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Rated: 13+ · Book · Biographical · #1317094
Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.

Enga mellom Fjella




Sentinel

         Marked
                   as if you own me
I bow before the Bitterroots
and just like you
                   my rocky soil, my withered grass
                   lays prey to the empty sky.

© Kåre Enga 2007 "Sentinel

Sentinel on fire at night

Reader's Choice of Poems:

"'heart's home'
"In Lagada, la vita
"Tales told over scones and hot tea
"La Bella Vita
"Drugs sold here


Reader's Choice of blog entries from my old blog "L'aura del Campo:

"Death of Jeannie New Moon
"Winter: 18 Mas'il (December 29)
"In a garden of roses, baby
"A Thanksgiving Dinner poem and the WDC Zoo
"James Doohan, Scotty. Ombra mai fu. Eutin Guitar Orchestra

FACES




PLACES





Yellow cheer from sarah




 Kåre *Delight* Enga

~ until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go.
~ Elizabeth Bishop
The Fish
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March 31, 2014 at 10:39pm
March 31, 2014 at 10:39pm
#811980
...on May 8th. I fretted as I saw affordable flights disappearing so I just went ahead and bought tickets. About $145 with TAP. That means whole there and back again cost me under $1,200. *Smile*
March 29, 2014 at 5:36pm
March 29, 2014 at 5:36pm
#811705
Meeeeee:

Couldn't sleep for two hours last night. What if I do this... what if I do that...

At least I realized it's Norway's bicentennial. May 17, 1814 ... duh.

Remembered Kristi Himmelfartsdagen on May 29th too. That's Acension in English. With April 23rd anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal and Labor Day on May 1st it becomes tricky planning a trip.

Ssslllooooowlllyy... it's coming together. Ask me how my plans went awry when I get back! *Smirk*

2 months... now to check music festival conflicts in Bergen, whether I can find a cheap place in Kristiansund, plan number of days in Portugal which may cancel or limit Spain. Is there a cheap-cheap ticket to Poland?

Also... bus and train routes. I really like looking out at the scenery.

Scored some wonderful sour dough pancakes yesterday, informed the bank, wonderful chat about being young, Mormon and gay with Michael.

Didn't start packing yet... soon. *Smile*
March 27, 2014 at 4:14pm
March 27, 2014 at 4:14pm
#811507
ME:

I bought my tickets.

Argued with the computer and the dates and the times and...

...decided that I'd had enough. I leave April 7th for Lisbon, arriving the 8th in the evening. I return from Bergen, Norway on the 5th of June arriving in Montana just before midnight.

Am I thrilled? A bit. But mostly I'm relieved. The indecision was killing me (probably literally).

Now I need to find a place to stay the first two nights, make sure I have a place to stay the last night in Norway, decide how/when I go from the south to the north (there are direct flights from Barcelona).

I also have to work out Holy Week in Portugal soon or I won't have a place to stay. Same with the 17th of May in Norway. Luckily, pinse (Pentecost) is June 8th and not a factor. However... 1st of May is celebrated in both countries (and Spain and Poland), May 3rd in Poland (Constitution Day). The 25th of April is Freedom Day (Carnation Revolution) in Portugal and I'll have to be careful planning around that one.

Holidays can create all kinds of havoc for the traveler if caught unawares. I have personal experience...

So. I need to do my work.

I hope to:

1. Write and take notes in Portugal so I can write more vampire stories.
2. Improve my Norwegian and my Portuguese.
3. Visit new places and old in Norway.

I'm sure I'll do okay. Must be ready to take thousands of photos though. Last time it was about 8,000 in all.
50.155
March 24, 2014 at 2:18pm
March 24, 2014 at 2:18pm
#811136
Whew... passed 50k views without a blow-out... *Smile*

Me:

Thinking of 2 Davids who used to blog here... and how much they loved *pank*. *Laugh*

My Compaq computer may have died... Bruce sent it to me way back when... 2005? Who knows though... I thought things were dead before to only find out otherwise.

Like Elvis... rumors persist.

May have to re-write one vampire story though.

In other snews: moved my bed around late, very late, last night (it was on my to-do list) out of frustration. One less chore to do today. The sun outside is giving me some energy. Maybe I should deal with the other side of the room? Who knows what's lost there. *Rolleyes* I still haven't found my universal plug converter for Europe. I'd hate to have to buy another. Don't like losing things.

Anyone got shelves? They really help with clutter. If I don't get two or more soon I'll have to put things in boxes and pile those suckers up. I'm tired of the clutter.

Happy thoughts: crocuses and grape hyacinths in bloom! As is the kolanchoe I rescued. Geraniums have put out some new flowers as well. Everything perks up this time of year.

So... must look at costs/availability of hostels/flights today. Wish me luck.
March 23, 2014 at 9:45pm
March 23, 2014 at 9:45pm
#811066
Having computer issues... So... I'm 2 views away from 50, 000! Which means the next person to comment may put me over the top. I'll check tomorrow. Right now my computer is doing a scam... er... scan. Not happy me. I made a list of 5 that included some internet work. If I can't resolve it I may have to go home and clean... a fate not worth thinking about. At least I got 20 plus chapbooks folded today. Even minor goals are good. Trip is on hold until I resolve some tricky dates. May have to sleep in the streets on my birthday... Other than that... I'm fine. 49.998 and counting. *Smile*
March 21, 2014 at 5:21pm
March 21, 2014 at 5:21pm
#810848
me:

Written yesterday, the first day of the Bahá'í new year, Naw-Ruz 171 B.E.

First day of a new year

Snow-veils pass over the North Hills;
frost pines waiting for a mountain Spring.
Nature's calender shrugs its shoulders,
at the vernal equinox stretches out its hours,
to balance while it yawns. Earth
wakes slowly from its slumber.
A blanket of white covers its icy veins.
A snow-veil passes over the hills,
but a warm breeze will follow close behind.
Frost melts in the hollows hidden by pines.

© Kåre Enga [171.1] 20.march.2014

I know this poem needs editing... by next year?

I soaked in the tub last night. Added hot water three times. My skin thanked me. Still didn't sleep much though. Set the alarm earlier than normal.

Half-awake, I called Gary. After-all, I've been trying for three months! Still not awake when he answered. *Smile* Oh, well. Nice chat. Everything there is fine.

Not connecting had been making me more depressed and anxious than usual.

Here? Sunny, cold. Quiet afternoon in the Senior Center.

Every season I open up a new notebook for my journal. Book 42 is yellow. I'm on page 3,670... not bad. I wrote 101 pages in Winter, Book 41, (red). Of course, every new book looks so innocently pristine when I start. After a couple coffee stains... *Laugh*

No other big news. I'll share when I have some. Getting a hold of Gare was huge.

March 20, 2014 at 5:41pm
March 20, 2014 at 5:41pm
#810737
Last day of the year (Bahá'í Year 170).

ME:

I've been very depressed. I've been quite elated. I've been going up and down like a yo-yo.

Yes, chores are mostly done but anything larger overwhelms me.

I need to travel. I need to stay put and work on my writings. I need...

...a hug.

It would help if a friend would answer the phone. I feel abandoned. I feel disconnected.

And the cold grey weather isn't helping my energy levels.

I did just show my pictures of Karlskrona, Sweden to Bea Johnson here at the Senior Center. That helps me feel connected.

Also, posted two vampire pieces and a bunch of fragments at "L'aura del Campo (two separate entries, even linked one to facebook). That felt good too.

So... up and down I go. Where I'll land nobody knows. Which is okay... as long as I know!

Maybe I can post a cheery blog tomorrow?

By-the-way, this blog has almost 50k views!
March 16, 2014 at 11:00pm
March 16, 2014 at 11:00pm
#810383
ME:

A better day.

Edited assorted stuff and posted at "L'aura del Campo

Last night I went to Dana's. With Travis we made three. I read my poetry as both had missed my reading.

It was like an old fashioned salon.

I could do this... Invite me over for dinner (I'll sing for my supper?) and I'll read my poetry... or show my pictures of one of my trips (Need to organize Karlskrona and ask Bea to be my victim...).

So... I'm happier when I've seen light at the end of my struggles.
March 14, 2014 at 4:29pm
March 14, 2014 at 4:29pm
#810139
I feel like I'm looking into a mirror of the past. This is great but one cannot live in a mirror.

My trips over the last 5 years have produced thousands of photos. I could get lost in them. Sometimes, like today, I don't really have the time.

The up side? They do bring back memories.

I edited and posted some photos from my last trip.

Fascinating to actually see them! Took too many too quickly. Lots of work. Some have turned out fine fortunately.

Been posting a facebook. These are from Costa Rica on December 20th:

http://www.facebook.com/kare.enga.9/media_set?set=a.511392585562037.120529.10000...

For instance, the park in Carmona de Nandayure is totally lit the month of December. Families and business have their tree or shrub. Thousands of lights between 8 pm and 10pm. Very impressive for a small town.

Looking at the pictures makes me happy that I went.

Looking at the pictures won't get me to my next destination, though.

At home, I have one picture from when I was 22, almost 23. If I had an album of pictures what would they say to me? And would I never stop looking at them to continue with my life?
March 13, 2014 at 5:44pm
March 13, 2014 at 5:44pm
#809984
There are days when there's no time to blog... or should I say there isn't always access to a computer... or I just have to choose...

I posted some prose poems and "nightmares" in my old blog:

"L'aura del Campo

Hope to read 4 of them at a writers group this evening. No time to really sit down, focus and edit. Oh well.

Working on my lists...

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