from mud and clay and sand to pearl
our earthy elements are adornments
Toreutic Jewels
Pillars to truth are implanted stones;
Embedded from ancient wisdom;
Messages eroded by times destinal compass,
as towering obelisk cliffs offer their echoic songs.
Carved by the harrowing millennial seasons;
Inwrought by the lineage roots of antiquity’s death;
Reliquary's unearthing remain as precious toreutic jewels…
Just as life during the pandemic was color-coded with different hues representing different levels of danger, life in its aftermath has become shaded in similar ways. As a self-styled “Seeker of Beauty with Beauty,” (borrowing from a quote by W.E.B.
Imogene, a country-bred girl, longs to make a life for herself in New York City. She joins forces with her former college roommate to start a movie production company in the big city.
Major League ballplayer Justin Moore is kidnapped from his own ballpark and transported to a foreign land. It might take high-level international negotiations to free him. Or maybe he will take matters into his own hands.
