Ushen at Ten

Basalt boulder, possibly coughed out by Wollumbin, 23 million years ago.
Ushen at Ten

Basalt boulder, possibly coughed out by Wollumbin, 23 million years ago.
The action from here to the end of Earth Fall is from Ushen’s point of view. Her very early memories and experiences are glossed over somewhat, since realistic communications would’ve ranged from inchoate to difficult as she is only two years old at the beginning of the chapter.
Rather than posting up the whole lot at once, I decided on short chapters relating to the distinct phases of Ushen’s life. Plus, my thinking was that starting with very short chapters would allow me to expand where needed while editing, and that has been the case so far. Section 1 started with a bunch of notes of about 500 words, that became approx 1800.
As seems to be becoming usual these days, I’m behind on sourcing/painting imagery. The image pertaining to this installment may be added later.
Bit of a wrong image given the seriousness of the chapter. All I could find at short notice that was even a little on topic.

Photo from the theaustralianfoodshop.com

This is an image symbolizing Allie’s little girls … from 6076c2e242a6da9aac998e127044b21a.jpg
14. Nalbo, Gathered In

This an illustration from a booklet I painted a while ago. Seemed appropriate for the chapter

This is the kind of delivery van that Maeve drives, but then a purely mechanical model. Hers is definitely older and with more wear and tear seeing her roads are largely unmade country roads.