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Weekly Wrap Up (Jul. 17 - Jul. 23)

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Whew, getting this in by the hair of my chinny chin chin ;) 

Even though I'm fair haired (in the summer my hair turns strawberry blond), I know I burn, and I do everything possible besides wearing a snowsuit, touque, and ski goggles in 30 C weather, but I still am burnt to hell tonight :( I mean, about a hour before I went out I took a shower and rubbed in a generous supply of SPF 30 Sport and then waited 10 mins and sprayed on SPF 50 Sport. Went down to my vehicle 5-10 mins later and put on some Deep Woods Off, ( think I saw a mosquito flying off with a small dog the other day :o), and thought I was prepared for everything! Had a ball cap on and polarized sunglasses. Looking at myself in the mirror tonight the whole face and neck and ears are red except the eyes and top of the forehead. I now have a great farmers burn happening on the arms, and my one leg is red from the bottom of my shorts to the tip of my toes. Well the parts that were not covered by the sandal.  Maybe I should wear my florescent green prosthetic leg tomorrow to see what kind of reactions I will get with the contrasting colours :P I took a cooler shower this evening so I'm not in too much pain at the moment, but not really looking forward to bed :no:.

How about you? I know everyone should be protecting themselves from the evil sun and not getting burnt or ever really... getting tanned. Are you a natural tanner, are you a burner? What SPF do you wear, if you wear it?  

Now onto the Wrap Up. We had a hot week not only outside, but here as well!

Monday was one of my favourite days of the month. I get to take the graphic and put it into my signature. Nice to support with a call out to our Classic Authors:

That left Wednesday for the Classic Author Excerpt. Did it motivate you to read the story?

Thursday, Valkyrie looked back at a sometimes oft overlooked category of Anthologies, but are very much a part of the site:

Cole Matthews stepped in this week for the Prompt Team to give us some real summer themed ideas!

Saturday was a bit of different blog, but one that I found really interesting! Make sure you check out our sites summary of stats:

Then there were 7 new words brought to you by Myr in the Word of the Day:

parabolic, doch-an-dorris, aggregate, bivouac, tempestuous, bolide, farouche

For our monthly stats, looks like we might have a fairly good July:

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Anthologies, Writing Challenges, and Contests

2022 Anthology - Anniversary - Submitted to @Valkyrie for the proof team by Sept. 1, 2022

 

Blog Opportunities

Ask an Author 3.0: Send in 3 questions that you would like your favourite story's author to answer for you. Send them into @astone2292

Story Review: Send it in to @wildone or @Timothy M. 

 

And here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets!

 

Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

  1. On Fire by Cia

Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

  1. a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus
  2. Operation Hammerhead by JamesSavik
  3. The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Prose by AC Benus
  4. rima fragmenta, Fragments of a Rift: Fifty Sonnets for Kevin by AC Benus
  5. Carême in Brighton — a mystery novel by AC Benus
  6. After Practice by Comicality
  7. GFD: Children Of Sunset by Comicality
  8. The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus
  9. Northern Exposure by Mark Arbour
  10. Gap Year by Mark Arbour

Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

  1. House of Frost by Dabeagle

Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

  1. To the Weyr by Mawgrim
  2. Death in the Shadows by astone2292

Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

  1. Inherited by lomax61
  2. JM Shorts: That Year With Joe - Part 1 by James Matthews
  3. The Travellers by Georgie DHainaut
  4. ARROW by CLJobe
  5. C.E.C.O. by Thirdly
  6. Goldstein, Johnson & Cole by Mancunian
  7. Shadow Effect by kbois
  8. Tall Ship Adventures by quokka
  9. Diamond Eyes by ValentineDavis21
  10. La Bella Vacanza by James Carnarvon **Complete**
  11. Bodark Creek by RichEisbrouch **Complete**
  12. Come Back To Us by LittleCherryBlossom26
  13. WL's Mainstream Gay Book Reviews by W_L
  14. Hamilton Gode by Luca E
  15. Good Guys Don't Date Bad Boys by Laura S. Fox
  16. Clovers End by Wolffang
  17. Carnivorous Butterflies by Peter Wood
  18. Luke Hanson's Mind & Punishment: A Teen in Despair by James Matthews
  19. Canaan Club by Westley D.
  20. Detour by matcha
  21. Worlds Apart by Grumpy Bear **Complete**
  22. Ark II by R. Eric
  23. TJ by JayT
  24. Finding love by AquariusGuy
  25. Family Always Has Your Back by Brayon
  26. Sammy's Kitchen by Arch Hunter
  27. Post-Humorously by RichEisbrouch **Complete**
  28. JM Shorts: Accepting The Shelf by James Matthews **Complete**
  29. Never walk alone- Walk on by Andre Delport
  30. You Complete Me by Salander

 

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Valkyrie

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I burn pretty easily, so use SPF 50 if I'm going to be out in the sun for any length of time.  I don't tend to tan; I burn, then turn back into a vampire :unsure:  When I do burn, I've found that goat's milk based lotion helps me out the most.  

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I try to stay out of the sun. I used to do everything I could to be as tan as possible but when I realized now bad it was for you, I stopped. With that said, I tan pretty easy. I wear SPF 30 on my face daily and spray myself down when I go for walks. If I burn, it tans right away and then I’m usually good for the rest of summer. 

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I'm fair skinned, living in Florida. I can look out my window and burn. If I'm going to be out for more than 5 or 10 minutes it's at least SPF 70, usually 100. 

I very rarely go to the beach during the day. Occasionally we'll go out to catch sunset. If I do I'm slathered in sunscreen, wearing a t-shirt over my bathing suit and yoga pants with a towel over the bottom part of my legs and feet, not to mention parked under an umbrella or sun tent. 

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Poor Steve *virtual hug that doesn’t hurt*
 

If I’m gonna be at the beach for a few hours (like in Italy two weeks ago) I stay under an umbrella and wear SPF 50. 
:yes: 

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Daddydavek

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Burn, peel, burn again as  a child.  Coppertone didn't provide any protection and was about the only suntan lotion around in the fifties and sixties.  Parent's used to put zinc oxide cream on children's noses and top of the ears to prevent the worst blistering. 

I usually try to stay out of the sun.  When  I do yard work I wear a long sleeve white shirt over a white tee shirt, long pants and a big floppy hat. 

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