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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
BOOK
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.

BOOK
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.

BOOK
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.)

 
FOLDER
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.
 
FOLDER
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.

August 15, 2020 at 3:18am
August 15, 2020 at 3:18am
#990820
A weekly blog that starts skinny on Saturday and fattens up by Tuesday and is ready for slaughter by Friday ... if not before.

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            PORTHOLE           


SUMMER/WINTER: AUGUST 2020

"O Lord my God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm in Thy Faith, to walk in Thy ways, to be steadfast in Thy Cause. Give them Thy grace to withstand the onslaught of self and passion, to follow the light of divine guidance. Thou art the Powerful, the Gracious, the Self-Subsisting, the Bestower, the Compassionate, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful." -Abdu’l-Baha



*HeartBroken* MY THOUGHTS

August 15: My blood pressure was low. I laid down. I have no energy.
August 16: All periods have tribulations. This is ours/mine to overcome.
August 17: I just want to sleep. 'Depression napping' isn't a good idea in the heat.
August 18: Lavinia's death is on my mind. Knew it was coming but I'm a bit rattled.
August 19: nothing
August 20: Going through each pile is tedious, but I found some things.
August 21: Still not sure why I have barely spoken to people at WdC or IRL this week.

*Mountains* WEATHER

August 15: 32° hazy going down to 12; 31/27° all week in Dakar, Senegal.
August 16: 32° 36/17, dry; 19° in Warsaw, Poland. 31/14 this week, and rain.
August 17: 35° and a warm night to follow; 16° in Arusha, Tanzania. 27/15 all week.
August 18: 28° and languid; 3° Katse Dam, Lesotho. Cold and very windy. 21/-7 this week.
August 19: 32° and sticky, gloomy; 12° Saint Regis Mountain, NY, going down to 2.
August 20: 26° and cloudy; 26° in Honolulu, 31/24 all week.
August 21: 33° hot; 24° at midnight in Trondheim, Norway, det er ganske varmt.

*Tree2* IMAGES

August 15: Vegetables and fruits, the orange glow of my 'Sinful' melon. Haze in an empty sky.
August 16: Quiet. Peaceful. Gentle breeze. Banana-vanilla pudding.
August 17: Doe with fawn. Heat. Glorious sunset of orange streaks in the north-west.
August 18: Languid day. pictures of sunset. Mushroom pizza and harp music.
August 19: Quiet walk.
August 20: nothing
August 21: blackened prairie where Mt. Sentinel burned. Smoky haze from other fires.

*TrophyB* CONTESTS

It'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:
*Box* "No Dialogue Contest-CLOSED SS <700. No dialogue. B/E (no August yet)
*BoxcheckR* *Box* "Invalid Item FF < 300 Flash Fiction Romance/Erotica by 7/14(Freedom) B/E "Before the showing (300 words) [139] (13.July.2020) July 15-July 29: Non-Fiction (Food)
*Box* "The Dialogue 500 SS <500. Covid-19in-progress "the certainty of water
*Box* "The Science Fiction Short Story Contest SS <2000. August: heat {bitem:}
*Box* "WEIRD TALES CONTEST SS <1000, August: The phantom hand. CLOSED "Invalid Item
*Box* *Box* "Distorted Minds Contest 4 prompt ss 500-5000
*BoxcheckR* "Invalid Item ss >4 font. AUG 15th "Letter to María Celeste [176] (coffee) [431 words]
*BoxcheckR* *BoxcheckR* *Box* "Invalid Item Weekly horror <1500 ss: 1-8 Romance; 8-15 Supernatural; 22-29

POETRY:
*BoxcheckB* "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest "Summer's storm [177] By 8/8. "From the grave, a voice [237] (10 lines) By 9/9
*Box* "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest <50. Old or new not awarded. Limited to 20.
*BoxcheckB* "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest Round 86 to August 14th. Old or new. Free verse <40 "Smoke
*Box* "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest Round 87 August 15th to September 14th.Old or new. Free verse <40 lines.
*BoxcheckB*1 "Invalid Item Round 76: triveni. *RibbonB* "Quepos in June [186]
*Box*2 "Invalid Item Round 77: landay. "Sunset of 2020 [189] (landay)
*Box* "Invalid Item August New or old <50 lines
*Box* "Invalid Item <60. It's a dark month... State Fair

Whenever: "The Random Poetry Contest
September: "Verdant Poetry Contest - On Hiatus Nature. Autumn. Form and words by Sept. 30.
September: "The Humorous Poetry Contest <15 Humor. Round 33. B/E
Closed: "Write from the Heart - closed Romance. 12-20 lines

BOTH:
*Box* *Box* "The Writer's Cramp Daily noon-noon WDC = 10 a.m. MTT. Must be item.
*Box* *Box* "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus Monthly. <750 <40 August - Cookout In progress: "What is this? [202]

*Box* *Box* *QuestionW*"Kittiara's Writing Contest 1 ss, 1 poem. Theme: renewal
*Box* *Box* *QuestionP*"Second Time Around ~ Birthday Special Old non-winners! Got lots of those. Round 17: Aug 15th-Sept 14

EITHER/OR:

*QuestionW* "Butter My Buns Contest Erotica! <500 words, <15. August?
*QuestionW* "Inner Strength Contest <1000 or poem August?
*Box* "The PET NEWS CONTEST SS <2500, P <40. August?

NEITHER:
*QuestionW* "The 4 Controversies Contest Opinionated non-fiction essay >1200. Round IX?

VARIES:
*Box* "The Contest Challenge A contest of contests... every month.
*Box* "The Bard's Hall Contest SS <1000 GC+ August 31 Pet/human. "PET/HUMAN DIALOGUE Needs to be s/s

*QuestionW* "Share Your Faith
*QuestionW* "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest


*Chicken* POULTRY

THREE DAYS A WEEK: "Invalid Item by midnight WDC by: 17th *Boxcheck* 19th *Boxcheck* 21th *Boxcheck*

*EggV* "Summer's storm [177]

* *Egg6* "At Tussaud's [179] 24σ

*Egg9* "But in the end, a passing thing [183.zm]

*Egg8* "MLK coming down the tracks 1963 [182] 24σ

*Egg10* "de Sade lives! [184] 24σ

*RibbonB* *EggG* "Quepos in June [186]

*Egg1* "In the year 2010 [190b] Chores [190a] 24σ

*RibbonW* *EggO* "Draft Notice 1969 [192b] 24σ

*Egg2* "Old enemies 24σ [194]

Boiling:

*Egg3* "this our fairy tale [175] a song

*EggB* "From the grave, a voice [237] (10 lines)

*EggR* "Sunset of 2020 [189] (landay)

Cracked:

*EggG* "Ombra mai fu

Not yet laid: *Egg4* *Egg5* *Egg7*

*Pig* PORK

DAILY: "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge

*RibbonW*
 
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Highway KK (299 words) [190]  (18+)
< 300 words flash on a hot day (drive, cup, brown) in Nevada, Missouri. Part 1 of 3.
#2229699 by Kåre Enga in Montana


 
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Jenny [191] (298 words)   (18+)
< 300 words: "this is boring" and heat, lots of heat. Part 2 of 3.
#2229797 by Kåre Enga in Montana


"Turn, turn, turn ... on me [181] (698 words)

Baking:

"Yokai 8/15

"Hemorrhoids only-dialogue-July

*Reading* READING

*Video* MOVIETIME

I 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.

*CountryNO* LEARNING NORWEGIAN

NoW: 6KAMP *Boxcheck*, 6KAMP *Boxcheck*, 5E(67) *Boxcheck*, 6MP(g) *Boxcheck*.

*Camera* EDITING PHOTOS

15: 2/14-17-fin, 16: 2/18 (Jiufen-fin), 17: 2/19, 18: 2/19-fin, 19: 2/20 (Jiufen), 20: *XW*, 21: 2/20 (Ruifang).

*Vomit* CHORES

15: *XW*, 16: 20 min, 17: *XW*, 18: 30min, 19: 30 min+, 20: 30 min, 21: 15 min.

*Mask* OUT/WALK

15: walk, 16: out, 17: out, 18: out, 19: walk, 20: *XW*, 21: out.

*CoffeeG* MARKET *Coffee* SENIOR CENTER *CoffeeR* COFFEEHOUSE

August 15th: got card from Mary in TX; chocolate-irish-cream milkshake At Butterfly Herbs; bought a small melon 'Sinful' $1.25.
August 17th: sat with Laxmi, Dalton, and Bill. Pork and stuffing.
August 19th: very late, very quiet walk for groceries. Ice cream on sale.
August 21th: sat with Dalton, spoke with Willie. Beef something.

*CoffeeO* MY FORMER LIFE

August, 1963: Floods!
August 2018: Italy, Switzerland, Norway.

*Cow* WATT'S GNUS

Bernie Sanders says Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting a ‘crisis for US democracy’ (Guardian) I concur.

*Earth* WATT'S GNUS INTERNATIONAL

Polish nationalists and LGBT activists face off in Warsaw (Reuters) Erosion of human rights ... a backlash from traditionalists and nationalists.
Mali’s President Resigns After Detention by Mutinous Soldiers (Bloomberg) Change comes without bloodshed.

*Raspberries* OPINIONS

"Homeless shit ... again and again. closed

*Martian* SPACEBOOK quotes (you can guess context):

*Penw* BLOGVILLE

Reference 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 prompts *Box* August Prompts "REALITIES ... prompts and ideas
SB: "Space Blog

For August: 30dbcof is a combo of 30DBC and BCOF in my Tlog (travel blog): "On The Write Path


August 15 SB: "4517 62 SC hears a story... "Smitten with a kitten" [260]
August 15 30dbcof: "Misr (Garbage City [187]) picture of statue in Torino.
August 16 30dbcof: "Ethiopia: Lelibela [188]
August 16 Real: "Reality! Chapter 1 closed
August 17 30dbcof: "Blood and Urine (Arusha among the Maasai)
August 17 SB: "What's a vacation. (4157: exact stardate unknown)
August 18 30dbcof: "Lesotho
August 18 SB?: "logic and emotion closed
August 19 30dcof: "Ho joang? Lesotho - day 2
August 19 SB: "preachers and politicians closed
August 20 30dcof: "lesotho day 3 durban closed
August 20 SB: "Good friends stardate ? closed
August 21 30dcof: "Kaapstad, Suid Afrika
August 21 SB: "Brightness and color of stars closed

Visited this week so far and commented:


Elisa the Bunny Stik An insightful and funny entry: "Coronavirus Magazine
Beholden Can we avoid cliches? I mentioned Taboo Word Contest. *Smile*
Robert Waltz Can blue-eyed folks hold their liquor better?
Chris Breva Do you trust preachers or politicians, both or neither.
QueenNormaJeanGreeneggs&vegham Lots of tomatoes, grasshoppers, a cat, a fawn? And heat. Lots of heat.
Apondia Having fun in a virtual hot air balloon? *Bigsmile* And ghost ships?
Charity Marie - <3 Missing her loving husband. *HeartT*
SandraLynn Team Florent! Is having a real good time with the virtual tour.
Joy do we over-react?
bobturn two misfits Roy and Elvis and their monster-mom Gail.
Future Mrs. B The gray rock approach: do not act emotionally, narcissists are attracted to drama and they feed on that drama.
Charlie ~ Really needs support from each and every one of us. *HeartO*
Veritas How can one work with no direction nor support?
🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace has advice on sleeping. *Sleeping* "Sleep Notes from Prevention Magazine

Trying to keep up on blogs. Not a great week, 15-20 is better.

*MailY* Postcards:

Received card from Mary in TX and postcard from Anne in WA.

Statue in Museo Egizio in Torino, Italy, August 10, 2018.



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