This is Mick's perspective of the first weeks in his "new" life. He is settling in alright but there are some complications on the horizon.

Mick is forced to make some difficult decisions about his future.

It's one of those absolutely dispensable mornings for Mick as he wakes up feeling dreadful and confused ...

A bad storm is forecast in late summer of 1933.

New Year's Eve of 1930 is one that will not quickly be forgotten in Mick's family.

Continued from "All I Want For Christmas Is You" - family Christmas at the Cleavers' brings a few surprises this year ...

Mick takes a journey back west to spend Christmas with his family - at the request of two very young ladies.

Mick is very much in love and spends a seemingly endless week waiting to see his beloved again ...

Young fisherman Mick has always been fond of the elements, be it sun or wind or rain, but what he encounters this fine Sunday afternoon is yet another force of nature ...

Just a little piece about Mick starting out into his adult life.

This is the sequel of "Rage and Reputation". Mick is on his way to Maine - or is he? - and Alice is, of course, desperate to find her son.

Things have turned out very well for Alice Cleaver, Mick's mother, after remarrying - only her relationship with Mick remains problematic and hits a low point when he gets into trouble at school.

Mick finally sees his beloved grandparents again ...

A look at young Mick as he is grappling with the new circumstances of living imposed on him.

At the age of nine, Mick is facing another unexpected major change in life, which he finds very hard to deal with.

A telegram on a sunny August morning marks one of the first decisive events in Mick Carpenter's young life.

After several stories from Evelyn's POV I wanted to give Mick a voice, too. This is his story of the war and its aftermath.

My take at what happened after the end of the wonderful movie "In a Savage Land" - dedicated to the lovely ladies of the Rooftop forum who introduced me to this film in the first place.