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Due to chronic arthritis, I now restrict myself to only bending over FORWARD to please my clients. ;-)

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Maybe my company seems less than sweet to you because your presence does not stir my heart. The sugar sits still undissolved at the bottom.

A few lines from BOOK THREE

"A blind rooster gets more sleep," Tobiel said after Tehtena had finished sharing Solomon's comments. Not even the most romantic story could not keep him from making his funny remarks. "And so does his whole neighborhood," Deborah added, chuckling and squeezing her husband's hand.

A few lines from the trilogy

I should have felt it sooner, sensed it long before you confessed your love to me. But then, does a blind rooster crow at the first faint sign of dawn? Will it not have to feel the warming rays of a fully risen sun to know that the morning has come? Thus my heart did not break into song until your precious words removed all doubt that my night, at last, had ended.

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"Even on sunless days the shadow of death falls sharply across my path. Only you, my beloved, can soften its edges."— Tehtena

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When your looks have faded and your last lover has discarded you like a torn garment, come to me, for I have always loved the hidden you.