Those Steel Magnolias had nothing on my mom. The proof is in the Banana Surprise! https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/banana-surprise-by-robert-walton-spices-seasonings-series/
Category Archives: Accolades
Quarry Deeper!
Friend and colleague Richard Preston just offered a fine review of my new novella!
Walton’s tale, Quarry, is a look into a future that may well already be playing out.
The setting is Los Angeles…where gangs of poor youth scramble to find resources for survival in an economy that has abandoned them. However, in this topsy-turvy world, the affluent hunt these forgotten kids for sport. Walton through his twists of plot, that his characters manipulate, attempt to seek accountability for the wrongs imposed on them by the affluent hunters.
Teo, Bob’s protagonist, has not lost his innate sense of “goodness,” acts to turn the tables on the idle and crass wealthy of L.A. Teo’s “quarry” becomes the target for a clever revenge in his land of promise… Anaheim’s Disneyland. In a sense, Teo (God’s gift) leads his gangs to a victory over dark forces of capitalistic greed and cynicism. The road to victory down Figueroa and La Cienega Blvds is the path of redemption for the gangs and a new life for Teo and his acquired family. In the end, the “hunted” turn the tables… and the hunters become the Quarry.
Richard Preston https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ48HJ1J?fbclid=IwAR0zBHviYTYZEODE09C7W6Q8YQAj20JSrH_qpl_0zqJpwjlgBPACpVEra0o
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Quarry Received a New Review!
“I finished “Quarry”. I couldn’t put it down. I’m giving it to my daughter for her to read and pass on to my 16-year-old grandson. Orphaned teens and children are being used by rich men as prey in their hunting games. Teo and the rest of the teen gangs organize and better their lives in the streets of L.A. This a story of the young wanting a better, safe life without fear of being used by the privileged adults. I liked reading about how Teo and Tina succeeded in creating a safe haven for themselves and the other teens and children in the story. The author kept my interest and I felt he understood teens and how they would react if they lived in such a world.” Linda Dennis, retired teacher.
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Tiny Seed’s new Poetry Anthology!
I thank the folks at The Tiny Seed Journal for including “Penstemon Honey” in this luminous anthology! Here’s a link to the book. https://www.blurb.com/b/11727827-poetry-of-the-wild-flowers
Always noted, long remembered!
Composer Randol Bass created “A New Birth of Freedom” for the United States Marine Band in 2009. It includes the text of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Monterey Pops director Carl Christensen included this piece in his 4th of July program and asked me to read Lincoln’s words. I am most honored! Join us at Devendorf Park in Carmel for a great concert! https://www.montereycountypops.org/post/a-celebration-of-freedom-independence-day-2023
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Alexander the Greatest!
Saturday Writers is a most supportive writers’ group. I’ve been honored over the years that they’ve chosen some of my writing for prizes in their well-organized contests. Most recently, my Istanbul reminiscence “Alexander the Greatest” was honored in their ethnic food contest. Here’s a quote:
A vertical spit rotated next to this ladder of intense heat. On the spit was a roll of compressed lamb slices called derna. The roll, nearly three feet long and at least eight inches in diameter, gleamed decadently with juice as it rotated. The chef carved slices off the roll for each dish of iskender ordered. The slices, thick and numerous, were arranged on each plate atop a bed of pita bread and cherry tomatoes. The meat on its bed was covered with a large dollop of yoghurt, high fat yoghurt. Then, to the everlasting horror of my arteries, the waiter poured ladles of melted goats milk butter over all. Faced with enough cholesterol to sink the Titanic
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Twilight Fox and More!
Irene Toh, editor of the Red Wolf Journal, has shared a number of my mountain poems over the years. She recently decided to pull together some contributors’ collections and I am honored to be among those she decided to publish. This is as close as I’ve come to having an actual book of my poetry, so I want to share it with you all.
https://redwolfjournal.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/twilight-fox-by-robert-walton-2.pdf
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