Pic from Coast to Coast am ~ Setting Sun, Into the FireA photograph of the "on-going" fire in New Mexico, now the largest in state history. Sunset with the smoke of the Las Conchas Fire in front... 6/27/11, Los Alamos area, New Mexico.--Michael Radfordcmichaelradford @gmail.com ~~~
Independence Day purrs, my sparkly-adorable Big Cats... a respite from the summer heat on the tame prairie today, and a bit of rain... and yes, the fireworks are boom-booming at times, and lighting up the night sky with their gorgeous fiery colors. Take extra care, my darlings, because this Big Cat loves ya~ ~~~
Freedom, precious freedom... may freedom ring forever in our hearts and minds... may freedom wash over the Earth like a great tide to forever reign... may freedom spread to the stars as humanity joins with its galactic brethren, never to be stopped, and always to be revered. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ~~~~~~
Big Cat by-the-numbers ~ 3:33 am... 3:33 pm... 10:10 pm... Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com ~ ~~~~~~
Authoress news and mews ~ Christmas in July will be featured at the HAPPILY EVER AFTER blog, so stay tuned for the details. Any authors who want to participate, let the Kougar know or Bekki Lynn by using the contact email addy on the blog. Also, authors, if you would like to blog about and feature your M/F romance, sweet to erotic, at HEA, contact Bekki. Okay, then, the Kougar is down to choosing her two excerpts for KANDY APPLE AND HER HELLHOUNDS. With some of her books, that was relatively easy and obvious. However, for STALLION OF ASH AND FLAME, this Big Cat author didn’t own a clue, and asked the staff at Siren-BookStrand to choose them. They did a great job. With Kandy, the x-rated excerpt is likely chosen... however, the PG excerpt, that isn’t so obvious. Yet. ~~~
From Astrology.com ~ Venus's Emotional Rollercoaster RideOver the next few days, sweet Venus will move into protective Cancer and align itself with four different planets. Without a doubt, this is quite the recipe for an emotional rollercoaster ride, but don't worry too much -- even though this ride may have its trying moments, it'll be lots of fun!Venus gears up for action on July 4 when it glides into Cancer, bringing harmony to your family affairs; in fact, you'll find that you'll be more interested in intimate, cozy events than big parties or social scenes. Later that same day, an air of romantic dreaminess will surround you as Venus blows an affectionate kiss to Neptune. If you keep your lovelorn daydreams somewhat grounded, they just might come true!Then, on July 7 and 9, prepare for the ride to get a bit bumpier. First, Venus squares off against Uranus in a confusing, though possibly enlightening alignment; then, on July 9, Venus opposes Pluto in a passionate, yet challenging aspect. Fortunately, July 9 ends with Venus cozying up to friendly Jupiter, which will leave you in a jovial and warm-hearted mood.You can also expect a few other planets to pop up during this cosmically wild time. On July 5, Mercury tips its hat to Uranus and Jupiter, adding sparkle and enthusiasm to your day. On July 7, Jupiter and Pluto get together in an aspect that's sure to lend you the confidence to bring your best ideas to life!There's no planet like Venus when it comes to romance, and all its current activity means that there's no time like the present to discover what your romantic needs are! ~~~~~~
BIG CAT SNARL AND SNARK ~ Gee, and the hits just keep on coming. Now it’s Yellowstone Corp-Borg Big Oil is destroying. Evidently, ‘they’ weren’t happy with ruining Alaska all those years ago. Mygosh, taking out the Gulf of Mexico, now a major horrific dead zone that keeps on killing... no, obviously that wasn’t enough for ‘them’. ~~~ Teams gauge oil spill as Exxon says damage limited AP - 2 hrs 2 mins agoSunday, July 3, 2011. A company pipeline about 20 miles upriver near Laurel, Mont., ruptured and spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone on Saturday... Teams of federal and state workers fanned out Sunday along Montana's famed Yellowstone River to gauge the environmental damage from a ruptured Exxon Mobil pipeline.... MORE ~ news.yahoo.com ~ ~~~~~~
The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! ~ Happy Summer-livin' in July ~ ~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~ And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times... Precious freedom kisses from the Kougar...
Darling Kittens, is it really Saturday again? Moi swears she’s still in last Saturday’s time... it’s like blinking, but not... warp speed hardly describes the passage of time these days... ah, the joys of being an author... and, there are many for this Big Cat... however, reading through BRANDED BY THE TEXANS is darn whoopee fun! Pardon, please, the Kougar’s writerly ego... but then, tail-flashing and slashing, that is one reason she pens... for her own pleasures, and amusement.And, yowls!!! howls of hotness, last time with Her Insatiable Dark Heroes it was Scorched Eyeball Syndrome... this time, with Branded, it’s a *new* erotic romance author syndrome... yes, it’s the dreaded, if very much wanted ~ Blasted Eyeball Syndrome... and, the only cure is to keep on reading.~~~
Can you feel it, lightly dancing Kittens? That feeling... it seems to be sweeping across our beloved country... it’s whipping around the world at large... the spirit of liberty... the desire for freedom... the flames are being fanned by the wings and breath of the angels themselves... the divine flame we each are, our inner flame is being ignited... WE ARE AWAKENING... the Kougaress feels it to her core... Loose the Liberty Spirit, and Soar!~~~
Happy 4 Year Anniversary! To Aspen Mountain Press... AMP is the ebook publisher of the Kougar’s TANGERINE CARNAL DREAMS, and is one of the favorite publishers of fabtastic erotic romance author, Destiny Blaine. Here’s a celebratory drink featured on the AMP chat loop... moi can’t resist... yum and hum and summer leisurely fun...Pomegranate ChampagneBy Ellie KriegerRecipe Link:~ foodnetwork.com/recipes/healthy-appetite-with-ellie-krieger-/pomegranate-champagne-cocktail-recipe/index.html*Recipe:*Ingredients- 1 teaspoon fresh pomegranate arils, optional- 4 ounces Champagne- 1/2 teaspoon store bought pomegranate juice- 1 teaspoon cassisDirectionsPlace fresh pomegranate arils, if using, into a Champagne flute. PourChampagne into flute, add pomegranate juice and cassis.Posted by Selena Illyria: selenaillyria.com~~~~~~
Authoress news and mews ~ Roars of congratulations to Serena Shay!Check it out, shifter erotic romance-loving KitKats!My Bookstores and More ~ Best Sellers in Paranormal:As of: 07-23-2010 12:00 1. The Challenge by Serena Shay 2. Dream Across Time by Bonnie Dee 3. Zombie by Joely Skye 4. Bonds of Darkness by Joyce Ellen Armond 5. Deny the Dark by Mara Lee 6. Desiring the Darkness by Shiela Stewart 7. Fantastica: An Anthology of Erotic Paranormal Romances by Rachel Kenley 8. Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee 9. Seducing the Darkness by Shiela Stewart~~~
Featured at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS ~Gypsy Wolf...continuedby Serena ShayHappy Friday fellow readers, writers and arithmetic users.... ;)Not much new going on here today so I thought I would post another flash of Gypsy Wolf. This story is proving to be kinda fun to jot down. I have no idea what's going to happen until I sit down to write. It really is quite freeing. ~~~
Featured at HAPPILY EVER AFTER ~Sticking to your story...by Courtney BraezilleHow much should you be willing to change a story to fit a publisher's preferences?~~~
Featured at Lindsay Townsend’s THE PINK BLOG ~ Short stories and novella DaysWriting Short Stories-Novellas EffectivelyI'm Rebecca J. Vickery and I usually write very long (80,000 words or more) romance novels. You might ask, then why are you blogging about writing shorts and novellas? Good question. ~~~
Featured at ROMANCE WRITERS BEHAVING BADLY ~Flirty Friday with Jacqueline PaigeHappy Friday everyone!!Here's a question for everyone:What's flirty? Is it in the eyes, thesmile or the body language?~~~
From Astrology.comJupiter goes retrograde in Aries on July 22-23, reverses into Pisces on September 9, where it turns direct again on November 18. Jupiter is the planet of expansion, success, confidence and good luck. When it goes retrograde, however, all that bountiful energy is turned inwards. During a Jupiter retrograde period, all outer materialistic ambitions become less important and indeed slightly harder to fulfil. You may find difficulties and obstacles where none existed before.With Jupiter in fiery Aries from early June, we may have all felt a jolt of energy and forward progress, however as Jupiter retrogrades what is truly important is to connect with your spiritual center. You will find that you are putting a higher value on emotions and less emphasis on money and material possessions. You'll want to connect at a deeper level with friends and partners and worry less about keeping up appearances.More than anything Jupiter wants you to find a real sense of meaning and purpose in your life. This is the time to go inward - review - and reflect. New goals and aims should come out of this time of Jupiter retrograde period. Having a vision of your ideal is very important to Jupiter. Life isn't all about collecting wood and drawing water -- the treadmill of daily life. There is another dimension into which you can now move into. It may not be the time to act on your dreams, more a time to gestate -- prepare, reflect, plan, and ask your muse for inspiration. Then by November you'll be ready to move ahead.~~~~~~
Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~ from the Flash Cat...Happy Courtship on another EarthX-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues... Part 572 ~Sylva gasped, holding her breath as if she was present in her body. “Avoiding now,” one of the crew reported. “Return fire,” Benjamin commanded. Sylva watched a slice of white light stream super-fast toward the BP enemy. It fanned out, then divided as the twin beams streaked beneath them. “Aft strike,” the crewman reported. “Damage?” Benjamin asked. “Spun ‘em off course a bit.” Before she knew it, Sylva zoomed toward the blackhole portal. Frightened, yet aware she needed to know something about it that would help Zeke and the others, she didn’t resist. Instead, she scrutinized the pulsating red flares.Zeke felt transfixed as he watched the blackhole portal on screen. At the exact instant the Wormwood submersible had been struck with their fire, licks of energy twined within the portal’s opening. Angrily the rays lashed at each other. “What the... Great Ceasar’s ghost!” his dad burst out. “Destablization,” Benjamin announced, his concern obvious. “Looks like their craft is connected directly to whatever is keeping that crazy ass portal open and structured.” In that moment, Zeke sensed his Sylva had left the submersible. Panic gripped him like a wrench. Zeke stretched out his mind to her. “Sylva, where are you?”~~~~~~TO BE CONTINUED...~~~~~~Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...Part 16 ~ 571 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ passionateink.org/forum ~ OR! Now available on The Romance Studio Forum, JANUARY 2009 through JUNE 2010 flashes ~ theromancestudio.com ~ Click on the FORUMS, then Savanna Kougar ~ the Fantasy Lair ~ ~~~~~~
~ HAPPY LAZY HAZY SUMMER DAYS ~Wish Upon on a Blue Moon New Year...
May your most romantic dreams come true...Spirited soaring kisses from the Kougar...
Greetings, and sweet meetings of the mind, my gorgeous and gamboling KitKats... before the rains moved in, the Kougaress watered Plucky and his/her companion tomato plants. One of the tame prairie’s large yellow butterflies flitted swiftly overhead... those critters are fast flyers... while two of the black dragonflies danced in the air and landed as they pleased. Curious as a cat, the Kougar revisited her blog of a year ago, and felt it delivered her heartfelt Fourth of July message in the best way. So, meowsa, here it is ~Independence, the sweetest nectar... so it is for the Kougar... oh, my Beautiful Big Cats, may you know the headiness of real freedom so fiercely, you are forever transformed. Life and love flows toward liberty. Everything that is truly good and sacred flows from liberty.Where there is little or no freedom, love rarely thrives. The heart needs its freedom to choose love and receive love. We, as precious beings, need freedom to live a life filled with love.Proclaim liberty throughout the land ...~~~~~~
WARNING ROARS ~ the following is not for the faint of heart and soul.In the one year that has passed *freedom* has become all the more precious, and desperately needed by every human being with a good soul, and by every living thing on dearest Mother Earth. We all need freedom to thrive. It is the very stuff of life that promotes life.When will all of us be free of the latest Armageddon-like horror, the ECO-TASTROPHE ~ new term from a ‘Coast-to-Coast am’ listener that he gave away for free ~ the eco-trastrophe taking place in the Gulf of Mexico? When will we defeat those on the dark side who intentionally designed this beyond-belief nightmare, and now use it to keep us as hostages until we accept their tyranny-evil agenda? Who are these dark, mind-ugly psychopaths... this act goes far, far beyond greed and incompetence... these warped beasts clothed in human skin, who celebrate the mass murdering of life?Stand up, so we can all see you. So, we can crush you beneath our will like the worse-than-cockroach creatures you are... oh, that’s right, you only scurry around in the darkness and hope WE won’t see you... that no one will flash the light of truth on you for long enough... but your time is coming to an end, no matter the desperate acts of evil you perpetrate.~~~~~~
Authoress news and mews ~Featured at HAPPILY EVER AFTER and Lindsay Townsend’s THE PINK BLOG ~Macaroni! And I Don't Mean Pastaby Linda BancheEvery era has its extremes of dress. The Sixties had micro-minis. The Roaring Twenties had flapper dresses. Georgian England had macaronis.~~~
Bekki Lynn, contemporary and paranormal erotic romance author, is featured author at Wick'd Reads this month.~ wickdreads.com/bekkilynninterview.htm ~~~~
REMEMBER! The Fourth of July Blog Hop is happening now! Get in board at ~ booknibbles.com/blogtour ~ the Kougar did and a real GOOD time.~~~~~~
Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~ from the Flash Cat...Happy Courtship on another EarthX-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues...Part 552 ~Sylva savored Zeke’s chest with her gaze and her hands. “I’m not making it easy for you to leave, am I?” Curling upwards, she planted kisses on his oh-so virile chest. “Darlin’,” he groaned. Launching upwards, he grabbed her hands and pressed kisses to both of her palms. “This has got to end soon. I’m going stark ravin’ crazy with wanting to get to know my wife. And not just with passion-makin’.” Sylva smiled at her cowboy husband’s term, and, besides, he hadn’t let go of her hands. “Passion-making,” she repeated. “I like that way of saying it a lot.”Zeke ached with the need to learn more about his Sylva. He downright ached with the need to spend time with her. He was gettin’ used to her company even though, their time together had been dang short. Steeling his insides, he kissed both of her hands gently, and released them. “Soon, darlin’.” Before he could tempt himself further with her obvious beautiful and very naked charms, Zeke moved toward his garments. Keeping himself on target, he dressed quick as could be. Pivoting, he blew her a kiss, waited for her sweet gesture in return, then strode toward the door.~~~~~~TO BE CONTINUED...~~~~~~Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...Part 16 ~ 551 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ passionateink.org/forum ~ OR! Now available on The Romance Studio Forum, JANUARY 2009 through MARCH 2010 flashes ~ theromancestudio.com ~ Click on the FORUMS, then Savanna Kougar ~ the Fantasy Lair ~~~~~~~
~ HAPPY LAZY HAZY SUMMER DAYS ~Wish Upon on a Blue Moon New Year...
May your most romantic dreams come true...Sweet liberty smooches from the Kougar...
Blessings to everyone who has served freedom and is serving freedom on this Memorial Day.As this Big Cat has blogged about before, freedom is essential to her well-being. It was so from the moment of her birth. Freedom is essential to many of us, essential as the air we breathe. Freedom and liberty are essential for the continued evolution of humanity toward a higher nature. Freedom is essential to build wealth and well-being in any society.
In this dark time of lessening freedom, it is time to bring forth our ability to be truly free, to live free. This could be accomplished by the will of the people, that is, as a group we can all declare freedom as One, stand for freedom as One Mind. Using the mass consciousness of all our minds together, to declare freedom would set the stage to bring it about, in the same manner as the hundredth monkey phenomena.
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Authoress news and mews ~Featured at LIQUID SILVER SEX blog ~
Memorial Day…
Hortense Powdermaker wrote this terribly early in the morning:
is tomorrow, of course, and if you are American, it’s a day to remember those who’ve died while in the military.
Interestingly, it is a holiday that began in the African American community, right after the Civil War. From Wikipedia:~~~
Featured at ROMANCE WRITERS BEHAVING BADLY ~
Sultry Sunday- heatin' up the kitchen
by Dawne Prochilo
There's more to do in the kitchen than cook...trust me on this one~~~~~~
Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~ from the Flash Cat...Happy Courtship on another EarthX-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues...Part 518 ~Sylva emerged from sleep. Aware of Zeke, she sank back down, basking in the feel of her husband and the softness of the bed. Some part of her realized her consciousness began roaming the center. As if she went on a tour, Sylva traveled down the wheel-spoke corridors, randomly glimpsing inside different rooms. Most of them seemed to be the private rooms of those who stayed at the center, or who were staying, and she didn’t linger, except when she encountered, first, Coon, and then, Snake. Both men slept deeply with some type of wire contraption connected to their heads.
Zeke awoke with a start. A feeling of impending emergency drove him to rise. Checking on his Sylva to make certain she still slumbered peacefully, he touched his lips to her warm brow before striding toward the men’s lounge. Taking care of business fast, he touched on the screen of his com device. His father’s face appeared instantly, his expression solemn. Zeke looked at time of the message, then activated it. “Our latest intel suggests the Silver Sun Prophecy has been faked. Weather manipulation is being used to make the phenomena appear real. For what nefarious purpose we remain uncertain.”
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TO BE CONTINUED...
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Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...
Part 16 ~ 517 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ http://passionateink.org/forum ~ OR! Now available on The Romance Studio Forum, JANUARY 2009 through MARCH 2010 flashes ~ http://theromancestudio.com ~ Click on the FORUMS, then Savanna Kougar ~ the Fantasy Lair ~~~~~~~
BIG CAT CLAW-RIPPING COMMENTARY ~
From Coast to Coast am ~ Info for last night’s guest ~
Ian Punnett is joined by astrophysicist and director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, who'll discuss the once-yearly solar event known as "Manhattanhenge," as well as the latest news on space and planets.
Okay, then, this is *THE* Mr. HATE PLUTO science guy.
And, this is this Big Cat’s message to the arrogant A-hole, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Screw *mainstream* science! The puny level of thought often displayed and the outright corruption by those mainstream scientists who want to keep their paychecks have contributed to the current terrible times, because most of them are sell-outs or too lacking in intelligence to create the technology we desperately need.
You, and *most* mainstream scientists, are a pathetic, petty-spirited group of cowards who couldn’t discover your one intelligent brain cell with both hands.
If this *no science degree* Big Cat could logically figure out there was water on the moon and on Mars long before any MAINSTREAM scientists dared to know it, or say it... well, gee, the Kougaress’s ole brain must be working swimmingly compared to yours.
And, dear Feline Friends, this is precisely why the Kougaress considered any *big time* mainstream career to be a complete waste of time and brain power. Besides, she didn’t want to end up ruined or dead by going against the system like the valiant heroine, Karen Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) ~ and other brave Whistleblowers.~~~~~~
~ HAVE A MOST BLESSED MEMORIAL DAY ~Wish Upon on a Blue Moon New Year...
May your most romantic dreams come true...Precious freedom kisses from the Kougar...
~ http://williamhenry.net/celebrate_freedom.html ~Darling-est Big Kittens, hope you enjoyed a most splendid celebration. The pic above is one taken by William Henry, a magical spiritual man whose life’s work is of mythical proportions. It’s the ceiling dome of the Capitol in Washington D.C.
One of the William’s contentions, and the Kougar agrees, is that the Capitol was constructed to be a temple. Not for any particular religion or faith. But, it was built for freedom itself. Temporal freedom and spiritual freedom.
That we as a people could use it to free our spiritual natures, more and more. The design of the dome promotes that awakening, that ascension toward a heavenly way of being.
Imagine, if we, as a people, used it for that purpose, to free ourselves, to go where humanity has not gone before in this Age... true liberation for all.~~~
Authoress news and mews ~
Today, lots of good writing on BRANDED BY THE TEXANS... yay! Whoopee and Yeehaw!It’s a hold onto your tail week coming up for the Kougar... much too exhausting for moi to think about now, let alone list it all.
First up, is paw-penning an installment for the Never-Ending Story at ~ RomanticSynonmous ~~~~~~~
Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~Happy Courtship on another EarthX-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues....Part 189 ~Sylva let her imagination go as her cowboy described his two day mud brawl. She also closely observed everything about him, his facial expressions, his posture, his gestures and the subtle movements of his body. Part of it was because she’d always observed people. Part of it, she knew, was him and her desire to know him as a woman wants to know a man. “I’m gettin’ to the end,” he promised, a smile in his eyes. “What? Did Ranson fall asleep in the mud?” she asked. After shaking his head no, he took a long draw on his coffee.
Zeke set the mug down. “I almost did.” His Sylva’s eyebrow flew upwards. “Yep,” he continued, “I was about to swing for his jaw. My eyes shut and wouldn’t open, no matter my will power. I keeled over, face first into mud slop. Darkness hit. I recall thinking... it’s over, I’ve lost. Then I heard his whoop of victory. My eyes shot open then. Some force surged through me. I popped upwards. Growling like a fiend, I drew both arms back, wound up and drove one fist into his solar plexus. The other plowed into the side of his face.”
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TO BE CONTINUED...
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Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...
Part 16 ~ 170 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ http://passionateink.org/forum ~
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HAPPILY EVER AFTER blog ~
KISS WEEK IS HERE!
Friday ~ Linda Blanche defines ‘Yankees’ for Independence Day.
Monday ~ Night Owl Romance Review for BLACK CAT BEAUTY
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THE PINK BLOG ~
Check out Linda Blanche’s Romantic Times Review, and the story behind it.~~~
SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS blog ~
Saturday ~ Paris blogged about the process of writing her novels.
Friday ~ Serena blogs ~ The release date of the THE CHALLENGE.
Tuesday ~ The Kougar - “I slowly reach for the hammer...”
Monday ~ Francesca blogs about her upcoming trip to DC for the RWA Nationals.~~~
For the next part of the Never-Ending ~ RomanticSynonmous ~
Nicole, action-packed excitement ~ yep, the Dragoness is back!
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Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ Siren-BookStrand blog ~
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No! Internet Two... Resistance is victory...
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HATE!!! > DTV> it’s a ripoff.
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Have a Happy Summer...
May your most romantic dreams come true...Happy Sunday smooch from the Kougar...
