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Dragon Sinus Infection
Grabon and the other dragons aim snot at one another and their human friends in a display of disgust and disagreement in a hard snort. This is an action that elicits a strong reaction from female dragons, non fighting male dragons, and most humans. But imagine if they had a sinus infection and the snot…
The Sinus Infection
Like so many people who have lived in masks for the last couple of years, I have avoided many illnesses. For weeks I have been scheduled to meet with a new doctor because my new insurance will not cover my old doctor since I changed networks. So I was anticipating a visit, made arrangements etc.…
Manufacturing
I don’t know if most readers have puzzled out the manufacturing needs of NewEarth and how some goods are made on planet with local resources and others are brought in from off planet, but as the writer, these are difficulties and balances that keep me up at night. Or wake me in the middle of…
Justice is Not New
The concept of blind justice, applying to everyone equitably, is as old as the idea of democracy where people vote to bestow power and advance ideas and philosophy. MLK was a philosopher and a realist who knew that while the world was not perfect, it could be driven to be better. He was a driving…
Winter
With Christmas put away and real winter looking us over with a hungry glare, my car decided to have a few hiccups. Took it in for repairs and over $500 dollars later it is still running rough and hesitating and dying at times. I bought some seafoam additive and put it in the gas tank.…
The List
For most of my life I have been a list maker. The more stressed I am, the more exacting my lists become. Over coffee in the early morning is when I put together my lists of things that need to get done, those I’d like to get done, and if I have time…. So yesterday…
Outgoing
People see you in a single role and assume that you are the same in all the corners of your life. Nobody is the same all the time. While nobody would say I am shy, I have my moments of wanting to avoid or dodge attention. The one that comes to mind was when we…
Inspiration
As a writer, as a person, I believe in hope and goodness. I believe that for every evil, rotten thing humans do to one another, they are capable of incredible kindness and sensitivity. I write these stories to inspire kindness, to foster a belief in equality, to promote tolerance and coexistence. Because we have to…
Exercise and Dragons
The fighters in my books are all fighting trim, no extra flesh. Some of the mates are more rounded, less lean, but they all get out and about and let’s face it, flying can be vigorous exercise. But some of the visitors are packing a few extra rolls of flesh, complicating their movements and health.…
Foods
Aside from the endless supplies of teas, all of my books have a focus on food prep, cooking food, serving food, and eating food. That is not an accident or due to my own obsession. Our understanding of culture is often wrapped up in food and customs around food. Think of how we put ethnic…
Winter Storms
One of the many features of the NewEarth world aside from the green sky, two suns, two moons and much longer days is the quick turn of weather. Although to be honest here on old earth we’ve recently seen some quickly developing storms that do some terrible damage to life and property. Violent storms can…
Vehicles
One of the fun quirks about my stories is moving characters without technology. Now when it comes to off world ears, that is a whole other can of worms, but for the residence of NewEarth, especially the humans, transportation needed to be natural if not technological. So bentars, those large birds for light loads, and…
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