D.R. Slaten

@drslaten.com

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Writer, shower singer, and all around goof. Current trial lawyer and former appellate attorney. Oh... and... I have a SERIOUS shoe addiction. https://www.amazon.com/stores/D.R.-Slaten/author/B00DSS70CW

Snow tracks that abruptly stop and turn around in the snow
Two moose- a baby and a mama- eating tree branches in a snow covered back yard.
Dragon throne
Sunrise over Lowell Point Alaska
View of the sunrise over Lowell Point
Front view of a modern condo
Cover of a book with a baseball player titled, Home Run, by D.R. Slaten.
Picture of a bunch of ladies around a table at retreat.
Gin and tonic in a crystal tumbler
Avocado Toast
Flower from Costa Rica. I don't know the name. But it's red with a white fuzzy center and little buds coming up out of the center as well.
White faced capuchin monkey in a tree branch
It's a novel, Home Run, by D.R. Slaten. The cover is s picture of a baseball player. The title is in red, the authors name is in black. The tagline, Noah has the chance to make more than one wish come true..., is also in black.
The novel, The Navigator's Children, in the Last King of Osten Ard series. The cover is black and there is a silver ornate mask. The name of the book and author's name are in white. The secondary title and accolade are in steel blue.
Back yard covered with snow
The word "antic."
Noodles with a red meat sauce
Naked and Famous cocktail
Massive fake tree inside Erin Condren in Austin, Texas
Cooked standing rib roast
Pasta with pesto sauce, alfredo sauce, and ragu... in the colors of the Italian flag
Winter Sunrise: Photo of landscape of tree with the sunrise. Lots of clouds in the foreground. Orange and yellow in the background. the trees are in silhouette.
Cordoba, Spain lit up at night with the Roman bridge in the forefront. The Mezquita is at the very top of the hill.
The Novel, A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. the title is in white and name is in antique gold on a black night sky with stars. Around the night sky is a large border filled with illustrations from the book. There are trees and horses and kids and women who look like witches and hills and all the fanciful things. There is a large building with a green door that the children are standing in front of. This book is a Newberry Award winner.
The novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. The book cover is magenta and the scroll and words and cameo portrait of a young woman are in gold leaf. the book is turned slightly to the right which allows the binding to show as well.
The novel, Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. The book is classic hardcover bound in leather. the leather is green. The scroll work around the book is in green and purple leaves interspersed with blue and purple flowers and yellow butterflies. There are two orange leaves in the scroll at the bottom of the book. The title and author's name is in gold leaf. All the art work and words are encompassed four straight lines running around the perimeter.
The novel, A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. the cover of the book is in electric blue with pennants and the words in a scarlet red.
The novel, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck. The cover is light blue. The title and the author's name are in white. There is no picture. But the blue background looks uneven in hue. Speckled, almost.
Gold lion's head door knocker on a dark wood door.
An isthmus is jutting out into the sea and the sun is dawning. The town on the piece jutting out into the ocean has buildings which are backlit.
The novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell. The cover is Robin's egg blue with a pig in all white with the title and the author's name over the center of the pig. In the upper left hand corner is a seal indicating that this is an authorized edition by the Orwell Estate.
Portrait of my dog, Java, who is a black and white tuxedo Havanese. She has a yellow bow in her hair. And her name is written in green in the lower right hand corner.
The novel, Pawn of Prophecy, by David Eddings. Book 1 of the Belgariad. The cover is a landscape of treed hills with large pine trees in the foreground.
The novel, The Secret of the Old Clock, by Nancy Drew, Book 1, by Carolyn Keene. The cover shows a seated young girl holding a mantle clock with its cover open and the winding key in her hand. She is sitting in an outdoor setting which looks like a lightly wooded meadow. The sky is deep blue.
Stained glass window in the shape of a flower. With hues of blue, aqua, and magenta. The entire window is round.
The novel, A Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde. The book is a yellow cover with blue, white, and dark gold scrolling around the title of the book and the name of the author. There is a small male figure in period clothing- it looks like an evening coat, knickers, knee socks, and loafers depicted in red ink. No hat is in evidence.
The novel, Are you There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume. the cover is a light baby blue with a young girl in a short plaid dress with a brown backpack. She is twisted sideways trying to fix her shoe. The girl is white with brown hair.
Sunset along the coast of Malaga. There are red hues to the right while the sky is a faded blue on the left. In the foreground, there is a lighted area to gaze out over the water. There are trees in the background to the right in front of the setting sun.
Landscape with a large saguaro cactus in the foreground with lots of them scattered over a small hillside.
The novel, Christine, by Stephen King. The cover is black. King's name is in red. Christine is in a graduated Chrome color goring from silver on top to a foreboding blood red on the bottom. On top of the name is a white, windblown skeleton with its mouth slightly agape. A novel is in gray and small font in the lower right hand corner.
A novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. The cover has a brown tree with light green leaves.
A Novel, The Source, by James Michener. It shows a picture in the bottom third of the top of a gold dome topped building. There is an endorsement from the New York Times, "Fascinating... stunning... [a] wonderful rampage though history."
Holiday tea setting with a three tier plate stand. There is also a teapot, teacup, plate, silverware, and a tea strainer. Accompaniments are a variety of jams and Devon cream and lemon curd. There is also sugar and milk for the tea. And best of all, there is a glass of champagne. On the bottom plate, there are a variety of savory dishes, the second level has two kinds of scones, and the top level are different petit desserts. The china is white rimmed in elegant gold patterns. All of this is set atop a round table with a white jacquard tablecloth. There is also a metal hour glass in the background to time the steeping of the tea without bothering other guests.
The Novel, The Hobbit, by J. R. R Tolkien. The cover has a graphic of what some of the mountains and trees and a river looked like in the book. There is a red sun above the peak of one of the mountains.
The Novel, Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
Close up picture of a prickly cactus with yellow prickly pears.
The Novel, On A Pale Horse, by Piers Anthony. Book One of the Incarnations of Immortality.
Purple colored cactus
The Novel, Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo.
The novel, Otherland- City of Golden Shadow volume 1, by Tad Williams.
The Novel, Tempt Me at Twilight, by Lisa Kleypas
Closeup of a small cactus.
The Album "Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross by P.M. Dawn
The novel Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.
Small black and white dog