Chapter Three Highlighted

Livestock roams the grassy plains of southern Viria. Watch your step.

Chapter Two Highlighted

In the hills of north eastern Zeural lies the new city of Reberger. It is a wonderful place to visit, but just make sure you make the right friends. I would hate to see you dropped off in the Ruins of Esenny, food for a Mocar. Pack warmly for the winter.

Chapter One Highlighted

Map Confusion

Morning all,

After talking to someone who finished the book, he had difficulty reading the maps as he read the chapter. So, I will highlight my chapter maps to aid understanding of where the characters are in relation to the rest of the world. Be on the lookout for these in the days to come.

The calm before the storm?

Have you ever felt that something was wrong...

As my gaze crosses the gulf once more this morning, a sense of foreboding sinks into my heart. Have I been so jaded by this world that I look at a calm sea and think something is amiss. I have never seen the gulf this calm, for the fifth day in a row. The gentle waves are easing onto shore. It feels more like a lake with heavy boat traffic than the mighty Gulf of Mexico. The waves seem to be afraid of the shore. When they get here, they seem to apologize for disturbing the calm. The humidity was higher back home last week after all those days of deluge. A few dolphins chase a school of fish between the sand bar and the shore. The pelicans that normally dot the sky and sea are absent. Even the gulls and sand pipers appear to have flown to the main land. Fellow beach combers and sun worshipers are few and far between.
The scattered thunder storms this week have not been enough to raise some waves. Trying to teach my boys to catch some righteous curls on their boogie boards is extremely frustrating. We have been regulated to the shore break. With all the eeriness of the calm, the soothing breeze and quite crash sink deep into my soul. Thank you, dear mother-in-law for this time.

Summer reading list.

As summer begins, many of you are preparing for as busy a schedule as school. I have forgotten the time of the lazy days of summer. Now, the Thornhill clan heads out to a mother in law funded vacation. I am still swamped with projects and writing tasks galore. The drive across the lower part of the country reminded me to take my time.

The boys and I piled into the F150 and struck out from the homestead. Bikes and waterproof boxes carefully tied down obscured some of my rear view. I selected 80's Christian tunes and we drove. I usually am the one to set the pace, and get there in good time. Not today! My instructions made it perfectly clear that I was not to be the first. Setting the cruise where I can dead on the speed limit, my adventuring tribe sought roads we have not traveled. Teaching my boys to read signs, correspond them to a reference point on a map, we navigated our way across the country.

As you head your way this summer, make Birth of Legends part of your summer reading list. It is great for the beach. It's accessible to early teen readers as well as enthralling for adults. Slow down and take some time. Make memories my friends.