Saturday, October 26, 2019

Photo by Dan Antion

The steampunk riverboat is here.  Hello, my chuckaboos!  Thanks for coming back to the The Delta Pearl.  Based on my own experiences the past two weeks (and more), I know it might have been difficult for you to get here.

I hope everyone is still onboard, despite the wide-spread difficulties WordPress is causing many of us. Their denial of accountability has gotten as bad as my horrible Internet “provider” TDS Telecom… (Provider is in quotes because I don’t have Internet more often than I actually do.)  Now WordPress is making it hugely difficult for me to interact with any of you with comments or simple likes.  At this moment in time, I’m so frustrated with WordPress that I don’t know if I can keep blogging.  I am sorry that I haven’t been able to visit as many of you…

Saturday, October 19, 2019

The steampunk riverboat is here.  Hello, my chuckaboos!  Thanks for coming back to the The Delta Pearl.  Based on my own experiences all week, I know it might have been difficult for you to get here.

Insung Yoon at Unsplash

I hope everyone is still onboard, despite the wide-spread difficulties WordPress is causing many of us. Their denial of accountability has gotten as bad as my horrible Internet “provider” TDS Telecom… (Provider is in quotes because I don’t have Internet more often than I actually do.)  Now WordPress is making it hugely difficult for me to interact with any of you with comments or simple likes.  At this moment in time, I’m so frustrated with WordPress that I don’t know if I can keep blogging.

Sorry to begin on a negative note. Moving on…

This week’s random reader things

This steampunk riverboat is…

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Original Photo by Dan Antion

The steampunk riverboat is here.  Hello, my chuckaboos!  Thanks for coming back to the The Delta Pearl. It’s been a busy week. Are you ready to sink into the soft cushions of imagination and let the river gently take you to extraordinary places?

This week’s random reader things

This steampunk riverboat runs on random “things” from readers. Resa McConaghy provided Tempest Prognosticator.  (What’s that and how does it work? Click to find out.) Across the miles in Ireland, Inese sent Mahogany.  She doesn’t have a blog, but Ginger still gave us a thing from Murphy’s Law — Whalebone Corset.

Thanks to Dan Antion  for letting me use some of his photos.   Any of you #steampunk fans who like real life trains will enjoy his latest Thursday Doors post.  Be sure to visit Dan at

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Riverboat dining room by Dan Antion

Hello, my chuckaboos!  Thanks for coming back to the The Delta Pearl. Let’s get right to it.

This week’s random reader things

This steampunk riverboat runs on random “things” from readers. Diana Wallace Peach provided tap shoes. John W. Howell mentioned pandemonium.

Thanks to Dan Antion  for letting me use some of his photos.  He staged a photoshoot especially for an item at the end of this chapter.  Be sure to visit Dan at No Facilities.

This installment ties back to Chapter 1 — Dance.  Émeraude is reminded of the enigmatic Dealer’s odd reaction to something she couldn’t even see.

Émeraude and the Dealer dance on the deck of the Delta Pearl

Previously on The Delta Pearl (Chapter 1)…  The Dealer gazed at the horizon.  He raised a white gloved hand to…