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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
I'll be linking to
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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| 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 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllll llllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SUMMER/WINTER: AUGUST 2020 "A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding." - Baha'u'llah "Una lengua amable es el imán de los corazones de los hombres. Es el pan del espíritu, reviste las palabras de significado, es la fuente de la luz de la sabiduría y el entendimiento." - Baha'u'llah  MY THOUGHTSAugust 8: Do I have the right to complain about the party outside my window at midnight? August 9: Misted the plants in the hallway. I need to shave off my beard. Dust to dust. August 10: Dull ... as if I have a headache. I'm going through the motions, feel abandoned. August 11: To learn a language use it everyday. Time and patience brings rewards. August 12: It's nice to have my table cleared off so I can use it. Much easier to type. August 13: I'm making progress around here in spite of my self. That must suffice. August 14: I know it's bad when I want to clean to avoid writing...  WEATHERAugust 8: 24° pleasant, dry; 25° in Siem Reap, Cambodia. 32/24 and rainy all week. August 9: 26° and perfect; 21° in Cartago, Costa Rica. 23/17 all week with afternoon rain. August 10: 19° but going up to 32, dry; 26° in Pak Chong, Thailand. 31/23 and rainy all week. August 11: 23° but going up to 33; 29° in Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam. 31/26 and rainy all week. August 12: 21° and cloudy; 18° in Newark on Trent, UK must feel pleasant after the heat. August 13: 14° before noon; 27° in Sabetha, Kansas. August 14: 13° and may go as low as 6, high 28; 29° in Agra, UP, India 35/26 and rainy all week.  IMAGESAugust 8: multi-colored gondolas in the river south channel, fireworks at night. August 9: didn't go out. Does scraping my feet while sitting in the tub count? (no pics) August 10: there was barely a sunset out there. Just a calm non-descript day. August 11: not bad. stayed in. geraniums moved. still blooming. August 12: macaroni and tuna in adobo. A friendly orange color point himalayan. August 13: twilight fading to night. Shadows of leaves made by lamplight. August 14: too busy to look.  peach, melon. 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. B/E (no August yet) "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) "The Dialogue 500" SS <500. Covid-19in-progress "the certainty of water" "The Science Fiction Short Story Contest" SS <2000. August: heat {bitem:} "WEIRD TALES CONTEST " SS <1000, August: The phantom hand. CLOSED "Invalid Item" "Distorted Minds Contest" 4 prompt ss 500-5000 "Invalid Item" ss >4 font. AUG 15th "Letter to María Celeste [176] (coffee) [431 words]" "Invalid Item" Weekly horror <1500 ss: 1-8 Romance; 8-15 Supernatural; 15-22; 22-29 POETRY:  "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest" "Summer's storm [177]" By 8/8. "From the grave, a voice [237] (10 lines)" By 9/9 "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest " <50. Old or new not awarded. Limited to 20. "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 86 to August 14th. Old or new. Free verse <40 "Smoke" "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 87 August 15th to September 14th.Old or new. Free verse <40 lines. 1 "Invalid Item" Round 76: triveni. "Quepos in June [186]" 2 "Invalid Item" Round 77: "Invalid Item" August New or old <50 lines "Invalid Item" <60. It's a dark month... State FairWhenever: "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/EClosed: "Write from the Heart - closed" Romance. 12-20 linesBOTH: "The Writer's Cramp" Daily noon-noon WDC = 10 a.m. MTT. Must be item. "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" Monthly. <750 <40 August - Cookout In progress: "What is this? [202]"  "Kittiara's Writing Contest" 1 ss, 1 poem. Theme: renewal  "Second Time Around ~ Birthday Special" Old non-winners! Got lots of those. Round 17: Aug 15th-Sept 14EITHER/OR: "Butter My Buns Contest" Erotica! <500 words, <15. August? "Inner Strength Contest " <1000 or poem August? "The PET NEWS CONTEST" SS <2500, P <40. August? NEITHER: "The 4 Controversies Contest" Opinionated non-fiction essay >1200. Round IX?VARIES: "The Contest Challenge" A contest of contests... every month. "The Bard's Hall Contest" SS <1000 GC+ August 31 Pet/human. "PET/HUMAN DIALOGUE" Needs to be s/s "Share Your Faith" "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest"  POULTRYTHREE DAYS A WEEK: "Invalid Item" by midnight WDC by: 10th  12th 14th  "Summer's storm [177]" *  "At Tussaud's [179] 24σ"  "But in the end, a passing thing [183.zm]"  "MLK coming down the tracks 1963 [182] 24σ"  "de Sade lives! [184] 24σ"  "Quepos in June [186]" Boiling:  "this our fairy tale [175] a song"  "From the grave, a voice [237] (10 lines)" Cracked: "Ombra mai fu" Not yet laid:         PORKDAILY: "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge"
 "Radish patch [178] (615 words)" Baking: "Yokai 8/15" "Turn, turn, turn ... on me [181] (698 words)" by 8/15"Hemorrhoids " only-dialogue-July 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: 5KAMP , 5 Listening , 5KV , 5AE , 5M , 5P , 6KAMP . EDITING PHOTOS8: 2/16 (Kaohsiung), 9: 2/16 (Kaohsiung), 10: 2/16 (Kaohsiung-fin), 11: 2/17 (Taipei), 12: 2/17 (Taipei-fin), 13: 2/18 (taipei-fin), 14: 2/19-20 fin.  CHORES8: 20 min, 9:  , 10: 20 min, 11: 30 min, 12: 20 min, 13: 20 min, 14: 20 min. OUT/WALK8: walk, 9: , 10: out, 11: , 12: walk, 13: walk, 14: out. MARKET  SENIOR CENTER  COFFEEHOUSEAugust 8th: Stopped at N Higgins to get cantaloupe and peaches. Talked to McCormant; everyone fine. Chocolate-coconut shake at Butterfly Herbs. August 10th: Sat outside the Senior Center eating mac&cheese. August 14th: Ham and cheese sandwich. Chatted with Dalton, Laxmi and others.  MY FORMER LIFEAugust 10, 2012: Day of the Writer in Costa Rica. August 11, 2012: Wrote "Future imperfect. "Mold will move"" August 11, 2018: Torino, Italy.  WATT'S GNUSTeen wins transgender rights suit in federal court (NBC) 11th Circuit Florida for the win for Drew Adams. What Fauci says the U.S. really needs to reopen safely (National Geographic) Fauci being rational and common sensical. Postal Service Warns States It May Not Meet Mail-In Ballot Deadlines (NY Times) Because they can't plan and hire people just like they do at Christmas?  WATT'S GNUS INTERNATIONALMauritius declares environmental emergency as shipwreck leaks tonnes of diesel and oil into the sea (CNN) France has agreed to help. Easy to forget how global these issues are. Azar arrives in Taiwan amid tensions with China (The Hill) Talk about covid-19? Too little, too late. Taiwan finalizes $62bn purchase of F-16 jets from Lockheed Martin (AFP) The country we do not recognize but use as a pawn to annoy China.  OPINIONS"Homeless shit ... again and again. " closed SPACEBOOK quotes (you can guess context): 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 prompts 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 8 SB: "4157 55: My beautiful world is a paradise" August 8 30dbcof: "Perth on a bicycle? Not! " August 9: "Me and cleaning: the truce " (closed)August 9 30dbcof: "Siem Reap and Battambang" August 9 SB: "Blue Tower" closedAugust 10 SB: "4157 57: On wings of wind" August 10 30dbcof: "thailand" closedAugust 11 SB: "4157 58 Facing it" August 11 30dbcof: "Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam: "Lost to time" [182]" August 12 SB: "4157 59 The Morning, afternoon and evening after." August 12 30dbcof: "Islands in Ha Long Bay (caves, seafood, coins) " picture of Vrelo Caves in Makedonia.August 13 SB: "4157 60" closedAugust 13 30dbcof: "Bhutan" August 14 30dbcof: "Everything has a meaning in India (Agra, Delhi) " closedAugust 14 SB: "4157 61" closedVisited this week so far and commented: Sorji  Only good news as job, writing, house-hunting coming along fine. Beholden  Muses about the usefulness of various prompts.Robert Waltz  Merit badge mini-contest re 'consciousness' till 8/11 midnight "Once More With Feeling" Chris Breva  loves chocolate! So do I. Which is why I don't buy it often.He’s Brian K Compton wrote an absolutely beautiful poem: "Inspired By Yellow Dusk Tonight" Lyn's a sly fox  Just another C-day? A fierce warrior woman is defiant! QueenNormaJeanGreeneggs&vegham  Cooler weather and grasshoppers.  Small town drama. Eric Wharton  12 years = a Jovian cycle, by Jove! Eric is jovial. IceSkatingSugarCube  Could use some help in promoting her romance trilogy.    BlueMoon  Mentions taking a hot air ballon ride.  I'm full of hot air, so maybe not! Prosperous Snow celebrating  Wrote a poem about Angor Wat and points out climbing up on ones knees. Apondia  Linked some Cambodian instrumental music.  I linked some vocals of Sin Sisamuth. Charity Marie - <3 Is sounding so much better! Burdens lifted. SandraLynn Team Florent! Makes riding a bike sound like so much fun.  "Mirth In Perth" Kit_Carmelite I made a long comment to an excellent essay on "Invalid Entry" .hullabaloo22 Managed to fit the line "the Dalmatian with the balls," into a poem. lizco252isback Is thrilled about Kamela! "Invalid Entry" and includes a video sowing why. Joy  Would love to go hang gliding. Would you join her? Me? Terra firma. bobturn Writes a lot of HORROR. A short but great example: "Invalid Entry" Future Mrs. B  To understand 'vaginismus' read "Love as a Change Agent" .Princess Megan Rose GOT Fox  "I have beautiful memories of friends and family."  Scottiegazelle Has been missing due to gallstones! Excuses...StephBee - House Targaryen  A stunning doppelganger of a WW2 WREN photo dated 1941. "I Wish I was a Genealogist " L.A. Grawitch A very rainy birthday.  ridinghhood-p.boutilier  A happier poem than I can write at the moment. Charlie ~ Covering up for others takes its toll, even when you are 13. ⭐Princette♥PengthuluWrites  Has been dealing with depression napping. I can relate.  💙 Carly  Is taking photos on her virtual trip to Viet Nam. Richard ~ Shenanigans INC.  A bit of a rant about family and expectations.  Cappucine  Being a teacher with unenthusiastic students? Yeah. innerlight  Processing, always. "April Blog" Trying to keep up on blogs. Maybe 30 last week but 15-20 is a better goal.  Postcards:Aug 8: Gary in NY Aug 8: Ann in WA Sunset coming down the old railroad tracks, August 3, 2010 at 21:00. |
| 4157 55 "My beautiful world is a paradise." Quip stopped talking as Jindal continued. "We shaped it as we shaped ourselves. We are our own fantasy. It was harder to shape it to please everyone." I sipped on my tea. I was time to listen. Even Quip got the cue. A miracle! "Sounds dreamy." Kat just purred low and slow. Nothing to interrupt this magic moment. "There were places as frigid or as warm as our forms could manage. Dry and wet. Plenty of mountains and water. A bit of everything for anyone to taste and test, a smörgåsbord of delights and dangers." Cook quietly put plates of this and that in front of us and sat next to me without a word. "I tried them all." While we ate the only sound was a very soft purr from Kat. She knew how to set the mood. "I was bored." Behind us, someone dropped a plate and someone else shouted (no need to repeat what...). This broke the reverie. "What bored you?" Quip asked. "It was tamed. Nothing wild would be allowed to exist. Not plants, not people, not even real live thoughts. Everything was a fantasy. Dream it and it shall be." Kat's ears perked at that. She knew how powerful dreams could be... and how limiting. "I left to experience worlds where my kind was not in control. It takes courage to survive in the chaotic wild. Even more when others seek to control." Cook slowly smiled, nodded at Kat and began to collect the plates. Jindal had touched nothing.
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