Outdoor Shower

The medicated bath and bleach rinse was a complete success. We managed to keep poor Jethro relatively calm, considering he hates the very idea of a bath in any shape or form. The hard part was keeping him outside until the bleach dried so it didn’t get on carpets, bedding or anything else. I wonder…

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Snake in the Grass

I was getting things ready to give poor Jethro an outdoor shower with a bleach and water after rinse, recommended by the vet to help him fight this skin infection that has been bothering him, when I skipped to the back of the house to get my fancy spray nozzle with 14 settings on a…

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Tria

NewEarth - Dragon Symbol

In book 4 Healing, Tria is introduced, first as a visitor and then sort of invited into Grabon’s nest. She is a youth, a young dragon, between being a youngster and not yet sexually mature. She has little experience, is still figuring things out and she wanders into Grabon’s territory drawn in by the excitement…

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Finding a Mate

Since dragons go awandering at fifteen cycles, educate themselves and become fully mature around fifty cycles, when do they start searching for a mate? That is an interesting thought. Dragons sexually mature at twenty-two to twenty-six cycles, so probably sometime after that, but they start dreaming and fantasizing about their potential mate as youngsters. The…

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New Pics

NewEarth 5 - Grabon's Nest by Julia Schmeelk

Athena my incredible artist has been hard at work creating visual scenes to go with various parts of book 5. The cover for Grabon’s Nest is very interesting and somewhat revealing, but I am trying not to give too much away. One of the new scenes is in the market, another in the nest at…

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Busy Days

Julia and Jethro - Bridge

No matter the season, some days we manage to cram in 35 things while on others we accomplish 4. Of course that says nothing of the complexity or difficulty of the task, but a 35 day list somehow is more tiring. Yesterday was a 35 day and a travel day to boot. Aside from a…

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Grabon as King

NewEarth Series - Cabin and Nest

Obviously the government structure of NewEarth based on the dragon’s system is different from what we have seen on oldearth but historically it resembles the fiefdom or feudal systems of old. That being said, Grabon is a king, answerable to a council of older more experienced kings that are guided by the planet. More on…

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Game and Grains

NewEarth Hens

Since NewEarth is a different planet and growing food from OldEarth doesn’t always work as expected, there are a number of indigenous species that the humans have cultivated and even more that the dragons have used. That being said, combining the two cultures gives them an even broader selection of foods to work with. The…

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Book 5

NewEarth 5 - Grabon's Nest by Julia Schmeelk

As I am working on book 5, some very interesting comments are coming in. Partially from the questions on theme and genre but also from reviews on Gordon’s Pride. Readers are seeing a parallel between the series and Little House on The Prarie. Specifically the TV series. I wonder if they will continue to see…

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Brom and Griss

The Six Dragons of Grabon's Territory

Being granted custody of their youngsters was a dream. When Grabon made that happen, Brom and Griss were faced with certain decisions about how to raise their youngsters and you see evidence of those shifting decisions all the time. At first, they were going to be traditional dragons in Grabon’s territory, but of course that…

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