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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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Make a list of the top five most important virtues and why.     Zooming with Zombies? No vamps only look dead at times. They are never ever really dead dead. [Ajo ] Name a favorite virtue. [Thoom  ] Kindness.[Meadowlark  ] Inclusiveness.[Bawang  ] Good blood.[indistinct] We're not talking lunch time ... please. [Bawang ] Okay. Cleanliness. [Meadowlark ] As in?[Bawang ] Clean body, clean mind, clean soul and ... clean blood.[various]   [ Czeszniak  ]. Generosity.[various voices] Cookies! Yeah, cookies! [Ajo ] Friendliness. I think Thoom is right about kindness and Meadowlark about inclusiveness but everyone here has been my friend. I can depend on you to be truthful and still supportive.[Bawang ] Yep. Fangs are for real. No faking it.[ Czeszniak ] And here are some virtuous gingerbread men I made this morning. Time to bite off their heads! Me: truthfully there are many virtues (not to be confused with values) and it's good to strive to be virtuous while realizing that everyone has their own struggles. I use https://virtuesproject.com/ For:
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| Day 2 of being Awake: mKoda didn't wake up. I will miss her. She was an engineer and seldom spoke much. She was alone, far from others of her kind. Once I asked her about being young, like that awkward stage between childhood and adult. She laughed. "We have so many stages, so many rituals and some stages are short or long for some. When I was [...] I felt stuck." She obviously needed someone to listen at that stage. Would I have listened? "The Elders accept that we kKuttaa need diversity. It's what helps us interact with others who are almost stranger than you." kKuttaa do not wink ... was that a wink? "We are not a tourist hot spot. We're just too damn hot!" kKuttaa do not chuckle ... but believe me translated into Human the colors whirling in her eyes were definitely laughing. "I like you. Four ears and one mouth. You listen well." My turn to b.b.blush. "We have little to trade, but the Elders encouraged me to leave and find my way, perhaps meet others like me. As much as they loved me there was no place for me in our societies. Believe me when I say this pained them deeply. We seldom travel. So I left and after visiting a few worlds realized that I'd never fit in. So I signed up on a starship ... and fell in love with the work and the emptiness and even the crew. I may be alone, but I've never felt lonely. And NO ONE ... I mean ... [in a whisper] no one here is 'normal'." I swear she looked harder into my eyes. We talked some more but I'll always remember her parting wisdom that day: "I will tell you the most profound lesson that the Elders taught me at every stage I went through, 'Love yourself so that others may love you too.'" For:
From: "Invalid Item"  "I am absolutely alone in this world with no one to empathize my sorrow."
Write a letter to yourself at age 15. Nope. No will do. That last line says enough: "Love yourself so that others may love you too." |
| A Wing woke me up. Surprised at the stardate. A bit of a nap this time. There'll be a party in a few days to celebrate the 'new year'. Time flows different when one travels between the stars. It washes over us like a planet's storms or fog. It cleanses. The Wings have been in charge for 147 days. Seems like a good night's dream to me. Cook has been busy making restorative soups that 'don't taste bad' (his words). He tries so hard! So many different preferences. At least Kat is purring and that's always a good sign. Her dreams must have been tranquil. We'll take this break. Having the entire crew awake makes it seem crowded. At least it will be a festive few days. "Why can't they listen to experts?" "Like you." "Yes, like me." I listen to the raised voices as 90210 and Cook intervene. We're a starship of experts! Too bad they didn't think of hiring a chef ... but I'll never say that out loud. If it weren't for Cook we'd be in far worse condition. The Wings have made it clear that it has been a boring uneventful passage and that they only woke us up because it was time. In a couple weeks we'll be approaching a star system and they plan to be fast asleep. Someone has decided to play music. An old tune about binary planets where one shines on the other. Sounds like a love song, the kind of embrace that's tranquil and soothing. 90210 is actually smiling. Kat is purring softly. Cook stops for a minute and closes his eyes as if he can see the music. The room quiets until the last note lingers then fades. In 1969, Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon. Afterward, people commonly complained, “If they can put a man on the moon, why can’t they ______.” How would you finish that statement today? LISTEN TO EXPERTS
"Crashing Waves " "The waves continue their endless cycle and crash upon the seashore."
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| A weekly blog that starts skinny on Saturday and fattens up by Tuesday and is ready for slaughter by Friday ... if not before. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllsummerlllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SUMMER: JULY 2020 ""Arise in His name, put your trust wholly in Him, and be assured of ultimate victory." - The Bab  MY THOUGHTSJuly 18: Ready to give up on poetry but won both contests.  Still not convinced... July 19: It doesn't take much to cheer me up for a moment. Friend appeared in a dream. July 20: We are entering into the second stage of totlitarianism. I hope people are happy. July 21: I will get done what I get done ... and no more. Very low BP; high pulse. July 22: My nerves are shot and my anxiety is high. I was supposed to be at a h.s. reunion. July 23: Forgiveness and lessoning the burdens of anger and guilt. July 24: Didn't sleep well. No clue why except room didn't cool down much.  WEATHER July 18: 27° sunny; 22° in Cartago, Costa Rica, rainy every day. July 19: 26° sunny going up to 30; 22° in Port Townsand, WA, pleasant all week. July 20: 24° tranquil going up to 32; 26° and breezy in Buffalo, NY. July 21: 24° sunny going up to 33; 32° and sweltering in New York City. July 22: 26° going up to 34 no cooling over night; 27° in Crete, Nebraska. July 23: 24° and cooler today; 12° and clear at 4 a.m. in Yamadera, Japan. Stormy week ahead. July 24: 18° going up to 29; 28° in Novi Pazar, Serbia.  IMAGESJuly 18: The river is lower and the green algae or grass is showing. Very lovely. July 19: Cloudlets. Prairie dog. Harebells. Burrs. Looking up: blue, white, sun in the pines. July 20: Blue heat ... draining. Hollyhocks don't seem to care. July 21: Wilting hollyhocks... guess they do care. Taste of apple crisp. July 22: The river flows under the bridge; I carefully walk over it. Cloudy day. July 23: Golden crescent moon. Evening primrose, soft thistle, quiet bench. July 24: Yellow yarrow, purple venus-looking-glass, spectacular orange sunset.  CONTESTSIt's increasingly obvious that I will NOT do all of these in any given month. Priorities are given to sporadic contest. Blink and I may have to wait 3 months! FICTION:  "No Dialogue Contest-CLOSED" SS <700. No dialogue. HEAT by 7/31.CLOSED "A River of Thirst [171] (556 words)" B/E "Invalid Item" FF < 300 Flash Fiction Romance/Erotica by 7/14(Freedom) B/E "Before the showing (300 words) [139] (13.July.2020)" "The Dialogue 500" SS <500. July: A Dialogue with your Doctor at the Sanitarium.CLOSED "Hemorrhoids " "The Science Fiction Short Story Contest" SS <2000. July: {bitem:} "WEIRD TALES CONTEST " SS <1000, July: invaders from outside. CLOSED "Invalid Item" POETRY:  "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest " <50. Old or new not awarded. Limited to 20. "First drum set" "Write from the Heart - closed" Romance. 12-20 lines CLOSED "Mayfly [169]" "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 85 to 14th Old or new. Free verse <40 lines. "One ... Mississippi ... Two" "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 86 15th to July 31st. Old or new. Free verse <40 lines.1 "Invalid Item" Round 74: mondo. "White rosebuds [123]" 2 "Invalid Item" Round 75: syair. "2020 unmasked [159] " closed "Invalid Item" New or old <50 lines Whenever: "The Random Poetry Contest" August: "Invalid Item" <60. It's a dark month...September: "Verdant Poetry Contest - On Hiatus" Nature. Autumn. Form and words by Sept. 30.September: "The Humorous Poetry Contest" <15 Humor. Round 33. B/EBOTH: "The Writer's Cramp - Poetry Week" Daily noon-noon WDC = 10 a.m. MTT. Must be item. "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" Monthly. <750 <40 July: FIREWORKS In progress: "Comforting Sophie (taboo) [113]" "Kittiara's Writing Contest" 1 ss, 1 poem. Theme: renewal "Second Time Around ~ Birthday Special" Old non-winners! Got lots of those (poem/ss) June 15th-July 14th"Thunder" EITHER/OR: "Butter My Buns Contest" Erotica! 500 words or 15 lines. July: DEVOTIONNot posted yet"Unhappy without you (12 lines)" "Inner Strength Contest " July theme: RESOLVE <500 or poem 15 line max. "The PET NEWS CONTEST" SS <2500, P <40. July: A REAL WILD PET NEITHER:  "The 4 Controversies Contest" Opinionated non-fiction essay >1200. By July 17: COVID-19Ran out of steam VARIES: "Share Your Faith" until June 30. Story or poem. Prompt: dealing with anger. "Opening the garden ... of the heart [109] (36 lines)" "The Contest Challenge" A contest of contests... every month. "The Bard's Hall Contest" SS <1000 GC+ Sizzle! July 31. CLOSED "Invalid Item" "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest"  POULTRYDAILY for JULY: "The Not-So-Daily Poem" by 4 p.m. WDC by: 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th THREE DAYS A WEEK: "Invalid Item" by midnight WDC by: 20th 22nd 24th   "Våren [143]"  "Fabrications [141] "  "I like my friends to come with warnings [145] "  "Clair de lune [146]"  "Monday night out [144] (24 σ)"  "Five minutes till [147]"  "Dealing with it [150]"  "Illiberal, Kansas [149] (July22) (24 σ)" HM  "Bashō, Busan, Issa [151]"  "A Typo Life [153] "  "How all journeys end [152] (24σ) " Boiling:  "Le monde gris [154]"  "Wind, where do you take me? [133]" Cracked:  "Ombra mai fu" "But in the end, a passing thing [183.zm]" Not yet laid:  PORKDAILY: "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge"
Baking:  READING MOVIETIMEI can't focus on audio-visual! I need to finish one movie and find one that works for me. I have 200 to choose from. May need to go on-line and watch some East Asian love story serials.  LEARNING NORWEGIANNoW: 3K 3A 3KA 3MAK 3KAMP 3MP(GV) 3MP+  EDITING PHOTOS18: 2/12 (Changhua), 19: 2/12 (Lukang), 20: 2/12 (Lukang), 21: 2/12 (Lukang), 22: 2/12 (Lukang), 23: 2/12 (Lukang-finished), 24: 2/12 (Changhua)  CHORES18: 30+min, 19: 30 min, 20: 30 min, 21: (wash), 22: (bank,p.o.,grocery), 23: 30 min, 24: 15 min.  OUT/WALK18: out, 19: walk, 20: out, 21: out, 22: out twice, 23: walk, 24: out, walk.  MARKET  SENIOR CENTER  COFFEEHOUSEJuly 18th: Nothing at market. Went to Butterfly Herbs for an apricot-caramel milkshake (apricot wasn't strong enough). Saw Gary, Dirk. Wrote postcards. Ment to p.o. July 20th: Saw Ben, Laxmi, Kathy, Al, Bill... chatted for awhile in the shade. Chicken-something today and apple-crisp. Told them about my new routines. July 21st: Talked to Kathy, Jaffri, Randall. Washed my clothes. July 22nd: Since I took care of chores I treated myself to a chocolate-hazelnut milkshake at Butterfly Herbs. Saw Cathy Mae, and briefly Nan and Rick. Bought three more postcards. July 24th: Saw Kathy and others,including cyclers, spoke mostly with Phil.  MY FORMER LIFEJuly, 1973: Hot KU summer in dorm with roommate from Tehran. July, 1974: Wandering around Arequipa and Cusco, Peru July, 2018: Istanbul Turkey (hint: go spring or autumn, not july) July, 2052: Dead.  WATT'S GNUSPooled Testing Okayed in U.S. as Way of Boosting Covid Detection (Bloomberg) Wish they would do this building ... and everyone who visits. House Democrats demand investigation into use of force at Portland protests (Reuters) And Trumps digs in ... very dangerous. Trump suggests he'll send federal agents to other major US cities, saying they've done a 'fantastic job' in Portland "Unidentified stormtroopers. Unmarked cars. Kidnapping protesters and causing severe injuries in response to graffiti.These are not the actions of a democratic republic," Pelosi said. That sums it up for me. A Faraway Solar System Is an Uncanny Reflection of Our Own (Atlantic) My first reaction ... could we see a reflection of our own? It’s Harder To Get A COVID-19 Test If You’re Black Or Hispanic (FiveThirtyEight) Mostly systemic.  WATT'S GNUS INTERNATIONALFloods in India, Nepal displace nearly four million people, at least 189 dead (Reuters) We tend to ignore what is going on elsewhere. Egypt's parliament approves troop deployment to Libya (Al Jezeera) Possible war between Turkey and Egypt brewing.  OPINIONS"Gen Z good and bad " closed"why do i write" closed"Follow the money, the morals (or lack thereof) [re disease]" closed  SPACEBOOK quotes (you can guess context):Rosemary Sinniger: "When I am QUEEN OF THE WORLD, there will be only ONE TYPE of battery!"  BLOGVILLEReference to challenges, contest and prompts (not all appearing on the same week): BC: "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" (daily) (I'm not a member)BCOF: "Blogging Circle of Friends " using my Nlog (nature blog) "Nurture your Nature" and "Hoarfrosts from Hell" (daily)JAFBG: "JAFBG" (open rants)JI: "Journalistic Intentions" using my Blog "Enga mellom fjella" (8 blogs from 16 prompts) "June post. I'm finished. " 30DBC: "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" (July)MHA: "Invalid Item" weekly prompts starting June 14th. OP: "Invalid Item" using my Plog "L'aura del Campo" PP: "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2023-2024)" my Plog response to prompts as I missed the sign-up date. Real: "Welcome To My Reality Forum" 75 promptsSB: "Space Blog" July 18 SB: "Do I boycott? " July 19 SB: "The putting off SB" closedJuly 19 30DBC: "Hobby lobby I'm not. " July 20 SB&30DBC: "Endless cycle, stardate 4148 04" July 21 SB: ""Alone" (in memory of mKoda), Stardate 4148 05" July 22 30DBC: "Zooming with Zombies? No, vamps only LOOK dead." July 23 30DBC: "We need diverse voices" July 24 30dBC: "Just stay me" Visited this week so far and commented:Bernie  QPdoll  SB Musing  Lostwordsmith  BlueMoon  Apondia  Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008 Charity Marie - <3 Beholden  Sumojo  Mighty jabberwocky Prosperous Snow celebrating  tah2o Future Mrs. B  Alexi  ridinghhood-p.boutilier  ♥Hooves♥  Charlie ~ WakeUpAndLive️~🚬🚭2024  Elle - on hiatus  Sorji Joy  Sum1  💙 Carly  Kate - Writing & Reading  innerlight  Cheddah IceSkatingSugarCube  SandraLynn Team Florent! bobturn Cappucine  Eric Wharton  Robert Waltz  Lyn's a sly fox  Trying to keep up on blogs. Over 40 last week but 15-20 is a better goal.  Postcards:July 18: Annabel in CA. July 18: Gare in NY. July 22: Karen in NY. I moved to Missoula July 2008 and the mountain burned: |
| Do I boycott? Kinda. At the moment I'm not doing business with two bakeries that are a block away. My reason is simple. They both wanted customers to call in, place an order and pay with credit card. I realize that Gen Z might not understand so let me explain ... not everyone has a smart phone ... and there is this old fashion way of paying for things called cash. It really works! And it's not as easy to get hacked or have your account compromised when you pay with cash nor do you pay extra charges. It also keeps one from going into debt. When you run out of money you do without! Simple concept. One that your grandparents (my age) still can't cope with though. The more things change ...So ... until I can walk up and order ... no. That may have already happened by-the-way, but with no seating, and therefore no place to chat, why would I want a coffee when I can make it at home. It does sound like I'm whinging but if a business cannot provide a service then they lose a customer. But these 'draconian' rules don't apply everywhere. Outside the casino next door the semi-drunks are still spitting in each other's faces outside. (Inside they have to wear a mask.) I'm leery of "boycotts" though. Too much is made of minor incidents or unproven incidents (especially in a gossipy neighborhood). I can only get so outraged before I ask is this worth my energy? If a company intentionally hurts me, my friends or others? (Looking at you Chicky-poo.) I will consider taking my business elsewhere. I also prefer local over chains when it comes to food and beverages. But that's not a boycott as such. I see no need to go to Starbucks or McDonalds when we have perfectly good coffee and burgers made locally. Mostly I'm boycotting people in general due to lies, self-centeredness and stupidity. There's no sign that that will change anytime soon. Have you ever boycotted a company or product? If so, tell us the story. If not, what would a company have to do for you to boycott its products? For:
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| Describe your sense of humor. Is it dark, sarcastic, slapstick, silly, or something else? Do you have any favorite comedians? What always makes you laugh? I'll answer this seriously, as myself. N.o.t.h.i.n.g always makes me laugh. Chuckle? Guffaw? For sure, but I've been to MFA readings where everyone just giggles at every inside joke. And I'm left wondering ... why? I also detest most 'funny' Hollywood movies. I prefer deep to shallow, real bittersweet to ha-ha-ha lies. I'm not fond of anything that portrays an America that only existed in someone's warped Pollyanna imagination; less so when it demeans people for laughs. No, I do not have the humor of a 12 year old boy. Even at that age I was serious. Maybe that's why I don't understand those who insist on saying, "America, Love it or Leave it." Maybe they believed those lies ... that everything was a joke that could be fixed by coming home to dinner on time to join mommy and daddy and sis. And all those cliche endings that were wrapped up neat and happy was how it was supposed to happen in "Real America." As if ... reality didn't exist. As if ... anything that couldn't be laughed at shouldn't exist. I didn't like American Horror (let's be afraid of our own shadows) either or Let's Kill Everyone (let's be afraid of everyone else). Foreigners wonder about our paranoia and racist xenophobia? Look no further. And all of this was served with a side dish of laughter. So yes, I laugh, but not evey day over every little thing. I do watch some comedies ... like "Young Sheldon" if it's available when I fly. But a 1970's laughtrack? Mostly, I'm naturally silly, but that's just the way I am on a good day. The only thing humourous I wrote recently: From Missoula with Love When once an old man from Missoula bought tickets for Hilo to hula along came an illness that threatened to kill us and now he's stuck home with his moolah. He shuffles alone in his slippers, drinks cold coffee black for his jitters; he dreams of a Kona and cries out, Ramona! if only to hula and kiss her. Ramona grinds wheat by the kilo then stretches and butters the phyllo with stiletto at hand twirls her gold wedding band and longs for her lover in Hilo. © Kåre Enga [177.94] (15.Iune.2020) "From Missoula with Love (15 lines)" . It received an Honorable Mention in June's Humorous Poetry Contest. It's as funny as I get. for:
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| Stardate 4146 223 We approach another suspicious rock. Wing Sheima has received a report that there's nothing living on it but the Landers want to take a look. She hands the ship over to Commander Tom. Another joke I'm told but as a Kla he just barks orders. Apparently one of the orders was to wake me up. Quip: Wake me if there's anything exciting! I'm taking a nap. 90210 smiles: Me too. Me: I need something to wake me up! Cook comes by (when does he sleep?) and hands some sleepy-time tea to Quip and 90210. Whatever he gave me tastes vile and seems to wink at me. Cook just laughs. As do the others. *sigh* o________________o ----------0O0O0---------- o________________o Me: How shall I help, Commander? Commander Tom: The Landers want you to join them. There's an interesting anomaly they want you to see before they disect it. There's no oxygen so here I go again wrapped up like a ten day old slab of tuna. Lander Gomo the Kla: I want you to look before anyone says anything to you. What do you see? Me: More like what I don't sense at all. Wrapped up like this I can't smell, can't touch, can't hear. Do you hear anything? Gomo: No. Me: it looks like someone intended to settle here. But there's no oxygen! And these artifacts look far too Gqarian, and that one over there vaguely reminds me of Klingon designs. And this one [pointing to my left] is Vulcan. I swear. All of those species breathe oxygen. Any signs of sulfur? I don't see any. Gomo: No. Me: And what is that over there ... We went towards it. Looked like a pod or coffin. It wasn't empty. Me: Vulcan or Romulan? Gomo: Yes. There's no signs of life, very little that anyone who came here lived here for long. Me: That looks like an escape pod. Gomo: There are 41 more. Me: Not enough for a colony ... unless it wasn't meant to survive. This place is older than that box? Gomo: Millennia older. Me: An escape to a myth someone had heard about or a penal colony left without means to survive? Gomo: We found this. [he hands me a tablet] Translated it say "Freedom or Die". Me: They chose both. The sought freedom and died. Gomo: You may be right. There are two bodies of your race, one of a time-traveler like Guinan, another a Vulch ... and a dozen Gqarians. We found remnants of Grass. Me: So they didn't come here to die, but they did. Gomo: And that's not all, but I'll have Commander Tom tell you the rest. You'll think more clearly when your body isn't stressed. Me: Stressed? Gomo: I'm a Xeno like you. I know the signs. Now go back to ponder on the ship. o________________o ----------0O0O0---------- o________________o Commander Tom: See these? Me: More pods? Commander Tom: Some look like they tried to leave; others look like they couldn't land. There are a couple hundred of them. What do you think? Me: They chose freedom, from whatever I don't know. But they also chose death. From:
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| DO NOT BE AFRAID The message instilled fear in everyone on the ship. The Medics treated those who felt the pain in their body. The Psychs did the best they could for those who were losing their mind. There was no way to turn it off. We had approached a large brown rock. No atmosphere. No signs of life. Looked like an asteroid. "Maybe it's a ship disguised as a rock," the second in command suggested. "Not likely," Quip spoke up. As a Xeno-Mechanic he'd seen a few. "Always butting in?" Quip: "That's me." [I rolled my eyes. Here we go again] "Yes, it could be inhabited and maybe once it was. The inside is hollowed out. But it's no ship. Not going nowhere. Lost in space." [that got a chuckle] "Cook, bring Quip some tea ... strong tea ... to shut him up!" "Nope. Not shutting up. We've scanned everything, sent a probe. Nothing but relics, very old. It's abandoned, maybe a way-station once or a mining colony now mined out." And then the message started. We tried to shield our ship and ourselves. Phylym, a Psych, was the quickest to figure it out. "We must leave immediately," was all he said, holding his head. The commander ordered an immediate departure. "5 minutes and we leave," he barked over all systems. An hour later we were far enough away. "What was that," the commander asked Phylym. "When Quip told me we weren't under attack it all made sense. We were attacking ourselves." "How?" "We all have shadows within. It's an impressive way to defend absolutely nothing." Quip: "oh, I wouldn't say that. We have three harmless artifacts to puzzle over. That should keep the Historians busy until our next destination. They won't have time to bore us with the details of the wars of Zeta-Beta-Eta-whatever." "Something to be thankful for." [we all laughed] Prompt: "What are we afraid of if not ourselves?" What do you think? From:
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| Cook woke me up again. 90210 wanted to have a chat. Since she's in charge I can forgo my nap. But I needed something stronger than soup to wake me up. Cook just shrugged and said, "you'll just go back to bed again and complain about not being able to sleep". He has a point. 90210: I'm not worried, but I needed to chat. What do understand about the Green Star? Me: Kat knows better. Her people have a bitter history and Humans are her specialty. 90210: I know, but no one wakes Kat from her Kat-nap. You could die in her dreams. Me: [laughter] A fate worse than Death itself... You're human so what don't you understand? 90210: I expect them to be swayed by compassion. Me: Or logic, or rational behaviour. The humans I've known can be chaotic but like any other species they are capable of forming healthy connections and means of communication. These humans seem to have had it bred out of them. 90210: It could be that. It was hard to tune them out and so important that no one else could tune in. I can command a ship but not a planet of lunatics or a crew infected by their insanity. Me: Kat chose well. 90210: Thank-you. [sipping tea / sipping soup / lots of sipping] 90210: I needed to hear that. Not just from anyone, but from a fellow Xeno. Me: You're a hero you know. The quiet kind that no one notices because there's no need to rise to the occasion if the occasion doesn't arise. Kat will tell you that you did well. 90210. She already knew when she handed control over to me. Not one ruffle in her fur. I'm always amazed by her. She said I'd do fine because she knew I would. All I had to do was make it happen. So I did. Me: Ah, motivation. The fear of having to wake her up. [we both laugh] 90210: There was that. Heroes. Write about heroes, fictional or real. Fomr:
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| A weekly blog that starts skinny on Saturday and fattens up by Tuesday and is ready for slaughter by Friday ... if not before. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllsummerlllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SUMMER: JULY 2020 "Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens or in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent." - The Bab MY THOUGHTSJuly 11: My friend's son's birthday. Happy 14th, Caleb! No clue what that's like these days. July 12: Not in the mood to 'exist' much less write. Fading like a spent flower-of-one-day. July 13: I'm moving through each day like a slug. July 14: My connection is slow. It's amazing how spoiled I am! This is tedious. July 15: Do I connect with people? Are those connections good? Self doubts. July 16: Depressed, overwhelmed, worn out. Slight headache doesn't help. July 17: I'm okay today but still feeling vulnerable. I put on clean clothes and went out! WEATHER July 11: 28° and warming at 3 p.m.; 22° and raining in Buffalo. July 12: 23° and cloudy; 27° in Pape'ete, French Polynesia. This week 29/23 and daily rain. July 13: 22° and sunny dry week ahead; 33° in Lawrence, Kansas and hotter-than-hell forecast. July 14: 19° clear and calm; 11° and windy rainy in Hay River, NT, Canada. July 15: 21° clear and warming; 14° damp and dreary in Hayfiled, Derbyshire, UK. July 16: 26° and heating up to 33; 33° and miserable in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. July 17: 20° and not quite as hot today; 21° and a rainy evening in Tbilisi, Georgia. IMAGESJuly 11: Orange daylilies, yellow tape, pink and white roses. July 12: Foxglove, cantebury bells, spicy carnations; raspberries, black currant. July 13: Shade. At noonish I seek the shade. Banana-allspice-milk. July 14: Bicycles flying; sparrow chirping; dappled shade as a breeze plays with the birch. July 15: Linden in bloom. Hum of a lawn mower. Smoke from a grill. July 16: didn't go out July 17: Hollyhocks blooming. Overcast. Not as hot as I expected. Alpenglow CONTESTSIt's increasingly obvious that I will NOT do all of these in any given month. Priorities are given to sporadic contest. Blink and I may have to wait 3 months! FICTION: "No Dialogue Contest-CLOSED" SS <700. No dialogue. HEAT by 7/31. B/E "Invalid Item" FF < 300 Flash Fiction Romance/Erotica by 7/14(Freedom) B/E "Before the showing (300 words) [139] (13.July.2020)" "The Dialogue 500" SS <500. July: A Dialogue with your Doctor at the Sanitarium.{bitem:} "The Science Fiction Short Story Contest" SS <2000. July: {bitem:} "WEIRD TALES CONTEST " SS <1000, July: invaders from outside. {bitem:}POETRY: "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest " <50. Old or new not awarded. Limited to 20. "First drum set" "Write from the Heart - closed" Romance. "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 85 to 14th Old or new. Free verse <40 lines. "One ... Mississippi ... Two" "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 86 15th to July 31st. Old or new. Free verse <40 lines.1 "Invalid Item" Round 74: mondo. "White rosebuds [123]" 2 "Invalid Item" Round 75: syair. "2020 unmasked [159] " closed "Invalid Item" New or old <50 lines Whenever: "The Random Poetry Contest" August: "Invalid Item" <60. It's a dark month...September: "Verdant Poetry Contest - On Hiatus" Nature. Autumn. Form and words by Sept. 30.September: "The Humorous Poetry Contest" <15 Humor. Round 33. B/EBOTH: "The Writer's Cramp - Poetry Week" Daily noon-noon WDC = 10 a.m. MTT. Must be item. "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" Monthly. <750 <40 July: FIREWORKS In progress: "Comforting Sophie (taboo) [113]" "Kittiara's Writing Contest" 1 ss, 1 poem. Theme: renewal "Second Time Around ~ Birthday Special" Old non-winners! Got lots of those (poem/ss) June 15th-July 14th"Thunder" EITHER/OR: "Butter My Buns Contest" Erotica! 500 words or 15 lines. July: DEVOTIONNot posted yet"Unhappy without you (12 lines)" "Inner Strength Contest " July theme: RESOLVE <500 or poem 15 line max. "The PET NEWS CONTEST" SS <2500, P <40. July: A REAL WILD PET NEITHER: "The 4 Controversies Contest" Opinionated non-fiction essay >1200. By July 17: COVID-19Ran out of steam VARIES: "Share Your Faith" until June 30. Story or poem. Prompt: dealing with anger. "Opening the garden ... of the heart [109] (36 lines)" "The Contest Challenge" A contest of contests... every month. "The Bard's Hall Contest" SS <1000 GC+ Sizzle! July 31. {bitem:}"Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" POULTRYDAILY for JULY: "The Not-So-Daily Poem" by 4 p.m. WDC by: 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th THREE DAYS A WEEK: "Invalid Item" by midnight WDC by: 13th 15th 17th "Consideration [131] " "Daylilies [132] (20 lines)" "Black poplar rising [134] (12 lines)" "Interlude [135]" "Muh Freedom [136]" "At Sally's Diner [137]" "Baskets of lavender [138]" "Perennial [140]" "Come here boy [142]" "Fabrications [141] " Boiling: "Wind, where do you take me? [133]" "Våren [143]" Cracked: "But in the end, a passing thing [183.zm]" Not yet laid: PORKDAILY: "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge" July 14:
Contest: "Before the showing (300 words) [139] (13.July.2020)" Baking: READING MOVIETIMEI can't focus on audio-visual! I need to finish one movie and find one that works for me. I have 200 to choose from. May need to go on-line and watch some East Asian love story serials. LEARNING NORWEGIANNoW: 3K MARKET SENIOR CENTER COFFEEHOUSEJuly 11th: Bought 3 potatoes for $1. Tangerine and cardamom milkshake. Bought 3 postcards. Wrote. Spoke to Cathy Mae and Landon. July 13th: Sat and talked with Laxmi. Westerners can be very miserly at times as everything has a price attached. July 15th: Only one man not wearing a mask at the grocery store. Huge improvement. Bought less than $10 worth. Very few sales and ended up with cheap wheat bread. Chcolate milk and doughnuts though and pork. I won't starve but prices are going up. July 17th: Sat with Dalton and Kerry. Hotdogs. Arrived late. Few around. MY FORMER LIFEJuly, 1974: 'lost' my passport in Lima, Peru. July, 2009: visited Costa Rica after 35 years. WATT'S GNUSSeattle Police Department Says They’ll Fire Most of Their Non-White Officers If the City Cuts Police Budget (Law & Order) Last hired, first fired? I'm afraid the police chief may have to go. Madeline Swegle has become the US Navy's first Black female tactical aircraft pilot (CNN) An alomost excusive White male club. Trump's attacks on mail-in voting could lead to nightmare scenario, election expert warns (Yahoo) Very frightening because DJT's rhetoric is consistent with 'president for life'. If he declares himself winner before mail-in votes are counted we may have a Constitutional crisis brewing. WATT'S GNUS INTERNATIONALErdogan rejects global criticism over Hagia Sophia decision (Al Jezeera) Mentioned in US press but more important elswhere. Senegal resumes international flights after four months (AFP) The economy wins. At what price? Teenage boy dies from bubonic plague in Mongolia after eating marmot (CNN) Jealous of covid? Making a comeback? Not just an isolated case.  OPINIONS"Gen Z good and bad " closed"why do i write" closed SPACEBOOK quotes (you can guess context):Irish Mike Sager: "My Spirit Guides told me your address and your phone number." Celia Farran: "Irish Mike Sager, I wish *I* knew my address! Still “home free”! Lol" BLOGVILLEReference to challenges, contest and prompts (not all appearing on the same week): BC: "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" (daily) (I'm not a member)BCOF: "Blogging Circle of Friends " using my Nlog (nature blog) "Nurture your Nature" and "Hoarfrosts from Hell" (daily)JAFBG: "JAFBG" (open rants)JI: "Journalistic Intentions" using my Blog "Enga mellom fjella" (8 blogs from 16 prompts) "June post. I'm finished. " 30DBC: "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" (July)MHA: "Invalid Item" weekly prompts starting June 14th. OP: "Invalid Item" using my Plog "L'aura del Campo" PP: "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2023-2024)" my Plog response to prompts as I missed the sign-up date. Real: "Welcome To My Reality Forum" 75 promptsSB: "Space Blog" July 11 SB & 30DBC: "4157 26 and Fairy Dust (Space Cadet)" July 12 SB: "4157 28" July 13 30DBC: "Summer Daze at The Shallot" July 13 SB: ""What are we afraid of if not ourselves?" 4146 200" July 14 SB: "Freedom... is just another word for... dying 4146 223" July 15 30DBC: "I'm not a ha-ha-ha person" July 16 30DBC & SB: "Aball of ice" closedJuly 17 SB: "Blood of ages—flows through me" Visited this week so far and commented: Alexi queenkissy Lostwordsmith Lorem Ipsum, Perhaps? WakeUpAndLive️~🚬🚭2024 Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008 skeason Sumojo SusanFarmer Charity Marie - <3 runningwolf04 Apondia Kell Willsen Mighty amy-Has a great future ahead  Cheddah IceSkatingSugarCube BlueMoon QueenNormaJeanGreeneggs&vegham  Sorji Prosperous Snow celebrating Joy Veritas Princess Megan Rose 22 Years Chris Breva  Elle - on hiatus QPdoll SB Musing Debi Wharton 💙 Carly jabberwocky Sum1 Kit_Carmelite Osirantinous  Bernie tah2o Cappucine Eric Wharton bobturn SandraLynn Team Florent! SB Musing Pumpkin Charlie ~ Elisa the Bunny Stik  Robert Waltz Lyn's a sly fox Trying to keep up on blogs. Over 40 last week but 15-20 is a better goal. I commented to Lyn: "I should write a dead me poem ... if only to get it all out. Might help with some of my angst. Afterall, all angst is past when my big toe's sticking out, a tag attached." Postcards:I moved to Missoula July 2008 and the mountain burned: |
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