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Little Girls
Heron’s Bonds has two little girls that are featured prominently. The first is Jenny. She starts out seeming very young and through the book grows significantly. Not only does she discover her first connection to the planet and make friends with a number of dragons, but she begins assuming more responsibility for herself while those…
Read MoreCold Snap
This morning the world where my feet belong had a sudden cold snap and I live in a heated, modern sort of dwelling. The thought of chopping wood to keep the cold at bay would be daunting. Did you ever think of what those first settlers gave up to live primitively on a new planet…
Read MoreBabies
If you have read Heron’s Bonds you know that baby dragons are going to be included in book 3 the HeartSinger. Do you have an image in your head yet? Small, undefined, unable to fly or communicate, delicate and vulnerable. I am anxious to see people’s reaction to them. However in book 2 we do…
Read MoreA Cold
It is positively ridiculous that a human nose and sinus cavity can produce and store gallons of sticky snot under pressure. It waits until a sudden change in temperature before it basically explodes from the center of your face. I am not sure who to complain to about this obvious design flaw, but I want…
Read MorePitfalls
What are the challenges that Heron and Grabon face while trying to establish a territory that includes humans as well as dragons? How do they attract dragons to live side by side with humans when most dragons view humans as beasts? How do they keep humans when most of them live in fear of the…
Read MoreGrabon’s Visitors
In Gordon’s Pride, Monna visits and is sent out of the territory for breaking the rules. In Heron’s Bonds she returns. I do not want to say more on the subject, but she is treated far differently than the five other friends who come to visit. It is custom among dragons that an unknown visitor…
Read MoreEducation
Dragons leave the nest at fifteen cycles after learning the basics, flying to other territories to learn as much as possible. More on that will be evident as the next stories unfold, but the humans are different. In the colonies and developed settlements they have schools for young people. In less developed places, it is…
Read MoreStandards
Humans like to set standards, especially on NewEarth where survival is difficult and a struggle. Those who fall outside the standard with too much or too little are generally set to the side. Gordon has too much strength both physically and psychically. Heron is not only companion to a dragon, he survived a tragedy that…
Read MoreWhy Deceive
In order to keep a low profile, Heron had to play the pet or he might have been hunted for sport in one of the territories. Worse, he and Grabon would have been separated. As long as Grabon was not mature, they could not risk Heron being seen as an equal. The same is true…
Read MoreGrabon’s Territory
How is it that humans know so little about the dragons? Well, the dragons were not inclined to make contact with lesser beasts that came from off planet unless they posed a danger to the planet itself. The dragons observed the humans from a distance. Yes that meant that the humans had a glimpse of…
Read MoreGuests and visitors
Most of us have a language distinction that we use to indicate company that joins us in our lives and those who expect us to cater to their needs. Whether our friends hang out while others visit or we have guests and visitors, it all amounts to the same thing. Some people are close enough…
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