Porthole

Fools Day? Not me.

Yesterday was the Null, today is the Fool. I've felt as numb as a null but I'm not wise enough to be a fool.

42 degrees at 10 p.m. Not supposed to go below freezing and it's going to warm up nicely in the afternoon.

I'll be writing poetry, hope to do JI (lots of work, we'll see). It will hopefully be a month of opening up.

37 degrees and calm at midnight.

Today's poetry prompt is "folly". I might go serious with it instead of humorous. Later, I guess. I have all day and the only other obligation is the market.

37 degrees at 10:10.

Wokeup to a nice shiny ribbon in my inbox. This poem is from 2007! 3rd isn't bad for an old geezer.

Plain cover jacket  (E) "Let me write un-noticed / as a shaft of winter wheat ... in the Central Kansas heat" #1233829 by Kåre เลียม Enga

66 degrees at 2:44

A scent of freesia ... from a jar of air freshener. A whiff is enough.

Daffodils in bloom along with crocuses, chinodoxia. One week of warm weather will encourage other flowers.

Road season has started. New white painted lanes on 5th street. And they've dug up the corner of 3rd and Higgins to put in the new ramp from the bridge.

70 degrees at 4:47.

Will I have to get use to this? Gentle breeze and scents of spring. 4 warm days in the 60s followed by 4 cool days in the 50s. Maybe one morning of sprinkles. No storms. That's perfect for early April.

I now have pansit from Bri. It's lavender and purple (cabbage). I put it in the fridge as Laxmi gifted me tuna salad earlier and I ate 1/4 of a lemon meringue pie. It was on sale...

Bri told me she's moving out tomorrow. I was quite upset until she told me she was joking. I don't joke so I didn't see it coming. I was surprised by my strong reaction. She's been a dear to everyone and one of the few people I get to talk with. For example ... today was the first day I put on normal clothes and stepped out of the building.

Still 68 at 6:19 It was getting toasty inside but it'll cool to 40 tonight. A 30 degree difference high/low is very common in this high elevation (1.000 m) semi-desert valley.

April Contest List: [FOREVER UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

2nd Shadows free verse "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" : "April Shadows" 
DNP 2nd Time SS "Second Time Around ~ Birthday Special" : "Cleaning up the mess [270] (211 words)" 
HM 2nd Time P by 14th: "i am behind the camera [358]" 
Oriental by the 14/15th: "Invalid Item" : "Three views [43] (3 Kōel) " 
DNP Stormy by the 16th "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest" : "Transition [21]" 
DNP Traditional P by 30: "Regression" 
3 Songs by 25th "Invalid Item" :
2nd Dark Dreamscape by the 30th (Fool) "Invalid Item" : "Call us Boss" 
Senior "Senior Center Forum" :
Taboo SS "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" :
DNP Taboo P "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" : "We are Yellow [42]" 
WDC essay "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" : "A year playing dead [62]"  "A year playing dead" 
4 Kids "Writing 4 Kids" : "What month am I? " 
Whatever "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now"  free verse
Whatever "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now"  sestina "sestina for whatever " 
Sharmelle "Poetry Topic of the Month Contest" :
Bard's (haiga) "The Bard's Hall Contest" :
Humor SS "The Humorous Short Story Contest" :
Dialog Werewolf "The Dialogue 500" :
Mother Nature "Invalid Item" :
Silkpunk Journal (Need 8) "Journalistic Intentions" : "Oink Oink Lane [73]" 
Musicology 12 SS due June 30 "Musicology Anthology" :

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