Swordwhale Walking: Illustration, stories, photojourneys, videos

This page chronicles the adventures of the characters from my set of YA stories. You've seen them on other pages of this site. Here you'll get their stories ranging from one panel funnies to short stories and novel excerpts. The tales are PG- to PG 13, centered around the Earth Life Foundation's and Hawk Circle Farm's efforts to Educate (the next generation, about the natural world) Legislate (clean up the Bay and other epic struggles) and save the world for Future generations. Yes, it's fantasy, the acronym (E.L.F.) should give you a clue...

When Lord of the Rings hit the big silver screen, thousands of screaming teenagery girls latched onto a character I'd loved since I first read the books in 1978 (when Orlando Bloom was yet in diapers). Mr. Bloom did a fine job of evoking the Failthful Elven Sidekick, Prince of Mirkwood, and Kickbutt Archer, so much so, I'm doomed to fandom for eternity. The thousands of teenagery girls fired off masses of lovestruck verbiage, much of it missing many details of the character. I armed my ancient word processing program and fired back... here are a few of my missives; some adventures Tolkien had never thought of, and never would have. Click on Legolas and Gimli, above. (PG-13)