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Did you know, dolphins use pufferfish to get high?
Puffers release a toxin that is a hallucinogenic. Dolphins keep 'nosing' them till they release it in self defense.
101 Greatest Animal Facts That Will Blow Your Mind - Fact Animal
The first Wednesday of every month is officially IWSG day. IWSG was formed by Ninja Captain Alex Cavanaugh. Members post about their doubts and fears, discuss struggles and triumphs, and offer words of encouragement to others who are struggling.
Twitter handle: @TheIWSG
Hashtag: #IWSG
Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.
The awesome co-hosts for the July 2 posting of the IWSG are Rebecca Douglass, Natalie Aguirre, Cathrina Constantine, and Louise Barbour!
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in
their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a
personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG
post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to
say.
Remember, the question is optional!
July 2 question - Is there a genre you haven't tried writing in yet that you
really want to try? If so, do you plan on trying it?
Nope.
When I first started writing, I was all over the board. I wrote whatever genre tickled my fancy. Fiction (of various genres). Non-fiction, you name it. A writer friend suggested I find a genre and stick with it. I didn’t pay any attention to that sage advice until I started writing Westerns and realized I’d found my niche. I do occasionally meander in to time travel and shapeshifting😉 but whatever I write must have a Western theme. Don’t misunderstand me. My sales aren’t anywhere near where I’d like them to be, but more solid than any other genre I’ve ever written in. What about you, have you found your niche or is there something new your muse is urgently whispering you try?
June/July Reviews in no particular order.
* Disclaimer. If I run into an occasional typo, I ignore them and don't factor them into my review.
This is such a wonderful collection of poetry. It both concentrates on nature and shares a part of the author’s inner self, the poems written with a delicate, expressive style.
I loved all her works but my absolute favorite was The Door.
The opening lines:
“You thought you had found it;
Your forever home,
As they carried you through the door.
You ate, you slept, you loved them,
And there’s much, much more in this vein.
I’m a Finn Fan and highly recommend this addition to her collection of poetry.
Available at Amazon
This is a reread for me and to my way of thinking one of Ms. Smith's best. I love a good regency when I'm after escapism reading. To my way of thinking Joan Smith and Marian Devon were the best authors of this genre. Their style: witty and entertaining, with just the right amount of romance sprinkled in.
Highly recommended. Available at Amazon
WILES OF A STRANGER by Joan Smith
Another great Joan Smith read filled with her classic wit and humor, with just the right amount of romance thrown in. Highly recommended. Available at Amazon
Another winner.
Some of Connelly’s books, I really enjoy. Others I’m lukewarm on. NIGHTSHADE turned out to be a ‘really enjoy’. The author has introduced a new character, Detective Stilwell who has been transferred to Catalina Island because of inner office politics. The rural setting suits Stilwell to a T. Then the country quiet erupts, as murder raises its ugly head. Now its up to Stilwell to bring justice to the deceased.
Connelly has created a character who is a bit more subtle and less in-your-face than Bosch. Though thankfully, he retains Bosch’s refusal to quit until the crime has been solved, regardless of the consequences, attitude. Highly recommended.
Available at Amazon
Insightful.
Calvin Hobbes, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, visits retired engineer Henry Humes. What he learns there upends his life and sends him questing for answers about a magnetic field in interplanetary space. And modern algorithms may help him find them.
While Calvin’s team is searching for what’s out there, what’s out there is keeping an eye on earth, where political unrest has only gotten stronger and is spreading throughout the world. Now earth must figure out if there are aliens among us and do they mean us harm….and vice versa.
MK Alexander is a master at world building and character development. I found PIONEER SUN to be a very insightful read—especially considering the times we live in—with some unexpected twists. Highly recommended for MK Alexander fans. If you enjoyed his other works, I suggest you add this to your TBR list.
Available at Amazon
Did you know, Washington Irving (author of Rip Van Winkle) first used the term "Gotham City" to describe New York?
150 Interesting Facts About Our Favorite Authors [Infographic]
Per usual, not too much newsworthy here. We lost a colleague, which was distressing. They had her visitation and celebration of life at the community college, which I thought that was a lovely idea.
The weather has dropped from flirting with 100 to the 80s, so that goes on the plus side of the ledger. How's Mother Nature treating your area and have you done anything fun and exciting?
We got some sun bunnies here:)
A guardian for the pet cemetery.
Greetings Bloggers,
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Did you know, there are organisms that are part-plant, part-animal? IE Elysia chlorotical. Sea anemone.
https://www.encyclopedie-environnement.org/en/zoom/elysia-chlorotica-the-slug-who-thinks-shes-a-leaf
Sea anemone is genetically half animal, half plant | ScienceDaily
Thanks, Ryan
Thanks, Meghan and Jacob
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Example: His mother was French, his father Italian and he grew up in America speaking a macaronic mix.
Did you know, eating a lot of onions can make you sleepy?
Denise's perspective challenge
Tree stump in an enchanted forest GI by FairytaleDesign from Getty Images
Long ago, before the gods were destroyed, he stood in the realm of the forest, tall and regal,ageless.
Nature paid him homage.
The sun warmed his branches. Moonlight threw his shadow. The rain nurtured him. The wind blew dulcimer melodies through his branches. Even the woodland creatures honored him with their presence as the birds sang delicately in his ears. Only man stayed away.
Perhaps, they feared what they didn't understand. Whatever their reasons, he cared naught.
Then one day, when least expected, the little girl burst into the forest. Her radiance rivaling the moon and her smile the sun. She craned her neck and looked up where his branches reached into the sky, overshadowing the other trees.
She walked to him, her small hand outstretched and placed it on his rough bark."Thank you," she said simply. A child that understood what lived inside the tall, magnificent tree. He lowered his branches till they gently encircled her. A moment later, he raised them again, standing immobile as he had for centuries, the sentinel of the forest.
Years passed. Then one day, when least expected, an old woman, bent and leaning on a cane, traversed the forest. Her radiance faded, her smile dimmed. She hobbled forward and placed her hand on the gnarled tree stump. "Thank you," she said simply. For a moment, a face appeared in the stump and nodded. Then the features disappeared and the stump stood immobile, the sentinel of the forest.
