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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.
#982524 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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!
#997339 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
#1317094 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
#2032403 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
#1501776 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
#1439094 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
#1439092 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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" .
#2190336 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
#2226611 by Kåre Enga in Montana


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.
#2233119 by Kåre Enga in Montana
(also very messy!) *Shock2*

 
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Blogville   (XGC)
Where bloggers meet and greet to read and share. No required prompt. Alias: blogville.
#2253938 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
#2296648 by Kåre Enga in Montana
an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

December 17, 2020 at 12:07am
December 17, 2020 at 12:07am
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Blogging Circle of Friends   (E)
A group for WDC bloggers.
#1901868 by Lyn's a sly fox


Please discuss one of these quotes or both in your blog

"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night." ~ John J. Geddes

"Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words." ~ Harlan Miller

The scent of pine is great. A few boughs made into a wreath should suffice. No need to sacrifice a tree. The plastic ones may look pretty but fake = fake. Winter? In Costa Rica it's a tad cooler and dryer; they cut cedar. Many set up a posada. Snow is a northern thing. This is the ideal "German" holiday spin on the Christian holy day. I grew up around it but it's not universal. Geddes is describing something that is known and meaningful to him and many others but not all.

Miller hits a nerve. Are we silly? Yes. Do we indulge? Yes. Many put an emphasis on 'gifts'. Many more put an emphasis on bigger and more expensive = better. But is it because "we don't know how to put our love into words"? I'm skeptical. I've experienced love random days of the year, freely gifted.

Re Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays (BCOF from the 16th). [edited]

I don't [say either].

Years of getting Christian holidays off whether I wanted them or not while I had to beg for my holy days cured me of any ho-ho-ho.

Yes, I know the reason for the season. Yes, I know about the previous ["pagan"] holy days. But many Christians do not know nor seem to care.

I won't join in a secular shop-until-you drop either. And the commercial usurption of a religious holy day offends me deeply.

The religious myths and stories are nice (the [details are] obscured by time and not-so-important) and some of the songs [are nice] too. And acknowledging each equinox and solstice has some community use.

Spring: renewal, planting, fertility.
Summer: joy, fecundity, a break from work.
Autumn: harvest, planning, a putting-away.
Winter: hibernation, calm, peace.

But no, I don't merry merry or happy happy.

Lantern festival in Taiwan 2020:


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