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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
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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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| Time zones will kill me yet. As will contests that don't end the last day at midnight. Barely finished one before noon on the 30th and another before midnight on the 30th. No... this isn't rocket science. I just start early on some prompts and rest on them until a flurry at the end. Not a good idea. Last check-in: 251. cathartes02 252. blimprider 253. eager2write 254. marvinschrebe 255. forgiveness 256. nordicnoir 257. joycag 258. dunkelhetstern 259. normajeantrent 260. soledad_moon 261. ripglaedr3 Yes, I'm pissed. A response to Robert. "Memorial Day is a sacred Holy Day of the American Military. I know because Vice President Kamala Harris d.a.r.e.d to suggest that everyone enjoy the long weekend. The GOP is aghast!!!!! Why am I incensed? The same people who are ostensibly Christian (without the Christ) will object if a Jew, a Muslim, Hindu or a Baha'i forget to wish them a Merry Christmas and say Happy Holidays instead... in spite of the fact that they aren't Christian and have no religious, moral or legal obligation to observe the day. So there it is. My father served in WW2. We didn't celebrate the American Military, but most of my facebook friends and I dare say most here at WdC do... and many have the militaristic us-versus-them attitude to go along with it. What many Americans and many Christians do not realize is that their misplaced angry projection is threatening to anyone who doesn't goosestep to their beliefs." 54 degrees at midnight. To QOTD: "Well... I was small, malnourished and couldn't see. I was farsighted until I was 11 and that doesn't help with books. I had glasses at age 6. We had encyclopedias and My Travel books on Japan, Holland and France. I learned French songs and haiku. I spent hours learning odd things. Neighbor had Nancy Drew books!  Spring/Fall was school and gardening. Still my favorite seasons; but, Summer/Winter was mostly at home (Winter inside; I loved snow but...) and lots of reading. We were a family of newspaper readers. So... less books and more a gathering of information." 61 degrees at 10 am. It's going to be a warm week. It's already 70 degrees at 12:44 and I'm wilting. Living on the 3rd floor with south facing windows means my place heats up. Without a/c I just do the best I can. I entered in jest: "Dear Mrs. Shelley [88]"  Also finished: "Early Spring in Sapulpa" Finished and posted: "Goats 4 sale" 79 degrees at 7:13... and I'm broiling brats inside? I entered 11 pieces of writing (7 poems) into contests this month. I now need to focus on my silkpunk stories. June 1st will bring new challenges. Monday Monkey goals.  1.  MUST CLEAN AND UNCLUTTER. Very little done. 2.  Write, perhaps finish at least one silkpunk story and send it to Blimprider. Fail. 3.  Set up my June list of contests on the 1st (so I can find it) and link to book entries where I can begin to write them (for my eyes only). Done.4. Enter my sunset (serenade) poems on-line. I'm backed up. Not...but still writing them.5.  Focus on Express it in 8. Kinda. I'm satisfied. 6.  Invite a friend over for tea.7. Set up blog for Bard's Hall. It's set up for multiple blogs.8. Decide whether I'm entering the Prompt Poetry Contest. If so... write one. Done.I've signed up for Promptly Poetry. "June 0 Promptly Poetry" We'll see how many I can finish. I easily do more than 1/week. Stray thought... what are the seasons on Uranus? What happens during the Thaw? What liminal space may be habitable. What are the advantages to nomadic life? To burying deep to brave the cold? How is this knowledge passed through generations or are there Ancients who keep the Knowledge? What Knowledge dare not be lost? Once lost what is the price to relearn it? |
| Finished and posted "Response to a Prayer for America" . Finished and posted "Rubaiyat for May [86]" .Finished and posted "Between cardboard covers" .Nearly missed the deadline (this is GC): "Jacking off the beanstalk" Found an old poem that has rhythm and rhyme "Hidden " . Entered in Trad contest. I'm still worn out. Saturday wasn't bad until I came home and vegetated. Chocolate milk and apple pie is probably not the best diet... 49 moonshining degrees at midnight. I momentarily have 968.968 gps. I notice symmetry all the time and patterns in general. Blog excavations continue for two more daze: 239. cathartes02 240. cookson2 241. nfdarbe 242. eager2write 243. spacefaction 244. sumojo 245. blimprider 246. wolfgang 247. sum1swriting 248. normajeantrent 249. nannamom 250. tigger 55 warming sunny degrees at 10 am. I commented to spacefaction: "I've been watching Thai TV series. Not all characters seem to be introduced in the first part of the first episode. In one a very important character is introduced mid-way. But by the end of episode 1 either I'm invested in a series or not. I have one that I've begrudgingly watched... it's getting better... but I'm not fond of it. Setting matters to me. Most of Thai BL is cliche university. At least one had a cemetery and another a canal district. 1000 Stars... which I highly recommend had a rural village setting that was charming and most appropriate for the story. It was necessary to have background characters and some became memorable... which also suited the story. Even within structures the camera wasn't always set up in the same place. So we have 3 basic locations: Ultimatate Confinement, Confinement, InWaterStructure. It would be nice if each were developed to the point that they become interesting in themselves, kinda like their own characters. In Real Life I sit in 2 rooms. And it would be enough to take a picture of each and say, "here's where I live" as even I don't "see" everything after seeing it for years. But it's also possible to give it life as it changes over the years and almost everything that's here was put here by me. Unfortunately it truly refelects my turmoil and eclectic nature.  Even in a confined area the artist will do art, the singer will sing, the introvert will carve out personal space. Hope you continue to make progress. I need to copy/paste my thoughts as I'm writing steampunk and need to remind myself that details matter if done properly." Now... I do need to finish my contest-pieces so I can work on my silkpunk. Left at the door of Harlow Flick (wolfgang): "Greene & Co. were the kids having a temper tantrum in kindergarten. They never learned how to get along with others nor how to think rationally nor how to stfu. They are a classic example of ODD. Which... kids with ODD have to learn how to deal with. They didn't. Remember Emperor Don the One (and Last)? He was the bully that never grew a heart. Even when he was right (it happens... even when one throws dice) it was hard to agree because he had bullied everyone into corners where they fought back like rats or squirrels. This is the New America. Instead of being inclusive, Greene & Co. want a closed club... White Christian Members Only. And yes, I do believe it's fear driven and yes, I do believe it's racist. Now... about sitting in a cafe... yesterday Pentangle came on and I was transported to 1970. Butterfly Herbs has tin ceilings in an old drug store that now sells coffee, tea, herbs and oddities. They redid the old soda fountain with boothes. No sodas as such but one can get a rootbeer float... The atmosphere is wonderful. We are a cafe-and-college town. Covid nearly killed that but it seems enough businesses made it through." 71 degrees  at 3 pm.Eating rice with paella spices and sardines. I should cook up a true paella some day. 75 warm degrees at the vesper hour. three fours and an eight... |
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| After a no-energy Thursday will I recoup today? Swooped in to visit: 226. cathartes02 227. wolfgang 228. joycag 229. concrete_angel 230. carly1967 231. nfdarbe 49 degrees at 10 am. and not warming up.  I'm going to lay back down. Got up to visit friends. Scored pork ribs. Went shopping. Bought an odd assortment of non-perishables plus lemon merengue pie. Just ate some. Stuck my nose in lilac bushes and irises there and back. I love this smelly time of year. It's now 56 breezy degrees at 4:40 pm. My comment: "I have something written that I need to edit and submit... just because I need to be rid of it. There's always another lyric line to be read or written." Another re learning styles: "I don't quite know how to answer this question. I avoided groups for such a long time. But what works? Repetition? Like learning French songs as a child or gardening. When it came to typing I was one or two fingers. Now? I use multiple fingers but not the right ones. But a task that was difficult became easy (or at least easier) when I did it my own way. Like writing. My mother helped. As a left hander I learned by age 10 to not listen to teachers who thought there was a right way (as in right-handed, linear, yada yada...) and a wrong way to do things. I can't learn from mere visual or audio. My eyes have always been bad and my ears ... say what? I watch Thai BL stories because close up I can watch the expressions, listen to the cadense, learn that 'na' = 'please' but there are many ways to say it! I laugh when I hear a pleading 'na na na na na'. In context I know exactly what it means. Yes, I like books. I seldom read a book these days, but blogs, news articles, anything and everything. I bought tea today. I now know that 3 of my 4 teas have cinnamon in them (I read labels). I like to talk, share my knowledge, experience and opinions. Groups are still a problem. Small is better. No expectations is best. I love big cities in a way. I can be anonymous. A group like the Senior Center here can be daunting. I stayed far away from fraternities and sororities in college. I feared losing 'me'." 55 clear degrees at 8:11. It seems dark in my rooms... and then I realize the sun is on the north side of the building (only on the south side 7:40-7:40). It's also cooling to below 40 tonight. I should enjoy it while I can as 90 is forecast next Wednesday. 4439 |
| Not amused. If internet connection isn't straightened out soon it's gonna be a rough end of the month. My tablet connects but it's very hard to do anything on this website. It also has battery problems. It's good for Messenger though. Temporarily? connected with my Chrome-book it seems. 48 degrees at midnight. Blogs visited: 218. nannamom 219. normajeantrent 220. nfdarbe 221. tigger 222. sum1swriting 223. reamie 224. pickmarvilla 225. cappucine 57 sunny degrees at 11 am. Got out of my place before I had coffee. Friends meet at 9 am. at the Break Espresso Thursdays. I met with David, Ben, Monte, Kathi and Willie. Now I'm using the internet here to quickly post an entry. Internet at home has been iffy. My tablet connects but except for posting a message or checking news it's a pain. Went home in time to sit with Billie Jo and Angie. Angie leaves at 1 pm. Now at home... no problem connecting to internet. I checked on contest entries due by Monday. I need to recheck and finish. I fear it's going to be another month writing-wise. 67 warming degrees at 1:42.  The river has risen and will be above flood stage. Not the mega-flood of three years ago, just a spring melt flood. We had almost 2 inches of rain after almost nothing the first 2/3rds of May. Of course, that much can fall in a couple hours in Oklahoma but here that's a lot. 22°C at 3:07. A cool temperature in summer but feels hot after winter. Odd isn't it how we react to heat and humidity? Parking this here: The music is "Wind" (Lom) and very bittersweet it is. I'm sipping coffee trying to remain vertical. I was fine this morning. I'm feeling feint. Not good. It's only 5:19 and I could go get groceries, although this is a bad hour to go. I need to check out whether cafes have their indoor seating. I need to get out more but I want to sit down. I'm not a $5 desert latte drive-by type of person. I'm not in a hurry. It's a humid 72 degrees at 5:22. "tagelied" = two lovers separating at sunset (German) warning to depart and lament at parting and the lover's final permission. aabbcxc or musically a AAB strophic form (minnesang) "serenade" = evening poem/song "reverdie" = arrival of spring (French) "Wechsel" = an indirect call and response (German) 66 degrees at 9:22. I'm 'manic' and worn out. If I'm not careful I will crash and burn. Tonight I visited Travis, chatted too much, and drank yerba mate. And Maya gave me a sandwich. I am blessed, wired, exhausted and fat. |
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| I have major decisions to make this week about writing and traveling and cleaning and... nothing earth-shattering... just decisions. I'm not good at making decisions. Since June 15th I've only missed 3 days in this blog. Once in September. Twice in December. I'm hoping to miss a day this June. 50 degrees at midnight. Bloggers blog: 207. cathartes02 208. cappucine 209. blimprider 210. forgiveness 211. judithd 212. heartburn 213. elusive4lyn 214. nannamom 50 degrees at 9am. Got up after a nightmare.  Not a bad one, but still... I have been doing much better this year so I can't complain much. I think traveling is on my mind and the new complexity due to covid restrictions is unnerving me. Two tacos, two loaves of buttermilk bread, two quarts of chocolate milk. My outing was successful. 63 degrees at 1:53. I walked between raidrops. Saw a rainbow on the way back with vivid indigo and violet. Mailed a postcard to Sara. Bought butter and sugar. 59 damp degrees at 6:49. Rain is moving in  BL is a genre in East Asia. It's written by women for young women. The main characters are two 'straight' men. Will they hook up? 'Shipping' (relationshipping, matchmaking) is the audience's game. It can actually be a brutal one that interferes with the actor's off-screen life. But... good BL doesn't merely focus on that. "He's coming to me" is a mystery. And since one of the leads just happens to be a ghost... the relationships are tangled. Mesmerizing and well acted. We know Med loves chocolate (since before he died); Thun loves steamed egg. Thun's mother is the thread that runs through their stories but that doesn't become evident until late in the story. "1000 Stars" is an arc of redemption. Will Tian-the-rich-brat be changed once he is given Torfun's heart (transplant). Once he has fulfilled her wish will he seek his own. The music is astounding. Torfun loved Phupha... will Tian. Will Torfun's final wish come true. The villagers, the chief, the children, the doctor... all wonderful characters. In both these TV series the characters develop and grow. |
| I can only hope. May has alternated between nice and nasty. We need the rain. The snow was amusing. I need to get out of here. At least the bridge is open. When they start working on the other side it'll be quite noisy again... maybe worse as it'll be time to keep windows open. Trying to interact with fellow bloggers: 198. osirantinous 199. cathartes02 200. judithd 201. reamie 202. eager2write 203. marvinschrebe 204. dunkelhetstern 205. elle In response to 30dbc prompt, as related to Robert: "From Thai BL TV series: 1. Use expressions and body language. I don't know Thai but the acting and camera work was riveting. Chemistry between the main stars is crucial. Ohm/Singto and Mix/Earth are mathmatically 1+1=3. 2. Break cliches. In these series it's 'toxic girlfriend', 'homophobia', 'engineer', 'school/university setting'. Almost everyone is wealthy. "Lovely Writer" pokes at most of these. 3. Setting matters. "1000 Stars" was mostly in the hills of northern Thailand. "Together with me" has the canals of Amphawa. One gets tired of the same interior sets commonly used in most series. At least "He's coming to me" had the Chinese cemetery. 4. Music matters. "1000 Stars" was incredible. The score of "He's coming to me" was moving and the use of 1990s music appropriate to the story. 5. "He's coming to me" is basically a mystery. Many watchers wanted more 'hot and steamy' scenes but the story evolved as did the characters. Cross-genre really helped move the story along. 6. Humor is nice unless it's totally juvenile and/or mocking like in "Fish in the sky" or the depiction of the parents in "Together with me". The parents in "Lovely Writer" were believable. The humor in "1000 Stars" was good-natured and natural. 7. The BL genre is exploding at the moment. Off-screen the actors are suffering from their fans false and inappropriate expectations. Not adhering to cliches can hurt a series. Not adhering to a character can hurt an actor. What then am I learning? Layer your story. Know your characters so well that they come alive. Small gestures and interactions can say a lot. 2 main characters don't exist in a bubble. We all have supporting actors in our life. Make the setting memorable in some way. Use all the senses. Food works well in "1000 Stars" and "He's coming to me". Add music, poetry, natural or human sounds even in writing a story. Evoke emotions. Recurring images, sounds, sights... add a certain lyricism and structure when they are chosen well. 42 degrees and raining at 12:33 am. I ventured out. Scored meatloaf and 1% milk. Walked across the new bridge. The walking path is 4 meters wide. It's ab-fab wonderful. It will be even better for viewing paddle boats, rafters, surfers, kayakers and the sunset. 52 at 2 pm. A few stray rays. Same at 5:37. Clearing and 55. Scored roast beef sandwiches! Facetime with Bryan. Showed him my uncut hair. He was with me in San Carlos the last time it was cut. Nov. 2019. |
Well, this blog didna win a  . My old blog wouldn't have either ... but that's because there was a large thriving community of serious bloggers for a couple years. I'm still in touch with some. Robert won with an essay-a-day-with-a-personal-touch type of blog. Charity and Charlie have more personal journal type blogs. From 2005-2007 my old blog covered a time when I was homeless and folks found that interesting. But they no longer blog here ... or much of anywhere. Blogging became monetized and competitive. I just wanted community. There is no blogging 'community' here at present. The closest is QOTD. The BCoF, BC and 30dbc folk don't interact much. It's very discouraging. Bloggers bugged today: 190. cathartes02 191. sumojo 192. normajeantrent 193. 4provinces 194. sum1swriting 195. wordgeek 196. wolfgang 197. tigger Midnight: 47 damp degrees.  It may be the high for the day. Damp and dark. I slept in but did have sense to stay up once I got up. Sunday is normally a quiet day in Missoula. Misty morning, 38 degrees at 10:40 am. 2 hours after sunset on May 23rd in 1844 a young man proclaimed that he was forerunner of the Promised One in Shiraz. On this day in nearby Tehran, `Abdu'l-Bahá was born; the eldest Son of Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Baháʼí Faith, the inception of which, the Báb proclaimed His own mission was to herald. It's recognized as the founding of the Baháʼí Faith. On May 24th – The first electrical telegram is sent by Samuel Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, saying "What hath God wrought". Noon... 39°F and mist. I told Hooves: "I've managed to stay out of the hospital. Covid numbers would be close to zero in this town if everyone were vaccinated. However... with summer tourist season about to start there's a very good chance that the numbers will go up. Flathead County (Kalispell) is the Gate Way to Glacier Park and the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers rule there as do White Nationalists. It's a county of poverty and extreme wealth where the wealthy fly in and out on their private planes. The on-going covid numbers there are disturbing. We're caught between Glacier and Yellowstone. Bozeman is the Gate Way to Yellowstone and with its young college risk-taking crowd the numbers there have also been extraordinarily high, although death rates are low. The covid numbers there are going down. Missoula is also just north of Hamilton another nest of anti-vaxxers. The Confederacy is alive and well there. We are the main airport for them, market town, and have highways to Hell." Covid numbers: 13.6% pos. Flathead 122 active cases (89k pop) 08.1% Lake 45 active cases (26k pop) 08.7% Missoula 44 active cases (105k pop) 08.1% Ravalli 61 active cases (39k pop) Dose rates per 1k pop: _674 Flathead _977 Lake 1065 Missoula _809 Ravalli There are counties in Eastern Montana that have vaxx rates less than 30%. Missoula is a bit over 50% vaccinated. There are only 3 other counties out of 56 that may be at 50%. We will not hit 'herd immunity' at this rate. If UM and MSU do not make vaxx mandatory we could very well experience an autumn outbreak. Anyone who cannot get the vaxx for medical reasons will be at risk. Pop = population to be vaccinated. Note: Missoula has fewer active cases in spite of a higher population. Compare to: Percent positive: 14.3% North Dakota 10.4% Montana 10.2% USA _7.5% Brazil _2.5% Hawai'i _1.9% India Nordic percent positive: 10.4% Sweden (same as Montana) _4.7% Denmark _2.2% Norway _1.6% Finland Deaths per million: 2,937 New Jerey 2,096 Brazil 1,824 USA 1,501 Montana _ 349 Hawai'i _ 218 India Nordic deaths 1,415 Sweden _ 422 Denmark _ 168 Finland _ 143 Norway Note: For India to reach the covid rates of Montana over 5 times as many would have to test positive and 7 times as many would have to die. I made rice with peanut butter, butter, cinnamon and a dash of cayenne and added chicken. I stirred in ricotta cheese for the first bowl. Turned out fine. Still 39 degrees and raining I thought of this short writing from 2017 today: "Hand-in-hand" 41 degrees at 9:51 and still raining. 4,395 |
| 34 degrees at midnight. 33 at 2 am. Finished "Yuri on Ice" but... not easy to watch on youtube. Visiting blogs: 183. wiesblaize 184. wordsmitty 185. soledad_moon 186. brothernature 187. pernille 188. cmstarrett 189. bookmeister I'm finding flights to CR for about $500. Hotels seem to be open. Required covid-insurance is about $11/day (154/2weeks). 45 degrees at 11:11. Apparently there were snowflakes this morning... and frost. Market: baking potatoes, cinnamon roll. No mail. Had a salted caramel milkshake at Butterfly Herbs. Saw Irina, Laxmi, Cathy Mae. &  51 degrees at 2 pm.Italy wins Eurovision. 2nd France, 3rd Suisse, 4th Ísland, 5th, Україна. Where, oh where will it be held? Milan would be my 1st guess. Rome, Venice or Naples would be a mess. No idea whether Bologna or Turin could host it. A city has to have the proper venue for the actual event and enough hotels for guests. Anyhoo... tears for Malta, Bulgaria, Portugal and Belgium. 0 points for UK again. The English haven't cared about Eurovision for a long time. Germany and Spain bombed as expected. The jury vote must be people in the music industry. The public? Perhaps teenyboppers. Politics, religion, racism, regionalism all play a part. Regardless, it's good exposure for the artists. Sometime this afternoon they opened the new bridge! Called Bryan in Costa Rica. Very bad connection on phone and video. We got to see each other but that was about it. 50 degrees and rain at 8:48. Rain in the forecast for the next three days. |
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