Prompt Word: China Minervie and Chip 39 Minervie found herself aboard a showboat Luana, for a river cruise from Sullivans Wharf down the Brisbane to Australia’s only man-made island. The bartender aboard the ship was playing with the patrons. Using an Chinese accent, he said, “Free Drink to the first who know … where I was born.” Three people yelled, “China” all at once, and Minervie, nursing a local whiskey just smiled, while folks tried to guess....
Prompt Word: Danish Minervie and Chip 38 #wss366 #danish (1/3) Having found her mischief easier to accomplish than she had thought, Minervie decided to take the extra few days away from Chip as a bit of a vacation. It was the beginning of summer here, where the snow was falling back home. She decided to ask at the hotel she’d booked, and walked down the stairs to the front desk. The desk man had been trying to sneak a Danish pastry breakfast, and she had essentially snuck up on him....
Prompt Word: Desert Minervie and Chip 37 “Thomas Parnell? He died.” said the professor. “Oh, I’m so sorry,” Minervie said. The professor added with a bit more cheer, “They named this building after him when it was completed a few years back.” Minervie was definitely having a lot less fun with this now. Getting back to her main story, “I heard there was a pitch demonstration to see, do you…”...
Prompt Word: Park Minervie and Chip 36 Having taken a Brisbane River ferry to the St. Lucia ferry stop, Minervie walked with purpose through the university campus until she stood upon the Great Court. It along the rest of Queensland University had been built on the former land of Victoria Park, but of course even that had once been Barrambin, “The Windy Place”, in the language of the Turrbal people. To her left was her target, a fairly recently built building....