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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" .
#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.
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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.
#2296648 by Kåre Enga in Montana
an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

July 28, 2020 at 5:02pm
July 28, 2020 at 5:02pm
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Red, White, and Blue  (E)
A poem for George Floyd
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"The anger is alive, and the fear, too.
In the land of the free, will justice prevail?"

To quote Prosperous Snow celebrating : "A sin that stains the soul of every person in America"

I responded: "I think this is one of the main barriers. Many of us have strived to get over racism but it surrounds us like air and water. We work on this as individuals but we are snared by the systemic racism found in our culture.

Some of us are going down the tracks; others are stuck at the depot; none of us have arrived."
[edited]

Brief examples:

We tend to be born in a family that looks like us. We tend to have family that looks like us and/or has the same customs.

As Americans, we are raised in homes where not everyone is welcomed, live in neighborhoods where not everyone is tolerated, go to schools where diversity is not embraced.

We apply to higher learning or jobs that are not open to us, so we go elsewhere, unaware that others face the same barriers as well, just higher, wider, thicker ones.

We wash ourselves of uniqueness to try to fit in. Some of us succeed while others don't or can't.

And every generation it's wash, rinse and repeat.

Yes, there is xenophobia, racism and religious intolerance elsewhere. But I don't live elsewhere. In my travels I've marvelled at both the openness and closeness of people around the world. In this Global Village there are many dark corners. Is America the light? No. But with it's great mix of people it could be.

Recent events should illustrate how far we have yet to go.

For:
 
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Space Blog  (ASR)
Cruising WDC cyberspace and raiding ports for blog prompts!
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