Who has a cold that won't go away 🙋‍♂️

It has been a week. I'm sick of water, I'm sick of Vitamin C, I'm sick of decongestants, I'm sick of everyone giving me suggestions on what to do  None of them work. 

Anyhow, how is everyone doing?  Can't bring the mood of the Weekly Wrap Up down afterall  

I was looking at the south Pacific looking where a place was in a article I was reading and I saw Guam on the map. So, have you ever been to Guam? Didn't planes from North America stop in Guam to go to Australia back when the planes didn't hold enough fuel? Probably before my time  

So that gave me the question of the week  What strange or unusual place have you been to, that probably you never really thought was strange and unusual. To others though, it would be. 

I had to think on that one myself. I guess I have one place like that. Ran out of gas just outside of the old Candlestick Park in South San Francisco after a Giants baseball game. Why it is unusual is that I don't think that you will find it advertised on any tour maps as a place to visit  Just it was a glimpse into probably one of the sadest places in America and at the time was in the top 3 murder areas in the US . Now if you want to know why 3 guys and a gal ran out gas in this district when the game was long over and there was not much other traffic, that is another story. But just remember that I'm here, I think, thanks to a couple of guardian angels.

So where is your strange place in the world have you been? Is there a story behind it? Make us all walk around with our mouths agape after reading about it . 

Now onto our regular scheduled weekly program, and what a week it was!

Monday, Cia introduces us to the April CSR. It is from one of my all time favourite series:

Tuesday, Myr was tiptoeing through the tulips with his ukulele getting ready for his latest Deep Dive:

 Thursday was a big day here at GA  It was the kick off of the Poetry Anthology with the theme of Diversity:

We take a rest on the Prompts on Anthology weeks. So that you all can get into reading the great submissions. 

Myr was a busy guy though everyday this week posting the Word of the Day:

azure, coil, behoove, laxity, presage, presto, gesticulate

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

3 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour
2. For Every Season by Headstall **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
3. Abhean's Verses by Parker Owens

3 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. The Spice of Life by Bill W **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
2. Closing the Barn Door by Ronyx
3. The Secret Heart by Dabeagle **Complete**

40 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. White Sheets by Celian
2. Hercules vs Antaeus by Catgenie
3. Tragedia Et Amor by P. E. Knapp
4. Welcome to Redwaters by Hardianarcher
5. Eternal Echoes: The Story of Aelios and Adrian by Hikaru29
6. The Scandal by FV2112
7. The Amulet Of Darkness by Ticklishboy30 **Complete**
8. Parker and The Red Feathers by Ticklishboy30 **Complete**
9. Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp
10. Ring by ChromedOutCortex
11. Sigma Squad: The Railroad by RedMoon
12. The Shadows of the Night by Leo Lacaz
13. Shadow‘s Reach (Halloween Noir) by Jack Poignet
14. What Brings Us Together - Part 2 by Paladin
15. Traded Goods by Yeoldebard
16. Savage Rose by vanalas
17. Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox
18. The Silver Tongued Scoundrel by ThePhallocrat
19. Shadows of the Moon by Albert1434
20. The Last Boys in Clinton by Lee Wilson
21. Half a broken Wing by Celian
22. Blood Money by Yeoldebard
23. Brian & Gordon: Living in threes by Robert Hugill
24. Between Cutlass and Desire by Rafy
25. A Good Place by Mark Ponyboy Peters
26. The Fifty-Three Year Old Virgin by Tallguyct
27. Why Am I Different? by Lee Wilson **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
28. Cinquaine by Tim Hobson **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
29. Tyler's Dilemma by Jason Rimbaud
30. The Blue Moon by Lupus
31. BigPaws by Jack Poignet
32. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill
33. Another Time by Celian
34. Confused - Until Bart Met Noah by Lee Wilson **Complete**
35. Where Love Lies: Book 2 by vanalas
36. Traditions by Mark Ponyboy Peters
37. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian
38. Love Of Family (2024 Revision) by Ticklishboy30
39. Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox
40. David C. McLavic by CLJobe

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