Author: CHINA ALEXANDRIA LIVING THE DREAM

AUTHOR OF ROMANCE, CRIME DRAMAS AND POETRY SET IN GLASGOW, ITALY AND BRAZIL ALSO AVAILABLE ON KINDLE china.alexandria33@gmail.com THE RICHEST MAN ON EARTH THE YOUNG SHEPHERD LOOKED UP TO THE HEAVENS AND SMILED HE THANKED THE JEWELLED SKY FOR HIS GOOD FORTUNE HIS WIFE, THEIR TWIN BOYS,FOUR SHEEP AND TWO GOATS. THE JEWELLED SKY LOOKED DOWN ON HIM AND SMILED KNOWING MANY HAD THANKED IT FOR THEIR GOOD FORTUNE THINKING THAT THEY OWNED THE RICHES OF THE WORLD BUT ONLY THE YOUNG SHEPHERD WITH HIS WIFE, TWIN BOYS ,FOUR SHEEP AND TWO GOATS WAS TRULY THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. BY CHINA ALEXANDRIA AUTHOR

Thursday photo prompt: Rift #writephoto

willowdot21's avatarwillowdot21

Beware the sleeping Dragon

Can

you see

him there his

Head finely carved.

Eyes fixed in a stare.

Don’t walk upon his back

Be respectful and have care

For millennia he’s slept there

Resting, gathering strength he awaits

Merlin’s call to help save us from our fate.

We

Do not

See him there

We choose not too

Dragons are not real

Ever denying truth

We do not believe enough

Yet the Dragon believes in us.

Storing his strength to be ready

For the call he will rise when all else falls.

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This double Etheree was brought to you as part of Sue Vincent’s #writephoto.

#writephoto

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Joshua Tree National Park

Eliza Waters's avatarEliza Waters

IMG_1260Joshua Tree National Park is located 140 miles east of Los Angeles, encompassing 792,510 acres of the Mojave and Colorado deserts. This fragile and unique ecosystem is dominated by Joshua trees that are actually species of Yucca (Y. brevifolia in the west and Y. schidigera in the east). Slow-growing at only one inch per year, they can reach 40 feet tall and live up to 500 years. The one pictured above could very old indeed!

Home to a wide range of plants, animals and unusual rock formations, it offers camping and miles of trails. Being a desert, one must bring ample water and wear protection from the sun. The range between night and day temperatures can go from below freezing to over 100F. To live here, plants and animals must be very hardy!

I was fascinated by the geology and learned that the piles of granite boulders were formed when…

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Review: Embers of War (Embers of War #1) by Gareth L. Powell

Ezzydesu's avatarServillas Speaks

“Sometimes the needs of the mission outweigh the requirements of the rulebook,”

★★★★★

I have received this book for free from Titan Books in exchange of an honest review.

I already had this book on my TBR for a while before Titan Books emailed me about book two in this series. It really deems like the Bookish Divines listed to me when I said I wanted to read more Science Fiction books. And what Sci-fi fan can resist a cover like this?! Anyway, requesting this book (and book two for that matter) was a really good call as I absolutely loved it. I read both within the same week. Absolutely amazing.

When reading this book, Powell’s writing style made it really clear he is someone that is comfortable writing science fiction. The way he describes space travel, the makings of AI or general futuristic stuff makes it feel almost normal.

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Three Line Tales – Road Trip

jansenphoto's avatarDutch goes the Photo!

Many thanks to Sonya for Week One Hundred and Sixty-Four of Three Line Tales, part of her awesome blog Only 100 Words!

three line tales, week 164: a couple on a road trip
photo by Danny G

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Pine-scented, chariot,
Exploring lands uncharted.
Love’s road trip ahead!

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Thank you to Sonya of Only 100 Words for coming up with Three Line Tales.

You’ll find full guidelines on her TLT page, but here’s the tl;dr:

  • Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
  • Link back to this post.
  • Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
  • Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.
  • NEW: If you want your post to be included in the round-up, you have until Sunday evening to publish it.
  • Have fun.

Happy three-lining!

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Southern Sea Lions~

cindy knoke's avatarCindy Knoke

Check out los lobos del mar playing in Peru!

This group was photographed in Los Islas Palominos off the coast of Lima.

They were quite curious about their unusual human visitors,

and kept popping up to get a better view!

This bull was hanging out near La Serena Chile.

Southern bulls are more massive and furry than their northern counterparts,

and they seem more threatening too!

These happy guys were playing around Islas Balestras near Pisco Peru.

I am only intermittently near functioning wifi so please excuse my absence, and cheers to you from Los Lobos del Mar~

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