[OOM: Gather them up with a butterfly net. Do what needs to be done.

*Dialogue from The Man from Snowy River contained within.]

Preparing to ride out is almost more than Jim's body can handle. After a while, he comes to welcome the pain. It hurts too much to concentrate on anything else; certainly too much to think about how very many ways he has failed ( Read more... )

[OOM: With the men due to return any day now, Jim unthinkingly grabs hold of another opportunity to prove his worth.

Turns out he should have let this one go.]

[OOM: Risking Harrison's wrath, Jim and Jessica break the colt.]

[OOM: On Harrison's cattle station, a challenge is boldly issued and rashly met.]

It's not that Jim has been avoiding the door to Milliways, necessarily; he thinks about it often, watches it out of the corner of his eye as he chops wood in the kitchen yard. Not once has he seen anyone else enter or exit. He's beginning to think it's hiding in plain sight, visible only to him ( Read more... )

[OOM --

What good can come of being left behind? Not much, Jim thinks. But then there is tea and a surprising conversation with the boss's daughter.]

[OOM -- You win some, you lose some.]

[OOM --

All in a day's work: Jim makes his first enemy, and then discovers what that flirting business is all about when Jessica Harrison needs help tying a knot.]

[Pre-Milliways: Nice work if you can get itJim is searching for his bunk ( Read more... )