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Strange feelings assail me as I settle down to introduce this latest entry of " Gems By Lamplight ". It has been seventeen months, almost to the day, since entry #18 : even by my rather low standards, this is undeniably a slowdown, which can be attributed to many reasons, but makes me look with something like nostalgia at the good old days of 2015-2016 (the digital age seems to accelerate everything, including the lapse of time before one is reasonably entitled to feel nostalgia), when I was most active on DA. In the same vein, perusing the older entries of " Gems By Lamplight ", I am a bit saddened by the number of deviants I have feature...

The time is ripe for a new entry of " Gems By Lamplight " (this is all a matter of critical mass, really). This review of personal favourites kicks off strongly with @DavidSchermann's fascinating fall from grace, @GabrielWigren's wonderful rocky coast -- a reminder of summers past and a herald of summers yet to come -- and @LePtitSuisse1912's deceptively simple picture of harmonious permanence. Next, @TomTC brings us a vibrant evocation of the exhilaration at the start of a journey, while @UdoChristmann brilliantly captures the particular atmosphere of a small French town. @Vladimir-Kireev is living proof that " they don't make them like t...

And so it happened that, as the days were slowly getting longer and warmer, the 17th entry of " Gems By Lamplight " came into being... If this new dawn is heralded by @videodude1961's quietly hopeful capture of industry in the great outdoors, a darkening of the soul soon follows with @MarkTurtoo's fascinating picture of a lone fire in a forest, while @Vitskog's trip down memory lane is suffused with bittersweet beauty. The new Star Wars films may have cost a dragon's treasure to make, but it has been worth it, if only for @winter-herdiscontent's marvellously moving art. Next, @Enyril skilfully portrays mournful anguish under an uncaring sk...