death. It’s about a family coming to terms with loss while rejoicing in the man they knew. and figuring out how best to honor the life that was lost.
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