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Started July 1st 2019 for contests, etc. as other blogs are filling up and have other purposes.  I'm starting a new blog because
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I've started an appendix (I no longer have one personally) to keep track of my Space Cadet journals for Space Blog. It's a work constantly under construction. Mind the mess.
I needed to start a folder for contests as there are so many deadlines and details to remember.
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llllllllllllllllllllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 3 Jalal 177 (10 April 2020) O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action... - Bahá’u’lláh  MY THOUGHTSI've decided to post after midnight (after 10 p.m. here) as that way I'll be writing during the day and posting at the end ... kinda. Doesn't matter. The other way wasn't working, so I'll try this instead.  WEATHER 10°. Midnight in Missoula  14°. 7 a.m. in Porto 3°. 8 a.m. Oslo 18°. Midnight in Cartago, Costa Rica.  IMAGES13 Yellowbells. Biscuit root getting brighter. Buttercups holding on despite the warmth. Buttercups are 'cool'. Groups of people having picnics, cycling, walking together. Seemed almost normal.  POULTRYYesterday's poem: "April 9 prompt: suggest or evoke an interruption"   PORK No pork today. They fed us cow.  READING"Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer, page 128.  QUOTENot yet...  MY LIFELater...  SENIOR CENTER and  COFFEEHOUSENada! Read yesterday's entry. O PINIONS!Stik ranted and I ranted. We all should rant now and then again. "Trauma is personal"  WATT'S GNUSUS citizens in Lebanon decline repatriation offer, saying it's "safer" in Beirut Yep, I believe this to be true. I'd be far safer anywhere in Taiwan and perfectly safe in Hualien. Fellow Montanan, Carly Fuglei, "I just have zero trust." regarding the American response to the pandemic. Neither do I. Nicaraguan president missing in action for nearly one month and counting My Costa Rican and Nicaraguan friends have been commenting on this; they are worried. Conspiracy theories abound. But a leader missing-in-action during any crisis is bad news all around. It only has '6' reported cases, but with 500 to the south and Costa Rica's border closed and 400 to the north with porous borders (It's part of the C4 visa area) no one is guiding the ship. In USA terms it's like West Virginia, the last state to have a positive case (mostly because they weren't testing!).  BLOGVILLE30DBC: "How would eight year old you have reacted to being quarantined and kept out of school and society for so long?" Quite well. I played a lot in the dirt in the back yard. The neighborhood kids would visit in Summer; I don't think a quarantine would've worked the way our blue-collar working-class neighborhood was set up. But April is cold clammy mud-clay season where I grew up, so I'd probably still be in the house reading or doing something. I could always play with my 7 year old sister. Or I could sit in the closet, especially when the candy showed up on Sunday. I hoarded mine and hid it from my sister. We had been very sick the previous year or two. We were used to being home and I wasn't a popular kid at school. We weren't allowed to wander off anywhere. We did go to the Hessel family reunion in Summer, visit my uncle and aunt July 4th, my grandparents in August, my aunt and cousin in November. I vaguely remember funerals ... No, at age 8 it would have just been a normal part of an isolated and quiet childhood. |
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 2 Jalal 177 (9 April 2020) O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action... - Bahá’u’lláh O PINIONS!I wish I would've thought of putting Trudeau's malaprop to music. I really think it gets the message across in a way that just another boring answer to a Q&A wouldn't have. Sometimes the wrong word makes a speech/poem/essay stand out. Like Elizabeth Bishop's poem "Man Moth", so much more memorable than it's intended word and title "mammoth". WATT'S GNUSPM Trudeau misspoke, it was put to music. It's going viral: MY THOUGHTSAt least I wear a mask. Physically I'm fine, but trying not to think ... I could easily get overwhelmed right now. WEATHER 5°. 10 a.m. in Missoula 15°. 10 p.m. in Porto 9°. 6 p.m. Oslo 26°. 10 a.m. Cartago, Costa Rica. Mornings are typically cold in Montana. It may get up to 20 today around 5 p.m. Porto highs/lows will only vary by a couple degrees some days. The heat of the day in Costa Rica is usually 10-12 noon. April can be bone dry or steamy. Delta flights resume April 30th. IMAGESOrange/black butterfly among the purple grape hyacinths. A worn red lounger calling my name. Hard white chairs. POULTRY"I live in a place with paper walls, where ghosts sip oolong tea... most quietly... while noisy people pace the halls." Excerpt from: "April 9 prompt: suggest or evoke an interruption" Yesterday's poem: "April 8 prompt: the sound of a bell (Agogô)" PORK Last night's quick sketch:
READING"Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer, page 128. QUOTE"In time he feared nothing would be left if the shard were taken away. It had worked its way to the center of his being. So he looked after it. ... He learned it was his most loyal friend." page 127. MY LIFEMy sister called. No good news. I'll post when I figure out what to say. Life drones on. Lovely day. I ate hamburger casserole, perhaps over-ate. Feeling like a nap. Little motivation. Post another picture of Taiwan on spacebook? Why not ... SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSEPicked up two meals. Merry tired to run me over and gave me a bag of goodies to take home. She treats me like she's my older sister. Big-hearted, a bit bossy at times. BLOGVILLEI mentioned to Lorem Ipsum, Perhaps?  re getting any feedback or support: 1. Not all writers are warm fuzzy people. Many live in caves by choice and rarely venture out. Even the social ones (social partiers by day or night, 9-5 M-F) can be cave dwellers at all other times, not even wanting friends or family to know they write. 2. Montanans are not warm fuzzy people. Writers are not warm fuzzy people. Montana writers are? I feel very isolated from the writing community here. It's all cliques. And what's worse ... I'm not a Montanan. 3. I do a lot of commenting on spacebook and here. I comment more than get back. But then ... people review me and I hardly ever review. So, I can't complain too much. 4. I live in Blogville, a ghost town from WDC '08. I rarely get visitors here from that time. More often on spacebook. People moved on. I'm left behind. 5. Non-writer friends. I write poetry and flash fiction. Give me 5 uninterrupted minutes of your time? Not happening here. People just walk up and interrupt any presentation. And those listening CANNOT focus for 5 minutes. When you come up with solutions, send me a note. I've tried ... |
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 1 Jalal 177 (8 April 2020) O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action... - Bahá’u’lláh MY THOUGHTSI wish I weren't so riled up by the insanity of the last three years, the total incompetent response to coronavirus, the erosion of protections and human rights in the USA. Yes, this too shall pass, but it will pass over many a new-dug grave. WEATHER 17°. 2 p.m. in Missoula 9°. 4 p.m. in Buffalo 29°. 4 p.m. in Fayetteville, NC 12°. 1 p.m. in Port Townsend, WA I have family in Buffalo, Fayetteville and Port Townsend. IMAGESOne thick dandelion root with multiple leaves and a crown of 22 dandelions. Looked like a golden bouquet. POULTRYdada DAA dada DAA We play the agogô. dada DAA dada DAA Two notes: one high, one low. dada DAA dada DAA Our bodies squeezed together, ache a third, to sing, to sigh, to moan, to make our music sweeter. ... The entire poem is here: "April 8 prompt: the sound of a bell (Agogô)" PORK
READING"Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer, page 89. QUOTE"There are stories in this waters ... tales of struggles and fears. I feel the voices between my fingers. I'm carrying their tears." p. 63 MY LIFESeparation disorder? I mentioned this to Raelene on spacebook. I feel like all my friends have moved away. This brings back memories of being 12 ... and although I hadn't moved ... my friends had. I wasn't good at making new friends and my parents didn't help. SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSEPulled pork? Hell yeah! I stood in line behind a red car.  O PINIONS!As I commented to Charlie ~ : "Well, they lied. Masks provide a physical distance (like in TAIWAN ... does anyone ever listen to me?). That said, there is no excuse for everyone to not have a mask. Taiwan is manufacturing 15 million per day. My friend Allen is allowed 9 per week. The USA can't even satisfy the needs of medical personnel ... after how long ... 6 weeks, 8 weeks?I did see people (about 10) wearing masks in the grocery store today. Only one stocker had one on last week. Quite a mix of store bought and hand-made. People are getting the message ... a tad late imho. And then there's the choice of word "social distancing". Turning off spacebook is social distancing. What they meant was physical distancing. Which is what masks and banning gatherings do! Mark my words: some churches will be packed for Easter. WATT'S GNUSBernie Sanders bows out of running for president. In a way that's good. IMHO, He's best fighting the Good Fight from outside the establishment. He's desperately needed. I do hope Biden realizes that the progressives need a voice on the ticket. Warren might do, but there are younger female progressives who might be suitable for the job as well. BLOGVILLEI have been doing the Dew with the Dew Drop Inn poetry challenge. I'm not doing the 30DBC and I haven't been commenting as much as usual. That means I'm receiving very few views and hardly any comments. A thank-you to those who have stopped by one of my blogs or reveiwed something since Fools Day: QPdoll  , MirandaCookies COLLEGE SOON  , Paul  , Rhyssa , Katya the Poet  , NOVAcatmando , SB Musing  , concrete_angel, Cappucine  , somik1, Spiritual Dawning  and Elle - on hiatus  . |
llllllllllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 19 Baha 177 (7 April 2020) O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action... - Bahá’u’lláh  MY THOUGHTSI apparently offended a friend. It was not my intention. Having any kind of interaction on spacebook is a landmine. It's not set up for serious conversation. Too easy to misinterpret other people. WEATHER 16°. 3 p.m. in Missoula 18°. 5 a.m. in Taipei  18°. 10 p.m. in Casablanca 8°. midnight in Istanbul IMAGESSun! Picked pink and indigo chionodoxa (glory-of-the-snow). A man with a lacrosse stick playing catch and throw against St. Anthony's back wall. University bus ... which is surreal as school is not in session. A bundle of daffodils. Taste of cranberries. Dogs wanting to say hello. POULTRYLet this be my prayer: "April 7 poem--food" Make Thy beauty to be my food In these times of trouble, cupboards bare, as ugliness rules a wanting world, make Thy beauty to be my food. When thirsty for humanity's hug, when kindness seems to have disappeared, make Thy presence my drink, that I may do what's best for others always doing what's right for myself; make Thy pleasure my hope, When anger rises within my heart and words keep me from my earthly tasks, make praise of Thee my action. Kåre Enga [177.23] (7.abril.2020) PORK From yesterday. It 'won', but no one reads my flash fiction much:
READING"Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer. QUOTE"There are stories in this waters ... tales of struggles and fears. I feel the voices between my fingers. I'm carrying their tears." p. 63 MY LIFESpoke to 6 people today. Only took one walk. Boiled up eggs. Earlier made hash browns. Living on coffee. Just used the last 2 slices of bread for an egg-salad sandwich. Tomorrow is my regular grocery day. I'm not accomplishing much of anything. My life is 'on hold' like so many others. Living alone compounds the loneliness. SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSEThey were offering spaghetti at the Sr. Center. Ix-nay. Bought scone at Bernice's Bakery. Their employees artwork is up on the walls. Looking good.  O PINIONS!Our Dear Leader is consolidating his power. Bit by precious bit. If he is not replaced, we may as well crown him King and be done with it. WATT'S GNUSAt 319 cases Montana has a rate of about .31 per 1.000. However, Bozeman has 119 which is a rate of about 1.1. New York State is at 6.5 and New Jersey around 4.5. USA is 1.2; Spain 3.0; Iceland 4.6; San Marino 8.2. Small places can easily be overwhelmed. Blaine County, Idaho has 428 cases among a population of 22,000. That's a rate of 19.5. Numbers are numbing but in Boise there's an effort to have a large Easter gathering in defiance of state law. BLOGVILLEKatya the Poet was kind enough to leave this comment for "April 6 poem--bring in a novel or story plot" : "I love the mirroring, the repetition. Makes me want to read this book again." (She is referring to Cry, the Beloved Country.)I have been doing the Dew with the Dew Drop Inn poetry challenge. I'm not doing the 30DBC and I haven't been commenting as much as usual. That means I'm receiving very few views and hardly any comments. |
llllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 18 Baha 177 (6 April 2020) Is there any Remover of Difficulty save God? Say: Praised be God! He is God! All are his servants and abide by His bidding. - The Báb MY THOUGHTSThis two meter moment: Me ... You ... and too much space between Us. WEATHER 9°. 1 p.m. in Missoula 18°. 3 a.m. in Tainan 9°. 9 p.m. in Prishtina, Kosovo  31°. 1 p.m. in Jaco, Costa Rica. Steamy on the beach. IMAGESSaw one person with a mask. None at Mobash the local skate park. Various dogs. Crows perched in snags. Snirt along the river. Reflections of clouds in the rippling canal. Bit of a breeze. Daffs in bloom. Runners. POULTRYOur Beloved Country we suffer the old the young those who have hurt others their wounded victims when will we forgive their sins our sins how soon will what drives us apart bring us together in the end the father of the murdered son the father of the killer meet in grief if they can forgive ... when will we ask for forgiveness when will we embrace KE [177.21] (6.april.2020) "Cry, The Beloved Country" by Alan Paton. "April 6 poem--bring in a novel or story plot" PORK Sweet, but a bit sad:
READINGStalled. "Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer. QUOTENope. MY LIFEI should suspend this scategory until I get one. Still asleep in my cave. However, I did speak with Jacob todays and he explained that in Irish one "wears" one's emotions and there's less need to hide them. Ran into Robin patiently waiting for the ospreys by their nest. Saw Kat's mother running. Everyone's fine, including their cherry trees. SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSEBought three day-old muffins at Bernice's. Reheated them at home with butter. O PINIONS!Oh ... yeah, time to rant? No just the sadness of losing young people wondering who I'll lose. If they smoke or vape? They are putting themselves in danger. Those with hyper-vigilant immune systems also seem at greater risk. But here's my reaction to my friend Parris on spacebook re connection between 5G and this particular coronavirus: "Does 5G only affect old people with heart-issues, lung-issues or fried brains from too many drugs or young vapers who have compromised their lungs? I don't buy conspiracy theories until there is some rational proof. The thing with irrational reactions to conspiracies? They kill people."  WATT'S GNUSThe Queen has shown us how a true leader serves: BLOGVILLEI responded to SB Musing : "I do not have a Monday syndrome. Too many years not having a working schedule will do that. Also, it's an American thing. Not everywhere in the world shuts down on Sundays like much of the Americas do.I don't watch movies with other people. Fortunately I'm not doing the challenge this month! This is the kind of prompt Family Movie Night! Pick two movies your family and close friends can come over and watch. that works for most of Mid America ... and leaves me gasping for air." |
llllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 17 Baha 177 (5 April 2020) Is there any Remover of Difficulty save God? Say: Praised be God! He is God! All are his servants and abide by His bidding. - The Báb MY THOUGHTSBeyond my opinion of how you label yourself, I realize that those labels may be important to you. My world-view includes you, even if your view excludes me. I could be speaking of any number of social-economic-religious groups one finds on social media, in real life and here at WDC. Many fellow writers here have chosen to label themselves, while others don't. Some by their belief systems, avoid certain people, some exclude me. Oh ... not as a writer ... as a human being. WEATHER 12°. 2 p.m. in Missoula 22°. 4 p.m. in Fayetteville, NC 14°. 9 p.m. in Porto. I still want to be there. 20°. 10 p.m. in Harare, Zimbabwe where zwisis resides. IMAGESYesterday's walk: gleaming yellow buttercups, subdued yellow biscuitroot, no yellowbells yet. (Spring is late.) Smell of crushed sage between my fingers, dogs but no prairie dogs, sun breaking through the haze. A dry stony irrigation canal, green sprigs poking through stubble, a bonfire on 4th? POULTRYNot exactly what I wanted: "April 5 poem--an elegy for someone or something" PORK Nope. READINGStalled. "Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer. QUOTENope. MY LIFEMy neighbor Jacob is studying Irish. I should learn some: Hello: Dia dhuit Good morning: maidin mhaith Have a good morning: Bíodh maidin mhaith agat Have a good evening: Bíodh tráthnóna maith agat Good evening: tráthnóna maith Good night: Oíche mhaith It's now 2:37 p.m. and I can't get moving. Lethargy has set in. SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSESunday but walked past both. Picked two grape hyacinths at the Senior Center. They have removed the outdoor benches at Bernice's Bakery. O PINIONS!Plenty. WATT'S GNUSThere is a great need during a time of war, and imho this pandemic is war, for leaders to stand together. The attitude of these Churches Against Science and Reason puts the entire community at risk. My advice to Gov. Edwards? Arrest and put in jail, no bail, until Easter Monday. In the meantime padlock the doors, block the street and put a patrol enforcing the closure until the all-clear is given. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/louisiana-church-holds-services-defying-corona...  BLOGVILLE"I will need to rethink how I respond to someone who is upset that they can't get or do something. Maybe by being helpful? You: I went to six stores, wasted my whole day and can't find mace. Me: If you can't find mace try nutmeg. You: I can't find yeast to make my own bread. Me: Fry bread uses baking powder but no yeast. You: What's baking powder? Me: Matzoh uses only flour and water. You: I'm not Jewish. You: Why can't people stop hoarding TP. I couldn't find my usual 24 pack. Me: Use a reusable face towel. You: For what? Me: To wipe your ass. So ... maybe I need some practice." That was my response to "Invalid Entry" by Charlie ~ for "JAFBG" (A great place to rant, rated XGC).I do need to work on realizing that there is real pain in not being able to do what you want, what you planned for, when you want and how you want to do it. My first response is "This isn't Burger King; you don't get to have it your way." Or: comparing one person's pain to another: "It's nice that a prepper like you gets to roam around your 5 acre ranchette with those two unruly brats and that poodle who missed his hair-clipping; BUT, my friends in Costa Rica have lost jobs and may not have any money left to eat. But of course, your pantry is half-full of the 120 rolls of TP your quiver-full needs, the freezer only has a side of beef and your son is moaning how he can't go buy another gun to add to the arsenal in your bunker. So, I feel your pain." NOT ... but maybe I should ... |
llllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 16 Baha 177 (4 April 2020) Thy name is my healing, O my God and remembrance of thee is my remedy. - Bahá'u'lláh MY THOUGHTSNot as depressed today. Spoke to man who's ill that's being refused testing because 'there are no kits'. Informed him that there were over 200 tests done yesterday. Just checked: 459. They are still seriously rationing testing here. Lawd help us po' folk. We discussed about me moving into a room with a bathroom. Well ... the difference in rent is $3,000/year. I didn't tell him that but I'll tell all y'all. What dreams of yours will die this month? 1. I will lose someone to this pandemic; when was our last good-bye? 2. I can't travel or make travel plans. It may affect my travels for 2021. 3. At my age 'planning' to do anything other than die needs to be short-term. 4. It wasn't the lack of time to dust ... it was never the right time to dust. 5. Getting better. This event triggers traumas in odd ways. A lifetime isn't enough time.  WEATHER 6°. noon in Missoula 7°. 2 p.m. in Buffalo 30°. noon in Cartago, Costa Rica where my friend Bryan lives. 2°. 8 p.m. in Tallinn, Estonia where my "grand-daughter" Anna-Maria resides. IMAGESThere's been some rays breaking through the haze! Inside: peanut butter-bologna sandwiches and coffee. It may be warm enough for me to go out later! Opened the window. One new purplish geranium in bloom. POULTRY"This Death of Dreams" in "April 4 prompt: heartbreak" "Bob" in "April 3 poem: recall a person you did not know well" PORK Yesterday's non-winner: "Face on a stamp [177.17] (248 words)" Yes, one could get a custom made stamp at one time. I still have the one (somewhere) that Fivesixer  sent me. READING"Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer, page 58. Surrealistic and strange. QUOTE"One chapter ends and the next one takes up the bookification. ... Len and Bennu are page-flipping in their own way. We've got to get to the end y'see," Vida Bering Well in "Guardian of the Veil." MY LIFEI'm reading up on Portuguese every day but came across this about Norwegian: SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSENot today. Only spoke to two neighbors. O PINIONS!They aren't getting me anywhere so why should I have any? WATT'S GNUSI found a site that shows the per capita positive infections/testing/deaths. USA is 'winning' with overall numbers but Italy, Spain and Switzerland have more per capita cases. And many countries are doing more testing. Iceland has tested 7% of it's population. USA is at 0.45%. I will need to write an entire article about what the statistics suggest at this point. I'm good with numbers and patterns. BLOGVILLE DEUXI responded to ♥Hooves♥  :"Is chloroquine a medical miracle or snakeoil? Too early to tell. Yes, NY and LA are self-absorbed. But who in Montana is actually reporting about anything? Our TV stations are owned by Sullivan and our newspapers are owned by Lee. And although the state publishes facts there's still no word as to whether people are adequately being tested. We have someone ill in our building. Positive? Who knows whether he has been tested. Will they tell us? Frustrating. I would've been better in Taiwan. Because? They are transparent, truthful and proactive." |
llllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 15 Baha 177 (3 April 2020) Thy name is my healing, O my God and remembrance of thee is my remedy. - Bahá'u'lláh MY THOUGHTSI'm worn out. I'm amazed at other people's talent. It's not safe to make comparisons. WEATHER 2°. 11 a.m. in Missoula  7°. 1 p.m. in Buffalo -3°. 7 p.m. in Tromso 7°. 1 a.m. in Taipei IMAGESSnow flurries, a veil across the mountains. Purple Grape hyacinth in bloom. POULTRYNothing yet for the Dew Drop Inn. PORK None so far today. READING"Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer. Surrealistic and strange. QUOTEWhat I posted on spacebook in response to three things I like that most people don't: Patchouli, snow and a quiet cemetery! I do not fear the dead. I fear the stinky living. MY LIFEI binged a bit watching Dimash Kudaibergen today. I choose this video because it's from Angola and in Portuguese. SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSEI saw Kathi, Ruth and Ben at the Senior Center when I picked up a free meal. Teriyaki chicken? O PINIONS!My friends still post silly and false memes on spacebook. I'm tired of this. WATT'S GNUSTaiwan has more people than New York. It is one of the most densely populated places on earth. Today it reports 348 positive cases of the Wuhan-virus (which is what they call it there) and 5 deaths. Fewer cases than Costa Rica. New York on the other hand has over 100,000 cases and within a couple days should pass both Spain and Italy. There is no good news about the pandemic today. BLOGVILLE DEUXI responded to Robert Waltz  today: "I think knowing yourself is a good starting point to be able to accept yourself as is or change yourself. Since you mention beer ... I never liked the taste nor smell of it. I liked wine! Deep red sweet luscious wine. Easy to accept that about myself. It was harder when I realized I shouldn't touch alcohol in any form. So I don't. But if I needed to drink beer to stay alive or needed to take a nightcap of deep red port (for my health of course...) would I be flexible enough to face that new reality?" |
llllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 14 Baha 177 (2 April 2020) Thy name is my healing, O my God and remembrance of thee is my remedy. - Bahá'u'lláh MY THOUGHTSI worry too much. This viral insanity is creating lots of emotional problems for me and I haven't been feeling 100% due to other issues. WEATHER 2°. 4 p.m. in Missoula 26°. 4 p.m. in Cartago, Costa Rica. 1°. 12 a.m. in Oslo under clear skies. 7°. 6 a.m. in Tokyo under the cherry blossoms. IMAGESSnowshine. It looks so pretty outside. I'm not fooled; it's cold! POULTRYTreasure State Too many Rich to Eat. Are we that eager to Suck on golden spoons? Is Utopia just another Restaurant? Enter the Treasure State with care. Dining there isn’t just sapphires on silver plates. © Kåre Enga [177.15] (2.april.2020) I was going to enter this acrostic poem into
 . "Oval" for the DewDrop Inn: "April 2 prompt: a map of where you lived as a child" PORK None so far today ... except to eat. READINGFinished reading "The Girl on the Boat" by a local writer, Danielle Lincoln Hanna. On to "Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer. QUOTE"I listen to people" Arlene in Smoke Signals responding to why her fry bread is so good. A scene from "Smoke Signals" (1993): MY LIFEI made fry bread with herbs de provence. I need to keep making it until I get it right. Last night I felt feverish. My temp was 99.0; since 97.5 is my normal I took an aspirin and tried to sleep. This morning it was 97.0. I've been having problems with my teeth. SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSEGot a call from Kathi checking in on me. She said I should come down to the Senior Center to pick up a meal (quiche) but I declined because I have pork patties at home that need to be eaten. Bless her heart.  I bought Folger's coffee yesterday not realizing it wasn't instant. Just threw it into a pot to brew then strained it. O PINIONS!I'm royally pissed with people pointing fingers and shaming and blaming the rich as if they created this inconvenience just to annoy us. Next they will be blaming China or Russia or ... gasp ... Hillary. Instead of merely spreading the hate, accept that a serious virus is among all-of-us. Plead with those in power to get their heads out of their asses and DO something about it. I went grocery shopping yesterday. I go once per week. Only one stockboy had a mask (pink-purple, one his girlfriend had made for herself, fit him better; interesting with his strawberry blond hair). No one else did. Taiwan upped it's production of masks by early February. By mid-month they had enough for the entire country of 24 million. The US has had two months to respond and can't even provide enough for medical personnel. WATT'S GNUS"The tenant in apartment ... is experiencing symptoms similar to that of the coronavirus. He has not been tested. He is self-quarantining for the next couple weeks. He has a private bathroom. We will be checking in on him periodically." Part of the note under my door today. BLOGVILLE DEUXI responded to queenkissy yesterday: "There's plenty of food and paper products in the US. They are just in everyone's pantry instead of on the store shelves. Borrow from a neighbor? I've been following this situation since it became common knowledge in Taiwan in January. They were concerned because SARS in 2003 caused so much damage there. Americans just ignored it. By early February I had masks, by mid-February I didn't go out without one. Different culture, different response. The problem with hospital beds is the same as with consumer goods in the US. There's enough of both ... if life goes on as normal. People eat. People get sick. But normally they don't do it all-at-once. This virus is a lot of people getting sick all-at-once ... everywhere. Montana is a bit behind the curve. 184 positive in a state of 1 million. 4 dead. But while some places have no verified positives, Bozeman is reeling with 69 cases. Plus they have been rationing testing kits. I have a friend who has been severely ill. Can't get tested. [update 227 positive, 5 dead; 85 in Bozeman] So ... yeah ... a bit of panic during this calm before the storm." |
llllllllllllspringlllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SPRING: 13 Baha 177 (1 April 2020) O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá MY THOUGHTSEither too few or too many. Read blogs and commented. Wrote. Hope to finish a book today. Oh ... and I'm not into April Fool jokes ... like ever ...but especially not this year, not now. WEATHER 1°. midnight in Missoula -4°. 8 a.m. in Tromsø in far northern Norway. 9°. in Fayetteville where my aunt lives. 14°. in Casablanca. IMAGESSnow mist sliding down the mountains this morning. Snow after noon. Shake-rattle-and-roll as my bed moved from the quake. One pink geranium in bloom. POULTRY"Unnamed boy in Memento Park" "April 1 prompt: historical object or theatrical prop" PORK One flash: "Star light, star bright (300 words)" . READINGStill reading "The Girl on the Boat" by a local writer, Danielle Lincoln Hanna. QUOTE"She was an observer. She took in everything around her. The question was whether she ever let the things she knew back into the world again." Baron about Bailey. MY LIFEAte bean bacon soup. Wrote. Will read. Talked to neighbors after the quake. (Yeah, see below.) Looked at Portuguese again. I need to review grammar and build vocabulary. SENIOR CENTER and COFFEEHOUSEHanging at home. Instant with milk and brown sugar. Hot or cold. Doesn't matter to me! I also mixed up some tamarind with moringa and I'm drinking that. Trying to stay hydrated.  O PINIONS!I revised some of my prompts for Elle from yesterday. Still working on them. WATT'S GNUSHeadline: 'The floor was moving': 6.5 earthquake strikes in Idaho, largest in the state since 1983 Very strong tremors here in Missoula at 17:55. No damage that I know of but everyone felt it. This building was built in 1908 and the third floor definitely swayed. BLOGVILLE DEUXThree of my comments today: Sorji : Ideas either nag the hell outta me or they fly on by, waving, when I don't have a pen.SB Musing : I can social distance ... at a price. I need connections.I can physical distance ... at a price. I want hugs. Virtual on-line connections help, but for me it's not the real deal. You reminded me how much I disliked school, how much I didn't want to be home, how much I withdrew. MirandaCookies COLLEGE SOON : Among all the sadness there is joy. Me? Even when I'm depressed I see beauty ... faded beauty ... ephemeral beauty ... but, hey ... beauty none-the-less. |
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