Just north of Khartoum adrift, for now one song follows another one moment indistinguishable from the next beyond the movements the pauses of my fingers on the keyboard it is a bliss not knowing what comes next there are so many words and songs to occupy me if my words run out in my old age I drift and remember when I ran where I walked the trees I climbed the people I loved and it’s all one life a huge picture not just a memory but a river that keeps moving and I haven’t found the end not yet maybe it’s circling around to a place where I’ll begin again (completed on a Sunday, the fifth day of May, 2024)

As you read this book, you are taking a stroll down some of the roads and paths the author has taken throughout her life. Experience a world where the photographs tell a story, and the words paint a picture. See the magic, and experience the wonder of a world where love, laughter, pain and joy are combined to create a complete picture. Enjoy all the colors in a rainbow, whether it is spread across the sky, or mirrowed in a teardrop. You will walk in all kinds of weather, but it will be a walk to remember, and one you will want to take again and again.

A broken man. A twist of fate. A second chance. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mistletoe Promise and The Walk begins a riveting new trilogy that explores the tantalizing question: What if you could start over? Chicago celebrity Charles James can’t shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway lined in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he’s so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted—fame, fans, and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this is what he’s dreamed of. But now, at the pinnacle of his career, he’s started to wonder if he’s wanted the wrong things. His wealth has come legally, but questionably, from the power of his personality, seducing people out of their hard-earned money. When he learns that one of his customers has committed suicide because of financial ruin, Charles is shaken. The cracks in his façade start to break down, spurring him to question everything: his choices, his relationships, his future, and the type of man he’s become. Then a twist of fate changes everything. Charles is granted something very remarkable: a second chance. The question is: what will he do with it? The Broken Road is an engrossing, contemplative story of redemption and grace and the power of second chances. It is an epic journey you won’t soon forget.

Harmony from a dark heartBetween March and May The Harmattan season blows hot and dry A continental trade wind that sweeps From the Sahara to the Gulf of Guinea And somewhere south of Ancient Khartoum Without wings, I fly south High above the dusty road Beside the White Nile And I glide While the percussive beat of drums Is met by chords that float Like me And if I told you The truth That I am hypnotized By the dust plume The particulate plumage Left behind When I couldn’t fly (completed on a Sunday, the sixteenth day of June, 2024)

As the tide goes out The lambent moon A nimbus of light through An opaque bank of cloud To a symphony of night Reflected in a shroud Of water stretching to the horizon As the waves gently break Around my ankles Silty sand beneath my toes A peaceful sinking sensation In the dark beyond as I close My eyes

This volume includes selected and reviewed papers from the 4th International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering, held in Cluj, Romania, in September 2018. Authors are experts from research, industry and universities coming from 14 countries worldwide. The papers are covering the latest developments in automotive vehicles and environment, advanced transport systems and road traffic, heavy and special vehicles, new materials, manufacturing technologies and logistics, accident research and analysis and innovative solutions for automotive vehicles. The conference is organized by SIAR (Society of Automotive Engineers from Romania) in cooperation with FISITA.

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