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
We Chit Chat: An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
“Agbatta-Alumalu, the fathers of old say that without light, a person cannot sprout shadows. My host fell in love with this woman. She came as a strange, sudden light that caused shadows to spring from everything else.”
Leggy: An Orchestra of Minorities. Do you know I went into this book without reading a single thing about it? Not even the plot. I kept wanting to but never got around to it.
Taynement: Shouldn’t be a surprise but same for me. I just kept seeing it everywhere and a friend asked me if I’d read it because he was enjoying it.
Leggy: How was your reading experience?
Taynement: Very interesting. I sent you a screenshot of the very beginning and I prepared myself for a bumpy ride. This was going to be one of those wordy Nigerian authors. It was a rollercoaster. I got in a groove and started getting…
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Family Stories: 1930 Stroll… Mama was born
Family Stories
1930 Stroll… Mama was born
The 1930’s saw the growth of what was known as “Shanty Towns”… aka squatter settlements created by the Great Depression, extreme political views, and what many considered an upside down world in times where bank robbers, like Bonnie and Clyde, were seen as heroes instead of villains.
Cost of Living in 1930… what things cost
- Cost of a gallon of gas was 10 cents: From 1930 to 1940, gas only changed “one cent” going to 11 cents. What a difference from today… where it jumps up overnight… often several times in a week. At this writing, (March 2019) the price of gas in Connecticut is $2.49 a gallon… $1.99 in Georgia… and $1.95 in Virginia. When we travel, we fill up before leaving, as Virginia is the first state for find for cheaper gas, then South Carolina is next. In the past…
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[Poetry] Coming Home
Salton Sea Shorebirds~
Snowy Egret hunting for dinner,
plunges his beak,
and pulls out a fish!
Night Herons, White Faced Ibis, Snowy Egrets and Great White Herons, block my path!
424 different bird species have been identified at The Salton Sea, including this handsome Snowy Egret with striped stocking legs.
The placid Black Bellied Plover eats bugs in the sand,
while White Pelicans lumber off as I near.
They soon skid back,
flashing irked looks my way!
Great Blue Herons watch as if saying, “I’m a very big bird, you better be careful, if you come my way!”
Cheers to you from the wintering shorebirds at The Salton Sea~
Summer Wildlife Anza Borrego Desert State Park!
When the mercury rises at Anza Borrego State Park in the summertime, the tourists tend to leave, and the wildlife tend to come closer. Check out this Big Horn sheep photo my son-in-law, Sean Malone, took this morning on a hike with his i-phone. The sheep walked right up to him on the trail.
The Borrego Badlands present stunning eroded topography in the summer heat. They stretch on into the horizon and are loaded with fossils from ancient seas.
Red Tail Surveying his realm!
The Salton Sea is one of the world’s largest inland seas. It is also one of the lowest spots on earth at -227 below sea level. This Osprey was checking out the scene.
The sea is referred to as a “crown jewel of avian biodiversity.” 400 bird species are found here, along with 30% of the American population of White Pelicans.
Cheers to you from Borrego…
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Bird on a Wire~
Ospreys aren’t usually avid people watchers.
But this guy was!
He couldn’t hide his cross-eyed curiosity about the strange human looking up at him.
Eventually, he resumed more raptor-like disdain,
and went about the serious business of people ignoral.
He focused on anything but the nosy photographer.
Finally, my presence outlived his patience,
and off he flew in a rapturous huff!
Cheers to you from the people-watching osprey~
Tiny Acts of Vandalism
Treading softly into the morning, trying not to wake anyone – a bowl of cherry yoghurt and far too many red currants is breakfast. Each astringent mouthful is like tasting them for the first time – the glowing fruits sourness belongs to itself alone. Red currants remind me of many places – berry picking in Tasmania, lying in my great aunt’s garden and eating them, sun warmed in bunches, watching Uncle Franz carefully layering them with caster sugar. But they belong to themselves – they whisper to me about forest clearings and allotment gardens, markets where they are piled like rubies, their presence atop delicate little cakes and other dainties. They belong to all these places, and not to me.
There is a hospital chapel in the buckled hills of Hochegg that is just a large room in the modern building. The chairs are padded plastic, the floor linoleum tiles…
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Blueberry Pancakes by Anton Lee Richards
DIGITAL READS BLOG TOURS presents:
Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this tour, this book sounds like a good read:
Book Blurb
Writing songs for a would-be pop star is painful. When young, gay songwriter Duncan falls in love, he writes a love song. When he gets dumped, he writes a break-up song. Luckily for his songwriting career, his love life is a roller-coaster.
When his long-term boyfriend breaks up with him, Duncan finds solace in music. And pancakes, of course. With the help of his sassy diva singer and best friend Marlene, her ex-boyfriend guitarist, and a local music producer, they form a musical dream team to produce songs to pitch to agents, and for Marlene’s promising singing career.
A new guy here, a new guy there, they are delicious distractions, but this drama fuels new and better songs. And that ex? He just won’t seem…
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Blog Tour: Graham’s Delicacies by Em Ali (Review + Playlist)
Hi everyone! I’m so excited to be a part of the blog tour for an amazing book that I have been highly anticipating. Today, I’m bringing you a review of the book and a playlist that I did based on it!
Title: Graham’s Delicacies
Author: Em Ali
Published by: Blue Latte House
Publishing date: March 5th 2019
Genre: Romance
Pages: 227
Saccharine: Jen goes to work, agonizes over college, and looks forward to the stolen moments in the kitchen. There she can watch Emilie bake love into every morsel. Their delicate friendship takes a step towards a budding romance, but will Jen’s anxiety help them survive their first hurdle?
Delectable: James has never been kissed but he wants to be. Especially by his co-worker Sam, who he can’t talk to without turning into a little jerk. Sam is made of all the good stuff, but will…
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