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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #1311011
A terminal for all blogs coming in or going out. A view into my life.
Started July 1st 2019 for contests, etc. as other blogs are filling up and have other purposes.

Ferry boat between Solvorn and Ornes across the Lustrafjord i Sogn og Fjordane.




I'm starting a new blog because
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L'aura del Campo  (13+)
Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation.
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had over 1,200 entries and that was getting close to full. I don't want to trim it by deletion. I did that once, much to my dismay. Will be used more for poetry.

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Hoarfrosts from Hell  (GC)
Anything I'm not happy about or that I don't want in my main blog!
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is still hidden from the public and will remain so. It's more personal and full of angst. Was used for 30DBC for May 2020 and now used for Blogville.

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Enga mellom fjella  (13+)
Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.
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was full... until the number of entries was increased. A mixed blog, mostly stories.

I'll be linking to
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On The Write Path  (13+)
ON THE WRITE PATH: travel journal for Around-the-World in 2015, 16, 18.
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as I need to post there about my travels.

 
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O Pinions!  (XGC)
May my opinions gather wind under their wings and fly, perchance to soar.
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is for my opinions. *Laugh*

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Nurture your Nature  (13+)
Look around. Let Nature nurture your Soul. I record images I sense and share them here.
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was set up for nature observations and musings.

 
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Watt's Gnus  (18+)
On topics and today's gnus. Definitely opinionated. Set to 18+ for a reason.
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come out of a need to share interesting stuff I come across. When I was young I did a small newsletter named as such. (or was it column in the newsletter? Been 30 years... I think.)

 
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Flash Fiction  (GC)
Short 300 word, more or less, "stories" .
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is where I put my flash fictions. Maybe someday I'll figure it out and have enough good ones to publish. Ratings vary and some are hidden from view.

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.
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Space Cadet - the never ending journal  (18+)
Journeys of an Alien Space crew.
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I needed to start a folder for contests as there are so many deadlines and details to remember.
 
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Conquest ... to keep track of contests  (18+)
A place to keep track of in progress works and up-coming deadlines as well as any awards.
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(also very messy!) *Shock2*

 
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Blogville   (XGC)
Where bloggers meet and greet to read and share. No required prompt. Alias: blogville.
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is for posting personal blog entries in hope that folks will comment and post their blog entries there as well. I will be commenting on all blog entries posted. It's my effort to rebuild a blogging community.

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Bibimbap 비빔밥   (13+)
Left-overs piled on hot rice and mixed.
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an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

December 12, 2020 at 12:01am
December 12, 2020 at 12:01am
#1000092
In response to Sum1: "Why do folks here insist on 'correct' spelling or word usage according to their own dialect. Arguing grey versus gray, for instance?

Why was I told years ago that I mispelled 'desember' when that is its correct spelling ... in Norwegian. I also spell it 'diciembre' and 'decembre' because I'm not mono-lingual. And, by-the-way, it's not capitalized either.

Plus, since we are entering 2021 and many here consider it their 'new year' and assume it applies to everyone, I feel a need to mention that my new year starts March 20th. The year of the Ox starts February 12th and April 27th is observed by Theravada Buddhism while September 6th is the Jewish New Year. Muslim new year is August 9th.

The basic issue is focusing on details that in the greater world don't matter. And assuming, in their ignorance, that there is only one [right] answer to their questions."

Today I received 3 very nice reviews for my October contest entry:
 
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Orange Dawn of My Deception  (13+)
Not all of us are afraid of monsters.
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I thanked all of them, of course. I won't win! *Smirk2* So no mega-gps for my next trip to Norway. *Bigsmile*

I wanted to add, but thought better-of-it, to what I wrote in response to one of the reviews:

"As an aside... I started writing this at 2 a.m. *Laugh* with the contest deadline looming; it was a full moon; the neon sign out my window is now 2.26/gallon. I have a dear friend in Tromsø where I have visited thrice; the horizon there glows dawn/sunset before nightfall November 21st ~ January 21st. I was desperate weaving these images, trying to write something worth receiving a review. It's short because I only write flash and this was a 'moment' that the protagonist knew would come... but was still shocked when it came."

So, please read it and tell me... is it clear that the protagonist is an alien? Also, what do you think? I'm biased because I actually like the story even when I reread it today. I'm not always happy with what I write and I'm often perplexed as to what works for others. As in... i.have.no.clue.

Today, I have to choose a rejected story for "2nd Time Around". I'm happy with my poetry entry but then again... clueless as it what works here at WdC (at least some folks like it). I can't complain. I do win or place occasionally.

I also have to work on other contests. Some are partly written already. One has a trinket I want to collect and I do like merit badges! Plus ... gps. Making trinkets cost and I need to make more. (157 have been collected so far *HeartO*)

I've been very depressed. Hit another low yesterday, even wrote a very short blog entry that apparently no one read; for sure, no one commented. I know some people exist here for years with little or no interaction, but I'm not that way.

At least I saw my neighbor who knocked on my door to give me a box (my inner feline appreciated that). Plus with the Supremes smacking the insane objection to the election my nerves calmed a bit (but not totally... I no longer trust these folks). I did go out for a walk in the snow. It can be magical and I love it.
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