Porthole

Two days before deadlines.

Damp and dreary. 32 degrees at 11:22 a.m. Only light snow overnight. 79% humidity.

Lots of sunshine and dry days in the forecast. Might go up to 50 next week.

Wrting... supposed to write today.

1 p.m. Coffee consumed with a grilled cheese sandwich and cream of asparagus soup.

This place is quiet at certain times of day. People are out and about or working. I told Billie Jo that the two of us were the Hotel's Ghosts. And we are. Neither of us get out much.

Back to work. I made progrees, but there's much to do today. A bit of sun is streaming in to cheer me up.

I told Beholden: "I have a travel list. Not a typical tourist bucket list. My list as a child was short: Norway, Japan, Kenya. I still need want to get to Kenya (and visit Uganda and Rwanda).

These days I've wondered which country I'll drop dead in or worse ... which I'll never get to see as I wither away at home.

Whither or wither ."

Working on:

1. working on flow

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Just loud enough forthe Universe to hear  (13+) Write about chocolate without using certain words. For the Taboo Word Contest. #2245244 by Kåre Enga in Montana

2. almost ready?

Paid in full  (18+) Dark dreamscapes: Love lies bleeding, ichor seeping into dust; no one weeps #2245317 by Kåre Enga in Montana

3. getting there

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Peaches  (13+) Three legged crash survivor, one eyed and crooked jawed, five pounds of chatty "yeow!" #2245320 by Kåre Enga in Montana

4. for the big contest

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Embers  (13+) A month with no contact. Peaceful, they said. I needed to get away, they said. #2245322 by Kåre Enga in Montana

5. needs one last read

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Traveling Teddy  (ASR) The suitcase had survived the storms of the seas, the jostle of rutted roads, the cold... #2245325 by Kåre Enga in Montana

6. I need to find a replacement for this one "TEXT BOOK NEW LOVE [353]"  It doesn't really slam Cupid.

7. at least i know what i'm trying to say "i am behind the camera [358]" 

5:15 p.m. and 30 outside... not that I've been outside...

I have 3 stories left to write by Sunday midnight. I may or may not write them. .

I commented to Norma Jean:

I wasn't raised on country music. We had "Cool Water" but that's more Western. In the 80s, it was Reba McIntire with songs like "Does he love you" and I love Dolly's "Jolene".

So "Cry, Cry, Cry" doesn't evoke my emotions like it does for you.

I think of my father as I listen to Sons of the Pioneer. My father died 22 year ago today. (March 20, 1916 - February 26, 1999)

Frankie Laine (High Noon, Ghostriders in the sky, They call the wind Maria) does a great version but I prefer this:

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