{"id":50585,"date":"2025-02-17T18:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T23:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=50585"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:45:42","slug":"stories-by-author-pat-d-in-pa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=50585","title":{"rendered":"Stories by Author – Pat D in PA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latest Story:\u00a0 Ti\u0101ny\u00ec<\/strong> (see Summary below) – posted 2\/19\/2026<\/p>\n

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Adam\u2019s Journal – A Rose for Lotta \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

SUMMARY: Adam’s journal entry for the day involving Lotta Crabtree’s role in snaring a Cartwright in Virginia City at the behest of Alpheus Troy.
\nRating: K\/G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 1,810 words<\/p>\n

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As Ye Sow, or Minor Adjustments – Pat D in PA<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 In this AU tale of the Cartwrights of the Ponderosa, evidence from a very painful part of Adam\u2019s past turns up to forever change his present and that of his family.
\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0Mature language and themes are present throughout this story.\u00a0 (122,875 words)<\/p>\n

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Declaration (The) \u2013 by PatD in PA\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>An older brother mourns his believed failure in keeping a promise.\u00a0 Written for the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0Quarter 2025 Chaps and Spurs
\nRATING: K\/G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WORD COUNT:\u00a0<\/strong>1,293<\/p>\n

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Dreams \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: Hoss has a VERY bad dream…
\nRating: T for\u00a0 reference to character death. (1,298 words)<\/p>\n

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Hero of the Charles (The) \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: When Adam finds himself short of cash, fate and his college buddy come up with an ingenious way to fatten his wallet!\u00a0 Written for the Second Quarter 2025 Chaps and Spurs Challenge.
\nWordcount: 3,345<\/p>\n

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How Sweet the Moonlight \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: The vastness of the heavens speak to the poetry in a young man’s soul, offering comfort during the lonely times. Created for the First Quarter 2025 Chaps and Spurs Challenge. My deep gratitude for Cheaux’s willingness to beta read; the story is better because of it.
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I\u2019m Fine \u2013 by Pat D in PA<\/a><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam\u2019s heart is set on attending a performance by actor Edwin Booth at a production of Hamlet at San Francisco\u2019s Adelphi Theatre. As his departure date nears, he can feel himself coming down with a cold.\u00a0 He knows the moment he sneezes, Ben and Hop Sing will have him confined to bed. Can he manage to hold his illness at bay long enough to not miss something he wants so very, very badly to experience?\u00a0 And how much is he willing to risk in order to do so?
\nWORD COUNT:<\/strong>\u00a017,156\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rating:\u00a0 K+<\/p>\n

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Infinite Curse of a Lonely Heart (The) \u2013 by PatD in PA\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: Unrequited affection, if not actually love, permeates this prequel tale of the Cartwrights as a church social becomes an unexpected source of disappointment and frustration for some, and wonder for others.
\nRating: K+\/T\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Word Count: 13,275<\/p>\n

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Loft (The) #1 \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: In this first of three short stories, we are able to see the healing properties that can be present in a simple hayloft.\u00a0 In this first story, a deeply disappointed youngest Cartwright brother learns that even a bossy boots big brother can know just the right things to say… and not to say.
\nRating: K\/G (1,711 words)<\/p>\n

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Loft (The) #2 \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:\u00a0 In the second of three short stories, an angry father, an ornery, half-grown son, and a small(ish) sentinel guarding his elder brother\u2019s privacy as he licks his wounds\u00a0all<\/em>\u00a0need the Cartwright barn’s hayloft to work its magic.
\nRATING: T – for mature language (5,771 words)<\/p>\n

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Loft (The) #2 \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:\u00a0 In the second of three short stories, an angry father, an ornery, half-grown son, and a small(ish) sentinel guarding his elder brother\u2019s privacy as he licks his wounds\u00a0all<\/em>\u00a0need the Cartwright barn’s hayloft to work its magic.
\nRATING: T – for mature language (5,771 words)<\/p>\n

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Meaning of Christmas (The) \u2013 by PatD in PA\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 An explanation of Christmas, between brothers.
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 (120 words)<\/p>\n

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My Work is Not Yet Finished \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Long after death, love maintains a bond between those who shared it, and can help ease a troubled young man’s soul.
\nRating: K\/G \u00a0\u00a04,175 words<\/p>\n

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Peace on Earth \u2013 by PatD in PA\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: A blizzard and a case of the flu conspire to make the Cartwright boys wonder if Christmas would find it’s way to the Ponderosa
\nRating: K\/G (10,885 words)<\/p>\n

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Saucy Sally and the Birthday Surprise \u2013 by PatD in PA\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:<\/strong>\u00a0Not long after Adam returns from college, he begins to wonder if he should have come back at all, as his father doesn’t seem to recognize he’s not the stripling youth he’d been when he left home more than four years earlier.\u00a0 It takes a wise young woman of the world to potentially set both Cartwright men straight and help heal a rift that threatens to destroy the family.
\nWritten in answer to the\u00a02025 Brandaversary R-Rated Story<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0challenge.<\/p>\n

RATING:<\/strong>\u00a0MA+\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WORD COUNT:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a09,965<\/p>\n

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Talking to Jane \u2013 by Pat D in PA <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: Ben Cartwright reflects on his life with \u00a0a kind listener.
\nRating:\u00a0 g\/k\u00a0 (7201 words)<\/p>\n

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Ti\u0101ny\u00ec\u2013 by PatD in PA \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: Written for “Hop Sing’s Chinese New Year Challenge 2026,” honoring the year of the Fire Horse.
\nRating: G\/K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Word Count: 1,350<\/p>\n

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Three Thousand Six Hundred Seconds \u2013 by PadD in PA\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

SUMMARY: A short piece written for the Michael Landon Birthday Literary Challenge 2025.
\nRATING:\u00a0 G\/K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WORD COUNT: 521 words<\/p>\n

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Weaker Sex (The) \u2013 by PatD in PA\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Marie Cartwright comes home from assisting a neighbor to find \u2026 well, you\u2019ll see!\u00a0 Written for the 3rd Quarter Chaps and Spurs Challenge.
\nRating:\u00a0<\/strong>K\/G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Word Count:\u00a0<\/strong>1,726<\/p>\n

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You Can Bet on It \u2013 by PatD in PA\u00a0 <\/a>\u00a0SUMMARY: \u00a0With Christmas just around the corner, Little Joe Cartwright learns exactly how far his Yankee Granite Head of a big brother will go, just how much he will do, in order to keep him safe.
\nRATING: PG\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WORD COUNT: 10,301<\/p>\n

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