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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1311011-Porthole/day/9-23-2021
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.

September 23, 2021 at 11:36am
September 23, 2021 at 11:36am
#1017919
23 septembre *Leaf2g**Leaf2y**Leaf2y**Leaf2O*

47 degrees will warm to 72. No rain, just some clouds.

My parents were married today... a long time ago.

I didna cross the river to meet friends on the northside. I didna pick up a fresh baguette at 2 and now that it's 4 there's no reason to go to the cafe that closes at 6.

Tomorrow is another day.

Billy Jo and I finished off the last of the orange-chicken she made a couple days ago. The evidence has been cleaned up. We will deny it ever happened.

Food tastes better when prepared by others. I can critique restaurants and my own cooking but if YOU make it? The response is "thank you" or "takk" or "merci" or "ขอบคุณ ครับ" (for a man speaking) or "ຂອບ​ໃຈ".

Good response to a "fine whine" I posted. I'm feeling less depressed than earlier but I must find a way forward. What I'm doing isn't working.

To Brian: "The problem isn't you. There's an audience here that doesn't respond and I can't fix that. Make sure nothing is rated over 13+; E is apparently preferred by the Gatekeepers of Poetry here. I have the same problem. Fantasy is preferred over Reality. Rhyme is preferred over reason.

I don't write just for myself. I do think writing daily helps but my poems aren't mere doggeral or writing exercises. Not my poems, not my stories, not my blog."

O 25 de abril de 1974, Lisboa

Shove a carnation down my barrel
          and share your joy
          as I refuse to spill our tears
          the color of poppies
          to disgrace this day or any day
          for the next fifty years.
May time record your courage,
          recount my humble response.

© Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga, P.O. 22, [178.233] (23.septembre.2021)

A bit of energy now fading as the day fades as daylight dims these shortening days.

Meanwhile TS Dianmu is over Laos and will pass through Isan close to Maha Sarakham.

24 septembre *Leaf2g**Leaf2y**Leaf2y**Leaf2O*

At least I took a shower. I have a poem to write and send to Petra. Hope to get to it today.

56 degrees at 11:30. The weather has been cancelled today. Gently going up, no wind, no rain, gently going down.

I don't care for the adnauseum birthday prompt. Next it'll be adnauseum pumpkin pies. Maybe I should write a story where they celebrate a 'birthday' every day. But would a countdown to the autumn slaughter be approprite? I mean... this place can be so cliche! Or how many birthdays does a mayfly have? How about a doll... one made of black crepe paper?

To Beholden: "Yep. The boundary between prose and poetry is an ill-defined country. I cross it all the time. Poetry serves humanity in ways that trascend any monetary reward."

To Lilli: "Whine and brie? Because "whine and cheddar" sounds too stiff-upper-lip British. Plus, it'd be a cute way to work with 'wine' and 'breeze' or the name 'Bree'. Ah, a fine whine served with Bree."

To Cubby: "Personally, I don't like 'birthday' as a prompt. It tends to bring up unpleasant memories and around here it's usually dealt with in a cliche way. So...

1. A story about how many birthdays are left instead of how many behind us. I'll be celebrating #12 as my family expiration date is coming up. Easier to blow out fewer and fewer candles each year.
2. How did Benjamin Button celebrate his birthdays?
3. What if birthdays came out of order?
4. If you were a mayfly would you be celebrating the hours?
5. How many animals celebrate the seasons? If you have a pet, how many seasons have they survived?
6. Do dolls have birthdays? Or other toys? What if the toy is an heirloom much older than you?
7. Cultural differences. Some cultures don't celebrate birthdays, using name days instead... or just not celebrating at all.
8. Not all cultures start with zero. A child turning 1 is said to be turning 2. As in... entering their second year. They were 1 the day they were born.
9. What if your day is on a taboo date or shared with an important event? I have a friend whose birthday is 9/11, and named Merry whose birthday is the 25th of you-know-what.
10. What about conception date. Anyone who grew up on a farm might be able to explain that to urban folks."

The land bleeding a river of red... just a thought about Iceland. I'll need to look at my poem "Kipuka" as it might apply to the Canarias.

"Agent Goat at YCC: "A collection of convection with no particular direction." Correction, conviction, articulate, discretion...?

Former President George W. Bush's words in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. "There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit. And it is our continuing duty to confront them."



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