gemstones

An author is like a jeweller, with words as their gemstones and imagination the precious metals.

This jeweled coast does not shine for its gems are coated with grit.

As she descended below the floor level of the loft, her former partner in juvenile crime was revealed to her from scuffed paniolo boots, up a long, muscled body that appeared to go on forever, to a venerable black Stetson. His cowboy look was new to her and it suited him. When she backtracked to his Hawaiian-sky blue eyes, she swayed under the impact and abruptly sat down. Any stair step would do." Noelani Beecham, Pele's Tears

The Pressure-Maybe one_day,after centuries,we can become brilliant gemsin crystal cavesand we will be immortal after all.