Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Eleven) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Eleven) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris Maybe humans did come from the sea. https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/collection/highlights/yawkyawk-sculptures Later that day Rita is invited to eat supper with the Martins.  “Hope you like meat pies,” Aurora says passing her a steaming plate. “I do,” Rita replies.  She glances down at her new clothes.  “ThankContinue reading “Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Eleven) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris”

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Ten) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Ten) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris “If you believe your culture is shattered and scattered and finished, or your language is gone, then you are a dead man walking. But if you believe you can reconnect to your language and your culture, you become empowered.” – Ezzard Flowers in No Longer aContinue reading “Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Ten) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris”

Book Review of Cixin Lui’s “Death’s End”

Book Review of Cixin Lui’s “Death’s End” (translated by Ken Liu), the third book in the Three Body Problem. * In Chinese the surname is placed first Cixin Lui has written the next evolution in Science Fiction.  Whereas Star Trek asks how will we react to certain circumstances, Cixin Lui suggests what could happen. HowContinue reading “Book Review of Cixin Lui’s “Death’s End””

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Nine) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Nine) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris (reference links at bottom) Rita finds both the Martins sitting outside on their covered porch sipping coffee.  She can hear them talking in whispers as they stare into the sunrise.  In the distance she can just see the Sydney Opera House and Sydney HarbourContinue reading “Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Nine) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris”

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Seven) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

Captain Alejandra and her motley crew of female pirates is determined to protect the pregnancy ship and defeat the Monstrous Captain Barhadrow!

Fallen (from the as yet unpublished 4th book in the Children of the Myth Machine series)

(From “Miya” the as yet unpublished 4th book in the Children of the Myth Machine series) Fallen I rebelled against destiny So Father Sky severed my wings And I plummeted into Mother Nature Who chained me to her bosom In vines dense with iron But still I rebelled So they gouged out my eyes And IContinue reading “Fallen (from the as yet unpublished 4th book in the Children of the Myth Machine series)”

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Six) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

At night she climbs up onto a dock near the Sydney Opera House and waits by one of the docked boats until she changes back.

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Five) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

As she heads into the South Pacific Ocean from the Hawkesbury River, Rita changes from many trout into a single three meter long bottlenose dolphin.

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Four) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

Rita floats bodiless in space.  She looks down and sees a group of women known as the Djunkgao sisters shrouded in mist.  They are naming the Australian animals and clans.  One is making sacred wells with a yam stick.  The image disappears. 

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Three) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris

Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Three) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris (reference links at bottom) The Australasia Recycling Label We administer the Australian Packaging Covenant to reduce the environmental impacts of consumer packaging and optimise resource recovery. We develop plans and guidelines to prevent plastic waste from entering the oceans. We work with state, territoryContinue reading “Rita Walker: Australia (Blog Three) by Dan Watt and Taylor Norris”