Bonanza Legacy
ELLA
Ben: "Today's story
will be
read by Ella."
Adam & Hoss: Making themselves
comfortable
in their favorite chairs.
Little Joe: Sitting with his feet on the
table.
Ella
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Title: Double
Trouble (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: In a dream, Adam experiences what life would be
like
if his brother Joe had been born a twin. Ten-year-olds Joe and
Joshua
bring "double trouble" to the Cartwright household!
Title: Twice Blessed:
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This sequel to "Double Trouble" allows Ben
to
find out what his world would have been like if his son Adam had been
born
a twin. While twenty-two-year-olds Adam and Andrew prove to be
responsible
young men, they recall some of their own reckless childhood behavior as
they
search for Joe.
Title: And Then
There
Were Six! (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This continues the "twin series", with Ben
dreaming
of a life in which each of his sons is born with an identical
twin.
Pa proves he is a capable match, even against half a dozen mischievous
boys!
Title: Play for
Keeps (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When ten-year-old Joe continues to
disobey
his father, Adam suggests an unusual punishment. Winning obedience has
its
costs. When Joe loses his spirit, Adam questions the wisdom
of
his plan.
Title: A Well of
Wisdom (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When ten-year-old Joe disobeys his
father
and explores a property Ben has deemed off-limits, the child falls into
a
dry well. In the process of rescuing him, Adam learns
Little
Joe’s secret fear.
Title: The
Shattered
Trust (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Ten-year-old Joe receives a special
memento
of his mother’s from Ben. Later, in a fit of temper, Joe
destroys
the treasure. Too ashamed to face his father, the child runs
away.
Title: Apple of
His
Eye (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: At Adam’s suggestion, ten-year-old Joe
decides
to give their father a “good boy” for his birthday. The plan is
shattered,
when a neighbor accuses Joe of stealing. Brother Adam sets out to
prove
the accusation false.
Title: Ring of
Loyalty (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Twelve-year-old Joe gets permission to join
a
boy’s club. The club initiation requires him to betray his
father,
for which Joe feels he can never be forgiven. Adam steps in and
shares
a story from his childhood, to help convince Joe of their father’s
capacity
for forgiveness.
Title: Chains of
Guilt (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: After a near tragedy occurs, Adam sinks
into
a deep depression. Twelve-year-old Joe is unwilling to take their
father’s
time-heals-all approach and seeks his own solution to restoring his
sibling’s
spirit.
Title: Rival for
His
Pa’s Affections (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When Victoria Rose captures Ben
Cartwright’s
heart, Joe’s life goes into a tailspin. While the singer
displays
nothing but love for Ben’s youngest in front of his family, she
secretly
and relentlessly promises the boy that there is no place for him in her
plans
for marital bliss.
Title: Stubborn
Love (click on title to email author for story)
Rating: G
Summary: When Ben doesn’t return home on time, Adam
knows
he and Hoss must search for him. Despite a neighbor’s objections
to
taking six-year-old Joe out in the brutal winter weather, a stubborn
six-year-old
Little Joe makes it impossible for Adam to refuse making him a member
of
their search party.
Title: A Firm Hand
(click on title to email author for story)
Rating: G
Summary: When twenty-two-year old Adam returns
from
college, he’s surprised at how wild his youngest brother has
become.
He also wonders what his role is now, where disciplining his brother is
concerned.
When their father leaves on a business trip, Joe learns that his older
brother
is his father’s right hand man in more than just handling Ponderosa
business.
As a result, Adam shares some memories of Joe’s earlier years and the
role
Adam played as disciplinarian.
Title: Carson
City
Nightmare (click on title to email author for story)
Rating: G
Summary: Unexpected circumstances require that
Adam
take six-year-old Joe on a business trip to Carson City.
Adam
has high hopes of representing his father in a railroad contract
negotiation,
but his world is turned upside down when Little Joe is kidnapped by the
opposition.
Title: Happy
Brother’s
Day (click on title to email author for story)
Rating: G
Summary: A broken memento and a bully bring
ten-year-old
Joe and brother Adam closer together.
Title: Turning the
Pages
of Time (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Adam and his father
disagree
on just how grown up Adam really is. After a heated argument,
Adam
leaves home, with plans to go to sea. Both Ben and
Adam
find themselves recalling Adam’s childhood and share some of their
memories
with a six-year-old Joe, who doesn’t understand why his oldest brother
has
left home.
Title: Reading
Between
the Lines (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG-13 (For a
brief
scene containing violence and blood)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Joe befriends a pair of
brothers
being raised by their reclusive uncle Deck. Despite orders from
Ben
and Deck to cease seeing the boys, Joe secretly meets with his friends
to
fulfill a promise. Heartache follows and brother Adam steps in to
help.
Title: The Little
Mimic (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Six-year-old Joe both worries and delights
his
family as he imitates their actions around the ranch. Big brother
Adam
finds himself interfering on his little brother’s behalf when some
of
Joe’s antics stretch their father’s patience.
Title: Mischief on
the
Truckee (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: With thoughts of Vikings and Robinson
Crusoe in their heads, twelve-year-old Joe and his friends Seth
Pruitt
and Mitch Devlin make a raft. When the boys decide to try it out
on
the Truckee River, things rapidly get out of hand.
Title: Glimpses of
Marie (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Eleven-year-old Joe thinks Adam wanted a little
sister
instead of a second little brother. In order to set Joe straight,
Adam
shares a story of himself at eleven and how a conflict with Marie put
him
in serious danger. Ben and Hoss join the two and share both
serious
and light-hearted memories of Joe’s mother and her involvement in Hoss’
and
Adam’s upbringing.
Title: Aurora’s
Pawn (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Joe falls in love for the first
time.
When brother Adam finds out the girl’s name, he has reservations about
her
motives, based on an event from his past. Knowing Joe won’t
appreciate
his interference, Adam can only wait in the wings and be ready to pick
up
the pieces.
Title: Remnants of
Yesterday (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: After comforting a distraught ten-year-old Joe on
the
anniversary of Marie’s death, Adam recalls how Marie helped Ben
mellow
a bit, in his dealings with his oldest son. Ben joins Adam in
reminiscing
and they also recall some of Marie’s own tactics for dealing with young
Adam.
Title: The Gift of
Family (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When a dear friend of Adam’s asks him to design
and
build an orphanage, Adam is thrilled. As the building proceeds,
however,
Adam befriends one of the orphans, making eleven-year-old Joe
jealous.
Adam’s reaction surprises Joe, but the youngest Cartwright pulls out a
few
surprises of his own.
Title: The
Meaning
of Kinship (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When a young ranch hand’s uncle brings trouble to
the
Ponderosa, eighteen-year-old Adam and six-year-old Joe both play a role
in
combating the trouble.
Title: The
Fundraiser
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: In this sequel to “The Gift of Family”, Joe and
his
friend Toby have grand plans to raise money to build a playroom full of
toys
for the Carson City Orphanage. However, as is so often the case with
Joe’s
plans, this one takes an unexpected turn.
Title: Trinkets
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Ten-year-old Joe finds a wooden box under Adam’s
bed.
The contents of the box send Adam on a trip down memory lane, as each
of
various trinkets reveal a chapter from his past.
Title: Diversions
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Six-year-old Joe is sick of rain.
Older
brother Adam, in charge in their father’s absence, dreams up various
ways
to keep his brother occupied. A memory of a diversion Adam
created
for Hoss finds its way to the surface. As well, Joe finds
diversions
come in handy outside the confines of the ranch.
Title: At the End
of
Their Ropes
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: The Cartwrights worry about the activities
of
thirteen-year-old Joe, when the boy begins to act as if he’s concealing
something.
His involvement with several older, reckless boys doesn’t help matters
and
it spurs Adam to remember his own
adolescence
and how much his own reckless behavior concerned Pa.
Title: Be Careful
What
You Wish For
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: In a dream, Ben discovers what his life
would
have been like if his three sons had been daughters. Believe me,
he
is VERY glad to wake up!
Title: The Domino
Effect
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Adam takes six-year-old Joe with him
on
a tour to stock up the Ponderosa’s line shacks. While Joe challenges
his
brother’s patience more than once, the trip is lots of good memories in
the
making. Along the way, a tree sparks a memory from Adam’s
own
childhood and a lesson he learned as a result.
Title: Cheap
Imitation
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: An adolescent Joe is tired of having
to
live up to his oldest brother’s standards. By chance, the boy
meets
an old college friend of Adam’s. Adam disapproves of the
association,
but is he jealous or does he have his little brother’s well-being at
heart?
Title: Clearing
the
Cobwebs
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: The Cartwrights grow alarmed when
eleven-year-old
Joe’s fainting spell sets off a series of nightmares and ill-tempered
behavior.
Adam suspects that a visiting French author is the cause and delves
into
the reasons why.
Title: Seeking
the
Home Hearth
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: A friend of Ben’s brings his daughter
Sophonia
to visit the Ponderosa. Destined to become a politician’s
wife,
Sophie wonders if that’s really what she wants, after experiencing the
love,
warmth and fun displayed between eighteen-year-old Adam and his two
brothers.
Adam reaches out to help, with lots of assistance from six-year-old Joe.
Title: Ben
Cartwright
... Father of the Bride!
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: In this sequel to “Be Careful What
You
Wish For”, Ben’s oldest daughter Evelyn is getting married.
Thirteen-year-old
Johanna is jealous of all the attention showered on big sister. Jo has
her
own ideas about the “perfect wedding”. Poor Ben! Just
be
glad it’s only a dream!
Title: Echoes
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Adam takes Little
Joe
with him on a trip into the mountains, to check on an aged family
friend.
Joe’s happy-go-lucky attitude along the way makes Adam think back to
his
own early years during the trip West with Ben.
Title: Whisper Down
the
Lane
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (Suggested adult behavior)
Summary: Eleven-year-old Joe and his friend
start
a little rumor and boy, does it snowball!
Title: Loose
Ends (October 2002) (click on title to email author for
story)
Rated: G
Summary: In this sequel to “Echoes”, the
character
of Cody Pyle returns. Cody, eighteen-year-old Adam, and Ben
exchange
memories, entertaining Hoss and Joe with stories of the years when
five-year-old
Adam was travelling West with Ben.
Title: From the
Pages
of Pa’s Journal
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (Suggested adult behavior)
Summary: When Ben is confined to bed with a sprained
ankle,
he passes the time re-reading entries from his journals, kept since the
time
he and Adam began their journey West. His three sons are
alternately
embarrassed and amused as their father brings back memories from each
boy’s
childhood.
Title: Two Make the
Mischief
More Fun! (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Adam takes eleven-year-olds Joe and
friend
Toby to Carson City, where he meets with his ‘Aunt Hattie’ about a
building
project. When the younger boys finds various ways to get into
mischief,
Aunt Hattie can’t help but remind Adam of a rather elaborate scheme he
and
a friend dreamed up at the age of twelve.
Title: Sketches:
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When artist Henry Flanders passes
through
Virginia City, he discovers the Cartwright family. Ben invites
him
to the Ponderosa, promising endless opportunities to sketch, providing
Henry
fulfils a special request.
Title: Recipes
for
Trouble (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: In this sequel to "From the Pages of
Pa's
Journal", Ben continues to review his sons' antics, that he recorded in
his
diaries.
Title: Making
Your
Own Mark (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When his friend Eddie Johnson gets married,
eighteen-year-old
Adam shares memories with Ben about the Cartwrights' introduction to
the
Johnsons and ultimately, about what one father taught another about
raising
a son. (This story primarily features Adam at the age of
ten).
Title: Those
Daring
Young Men
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This story is a sequel to "Two Make the Mischief
More
Fun!" When twenty-four-year-old Adam has a reunion with his
childhood
friend Jason Miller, the two relive a memorable contest they
participated
in at the age of sixteen. Left in charge of twelve-year-old Joe
and
friend Toby for a couple days, Adam finds himself comparing his own
daring
behavior to that of his little brother’s.
Title: Taking a
Break
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Concerned that his father is overworked, Adam
suggests he take the weekend off and that Joe accompany him. Certainly,
the last thing on Ben’s mind is work, as his ten-year-old peppers him
with questions about his two older brothers’ childhood. Joe’s own
antics further remind Ben that there is no break from fatherhood. Then
again, would Ben Cartwright really want one?
Title: Marie’s
Keepsakes (Part One) (click on title to email author for
story)
Rated: PG (Minor mention of what happens
upstairs
in those saloons!)
Summary: When Ben goes away on business, Adam
retrieves
a special box from the attic. Filled with Marie’s keepsakes of her life
at
the Ponderosa, the chest promises hours of pleasure for Little Joe, as
Adam
and Hoss relate the stories behind each item in the box. (Inspired by
the
idea behind my "Trinkets" story, but NOT a sequel to that tale).
Title:
Marie’s Keepsakes (Conclusion) (click on title to email
author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Joe’s brothers continue to entertain him with
their
memories of Marie and Adam finally faces the memory behind the object
he
hid from Hoss
Title: Cody
Pyle Returns (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Keeping a promise he made six
years ago, Cody Pyle returns to the Ponderosa. His visit brings
more memories of the time he traveled with Ben and five-year-old Adam,
but his adventures with twelve-year-old Joe stir up more excitement
than either of them expect or welcome. As is so often the case,
older brother Adam intervenes on his troubled brother's behalf.
(Note: Cody Pyle first appeared in the author's story "Echoes").
Title: Cody
Pyle Meets Aunt Hattie! (click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Adam is
thrilled when the opportunity arises to introduce aunts Hattie and
Matilda to Cody Pyle … That is, until Cody and Hattie begin sharing
stories about Adam’s past adventures, to the delight of twelve-year-old
Joe. This story is a sequel to "Cody Pyle Returns."
Title: An Elf Named Cartwright (click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Six-year-old Joe worries about how Santa finds his way to
every house in the world on Christmas Eve. The boy takes matters
into his own hands to ensure St. Nick finds his way to the Ponderosa.
Title: Dividends
(click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (For suggested
adult behavior)
Summary: When a good deed done
for a neighbor goes sour, Ben is reminded just how rich a man he is,
through the wealth he holds in his three sons.
Title: A
Passion Rekindled (click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG-13 (For language
and suggested adult behavior)
Summary: When twelve-year-old
Joe finds a passionate love letter to his mother, written by a
stranger, he feels his world spinning out of control. Brother Adam steps in to set the record
straight.
Rated: PG-13 (For implied
"necessary talks")
Summary: When Adam makes a crack about
twelve-year-old Joe giving their father another gray hair, he's
surprised to find himself in the heat of his father's temper and
subject to reliving a couple of his own childhood "missteps". (Readers,
please note: This story focuses primarily on Ben and Adam. Marie is
also featured briefly.).
Title: A Little Imagination
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: With help from friends and six-year-old Joe,
Adam recalls childhood adventures he shared with his brothers
Title: The Mathematics of Sons
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: When Doctor Martin is forced to make a house
call on the Cartwrights, Ben entertains him with his theory on the
'mathematics of sons,' then shares some stories, to back up his
philosophy. Marie is included in several of these flashbacks.
Title: This One's for You, Inger (click on title to email
author for story)
Rated: PG-13 (Because it
includes a spanking)
Summary: When six-year-old Joe asks his oldest brother to
take him ice skating, he unleashes a waterfall of memories about Inger,
for Adam and Ben, as well as stories for Hoss, of the mother he never
knew.
Title: A Word, If I May (click on title to email
author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Twenty-four-year-old Adam Cartwright has
laryngitis - and everyone else has WAY too much to say! A
light-hearted tale.
Title: No One Knows You Better
(click on title to email author
for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Ben and Adam receive
a letter from a lawyer, a friend from long past, sparking memories
of their journey West. Meanwhile, Hoss and Joe have a falling
out, which requires Ben to hold his own court of law and Adam to do
some quick detective work.
Title: Letters to Henry
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This is a sequel to
"No One Knows You Better" and the first part in a series. Lawyer Henry
Tyson arrives at the Ponderosa and begins to share the letters he
received from Ben and Adam during their trip West. While ten-year-old
Joe has been beside himself, waiting to hear these letters, the first
one has an unexpected effect on the youngster.
Title:
Letters to Henry, part 2
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This is third in a
series of stories about lawyer Henry Tyson, who met Adam and Ben on
their journey West. In this segment, Henry enjoys getting to know Joe
-- both his tender heart and mischievous nature. As well, he continues
to relive Adam's past,through letters and a story, told for Joe's
benefit. You are strongly encouraged to read "No One Knows You Better"
and "Letters to Henry, Part 1" first.
Title:
Letters to Henry, part 3
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This is fourth in a series, about the visit of
lawyer Henry Tyson, who met Adam and Ben on their journey West. In this
segment, Joe's curiosity about the letters brings turmoil to the
Cartwright household. Flashes into the past are interspersed throughout.
Title:
Letters to Henry, part 4
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (For one intense scene)
Summary: This is fifth in a series, which began with "No
One Knows You Better". In this segment, the memories that the letters
have rekindled begin to put pressure on Adam.
Title:
Letters to Henry, part 5
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This is sixth in a series, which began with "No
One Knows You Better". In this chapter, Henry recounts more about Ben's
"little clerk" and Joe begins to hear about some of his brothers'
mischief at Fort Sutter.
Title: Letters
to Henry, Part 6 (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This is seventh in a series, which began
with "No One Knows You Better". In this part, Adam tells a story
of mischief at Fort Sutter. Brother Hoss is the guilty party for
a change!
Title: Letters to Henry (Part 7)
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary:
This is eighth in a series, which began with "No One Knows You Better".
In this chapter, Hoss and Joe question Henry about special information
in his letters. Meanwhile, Ben pursues his suspicions about other
mischief that occurred at Sutter's Fort.
Title: A Cartwright Named Santa
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Please
note: This is a sequel to "An Elf Named Cartwright". When the job of
elf goes to six-year-old Little Joe's head, the older Cartwrights pull
together, with the help of a good friend, in an effort to keep Joe from
destroying the magic of Christmas.
Title: The Gift of Tradition (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: It's Adam's first Christmas after
college. He and Ben give Joe an unexpected gift -- stories explaining
traditions, both special and unusual, that Marie gave to the
Cartwrights.
Title: Letters to Henry (Part 8)
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG
Summary: A comment from Hoss surfaces uncomfortable memories of Adam's early
relationship with Marie. As well, Henry fills Joe in on a couple
of the "little clerk's" adventures away from the store.
Title: Animal Instinct (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG-13
(For some violence and possibly disturbing behavior)
Summary:
When Adam and six-year-old Joe make a routine supply run in town, they
meet a man whose interest in Joe concerns Adam. When Ben hears the
man's name, he fears for the lives of all his sons.
Title: Letters
to Henry (Part 9) (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG-13 (Due to implied physical discipline)
Summary: Letters Adam deems unsuitable for his brothers' ears
bring back more memories of Inger. As well, the Cartwrights
head out to round up more wild horses, but all Joe rounds up is trouble.
Title: Letters
to Henry (Part 10) (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: This continues a
series that began with "No One Knows You Better". Henry
accompanies Joe back to the ranch and shares another story about Adam
as a boy. Meanwhile, Ben and Adam discuss the seriousness of Joe's
behavior and resolve a misunderstanding between them.
Title: Letters to Henry (Conclusion) (click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG
Summary: It is time for
Henry to return home, but before he goes, he shares another memory with
Little Joe of the days when Adam served as the "little clerk". As well,
Ben and Adam have a disagreement, which results in them reliving more
painful memories.
Title: A Boy’s-eye View (click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary:
When Ben decides to give eighteen-year-old Adam the day off, he’s
surprised when his eldest son decides to spend it with Joe. But "play"
is just what Adam needs and he knows his youngest brother is an expert.
This is mostly an Adam/Joe story, but the whole family is
featured. As well, Adam thinks back briefly to the days of
Inger and Marie.
Title: Answers (click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: After
his return from college, Adam wants answers about his mother. When
father and son spend a day alone at Lake Tahoe, Ben shares some fond
memories of his first wife. He is surprised when Adam turns around to
reveal some details about Elizabeth that he'd never heard before. Please
note: This is a Ben/Adam story. Hoss and Joe are not featured.
Title: The Little
Clerk (Part 1)
(click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: A ride into town with six-year-old Little Joe sends Ben
on a trip into the past. This story is a prequel
to my "Letters to Henry" series and further explores the days Ben and Adam spent
in lawyer Henry Tyson's town.
Title: The Little Clerk (Part
2) (click
on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: As Ben and six-year-old Joe continue
their errands in Virginia City, the little boy’s antics continue to remind
Ben of his days with Adam in Henry Tyson’s town.
Title: One Short Afternoon
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (For a suggestive reference to adult subject matter)
Summary: Adam
Cartwright agrees to give ten-year-old Joe a day out with his brothers. And
Joe gives his brothers a day to remember!
Title: Christmas Porridge
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Adam
remembers Mama Inger on Christmas night as Hop Sing and eleven-year-old Joe
carry out a Swedish Christmas tradition.
Title: Christmas Magic
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (for a few adult thoughts!)
Summary: When
Christmas brings memories of Marie, for Ben and his older boys, eleven-year-old
Joe eagerly devours their stories about his mother.
Title: Stirring up Dust
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (For some suggestive comments of an adult nature)
Summary: A
school project and an attic trunk bring ten-year-old Joe a story about the days
of Marie, from brother Adam.
Title: The Cartwright Charm
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG (For suggested adult behavior)
Summary: Shelby
Sterrett learns just where the Cartwright boys get their charm, when Adam treats
her and his brothers to a story about Ben and Marie. Please note: This is a
Ponderosa TV series story.
Title: The Painter's Promise
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: Brotherly
teamwork and the hidden talents of an artist bring Ben a special birthday gift.
Title: Stirring the Pot
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG-13 (Reference to spanking, as well as some "adult"
thoughts).
Summary: This
is a sequel to my story "Stirring Up Dust," giving Hop Sing a chance
to share a few of his memories of Marie and how she dealt with ALL her boys!
Title: Daydreams
(click on title to email author for story)
Rated: PG-13 (Reference to spanking, as well as some "adult"
thoughts).
Summary: While
his three sons go for a swim in the lake, Ben dozes under a tree and imagines
what life could have been like, if either Elizabeth or Inger had come West with
him to live out his Ponderosa dream.
Title: Pa, I’ve Been Thinkin’...
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Rated: G.
Summary: Adam’s
upcoming departure for college has six-year-old Joe thinkin’. He shares
his thoughts with his father and brothers during the family’s ride home
from church. A short story.
Title: Those Little Gears - They're Always Turnin'!
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Rated: G
Summary: In
this sequel to “Pa, I’ve Been Thinkin’,” Ben recalls
some of his older sons’ thinkin’ – when they were little fellas.
Roy Coffee joins him in his reminiscing, while young Joe tends to his chores
- though not without incident!
Title: Chasing the Monsters Away
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Rated: PG
Summary: Monsters
can get you – even when you’re no longer a child – if you
let them. Sometimes chasing them away requires the help of a big brother …
or a father. (A WHN “The Crucible”)
Title: The Usual
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Rated: PG (adult themes)
Summary: It’s
good to shake up life’s routine once in awhile, isn’t it? Ask twenty-four-year-old
Adam Cartwright. A light-hearted tale, featuring the whole family.
Title: Natural-bound
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Rated: G
Summary: Ben’s
sons share their views on brotherhood.
Title: Passing the Time
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Rated: G
Summary: As
ten-year-old Joe and brother Adam return from the job of tree tallying, Joe
keeps his brother both perplexed and entertained, passing the time with various
questions about early life on the Ponderosa.
Title: The Unexpected Gift
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to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: On
the day after Christmas, the Cartwright boys find they each have one more package
to open. The package for Adam brings forth memories of Cartwright Christmas
past, along with some other surprises.
Title: The New Year's Resolution
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Rated: G
Summary: A
heated moment between twelve-year-old Joe and Adam leads to a story about Marie
and some special New Year's resolutions.
Title: A Little Education
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Rated: G
Summary: A
trip to town with six-year-old Joe is always an education – just ask Ben
Cartwright. Hearing about the trip can also be an eye-opener – just ask
brother Adam!
Title: The Proper Prescription
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Rated: PG (for some adult atmosphere)
Summary: Sometimes
a little interference from a family friend is just what the doctor ordered.
Mainly an Adam story, but includes Marie in a flashback
Title: Believing
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Rated: PG
13
Summary: What impact
did the ending of the Bonanza episode “The Crucible” have on Hoss
and Little Joe? Please note: This story was written as a partner to my previous
sequel “Chasing the Monsters Away.”
Title: Footprints
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Rated: PG
(for a tiny bit of nudity)
Summary: While
Adam and six-year-old Joe spend a day on fence repair, Adam fields Joe’s
questions. He also remembers Inger, and her special way of dealing with a little
boy’s questions.
Title: Talking It out
Rated: G
Summary: A talk with six-year-old Joe helps Adam work out a problem.
(A short story)
Title: The Assignment
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Rated: PG
Summary: The Cartwright brothers begin work on a new piece of property their father has acquired, but when thirteen-year-old Joe makes a discovery in a run-down shack, the assignment becomes anything but routine.
Title: Habits (click on title to email author for story)
Rated: G
Summary: A son learns both good and bad habits from his father - even if Ben Cartwright has trouble admitting it!
Title: Christmas on the Trail
Rated: G
Summary: While twenty-six-year-old Adam spends his Christmas on the trail with strangers, back at the Ponderosa Ben shares with his younger sons what it was like having Christmas with others when he, Adam and Hoss made their way West.
Title: What About Mrs. Claus?
Rated: G
Summary: On Christmas Day, six-year-old Joe has some questions about Mrs. Claus. Older brother Adam has answers!
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