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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1311011-Porthole/day/1-6-2021
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.



My new new new blog is
 
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ในสวนของเลียม Open in new Window. (13+)
In Liam's Garden, a personal journal
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.

I'm starting a new blog because
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L'aura del Campo Open in new Window. (13+)
Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation.
#982524 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
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 Open in new Window. (GC)
Anything I'm not happy about or that I don't want in my main blog!
#997339 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
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 Open in new Window. (13+)
Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.
#1317094 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
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 Open in new Window. (13+)
ON THE WRITE PATH: travel journal for Around-the-World in 2015, 16, 18.
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as I need to post there about my travels.

 
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O Pinions! Open in new Window. (XGC)
May my opinions gather wind under their wings and fly, perchance to soar.
#1501776 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
is for my opinions. *Laugh*

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Nurture your Nature Open in new Window. (13+)
Look around. Let Nature nurture your Soul. I record images I sense and share them here.
#1439094 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
was set up for nature observations and musings.

 
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Watt's Gnus Open in new Window. (18+)
On topics and today's gnus. Definitely opinionated. Set to 18+ for a reason.
#1439092 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
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 Open in new Window. (GC)
Short 300 word, more or less, "stories" .
#2190336 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
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 Open in new Window. (18+)
Journeys of an Alien Space crew.
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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 Open in new Window. (ASR)
A place to keep track of in progress works and up-coming deadlines as well as any awards.
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(also very messy!) *Shock2*

 
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Blogville  Open in new Window. (XGC)
Where bloggers meet and greet to read and share. No required prompt. Alias: blogville.
#2253938 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
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  Open in new Window. (13+)
Left-overs piled on hot rice and mixed.
#2296648 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

January 6, 2021 at 6:09pm
January 6, 2021 at 6:09pm
#1001565
Are y'all familiar with the word insurrection?

noun: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.


If Trump refuses to denounce these people who stormed the Capitol today then he needs to resign, be removed by the 25th Amendment or impeached. It's gone beyond censure or charges of sedition.

For:
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Blogging Circle of Friends  Open in new Window. (E)
A group for WDC bloggers.
#1901868 by Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon
Prompt: "What were you feelings on today's chaos or attempted coo at the Capital Building in DC?" [note: love the typo, Lyn]

I responded to Annette Author Icon:

I was watching ABC because of the Georgia elections, hoping for a .5% magin for Ossoff... and then...

Interesting to watch Congress convene and people marching... and then...

It got more interesting and dangerous... and then...

I went grocery-shopping when it was under control. I guess every 200 years... 1814... and then...

Biden isn't a drama-llama. I expect my nerves to calm down.

There are fellow writers here like Charlie ~ Author Icon who have shared how upset they are. I shared with Paul Author Icon and Lilli ☕ Author Icon that I'm not happy with the lack of engagement with issues here at WDC or how on Basefuuk there is a lack of dialogue.

I responded at QOTD to how do I feel:

"For me the trauma once triggered reverberates for awhile. I don't think January 20th means I'll feel okay.

So how am I feeling today, Paul, Lilli, others? I've been angry for 4 years... I'm still angry with the Lord of Chaos.

And yes... I'm also angry at writers here who feel they can ignore a reality that affects everyone around them. Perhaps they share their concerns in other ways in other places. This may be their 'safe place', a dreamworld of puppies and kitties and alien unicorns.

I see very little mention of the Insurrection of '21 in the newsfeed, the blogs, a.n.y.w.h.e.r.e. Bacefook is a bit spooky as well. Folks are either staying away or fearful of engaging each other in conversation. This does not bode well as conversation is key to getting through this. Folks here can't even respond to my blog posts over the years explaining why I'm so upset.

Why bother? Answer me that!"

I even made a post in the WDC newsfeed... *crickets*

IRL people were shaken, upset or 'told-you-so'. But this town has never been a big supporter of things DJT.


Contrary to some of my left-wing friends I still think dialog is important. Doesn't matter how hard or how long, the lack of meaningful conversation about DJT and issues facing various Americans brought us to this moment. Attacking or mocking the messenger (DJT) wasn't helping when people refused to address his hateful, spiteful, anti-science, anti-fact ignorant messages. I still haven't been able to fully understand anti-maskers, anti #blacklivesmatter, anti-vaxxers (yes, there can be side effects; I get that) and anarchists any more than I understand uber-commercialism, party-hard-partying or total-disengagement.

I do understand anger. I have been angry for 4 years. I cried in 2016 because this type of insanity was foreseeable. But I'm not burning down the house.
January 6, 2021 at 12:12am
January 6, 2021 at 12:12am
#1001521
For
 
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Space Blog Open in new Window. (ASR)
Cruising WDC cyberspace and raiding ports for blog prompts!
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"Forceful Refinding"  Open in new Window. [E] by Fyn-dragon Author Icon

Mini-review: I find this difficult to read. I like: "Bedtime yawned earlier" and "I glued on paper wings inked in dismissal and let them fly elsewhere."

It has a 'beatnik' 1950s feel (when vomit on the page was in vogue) but needs severe editing to properly flow and make sense. It's does use some poetic devices but I can't like it as is. I give it a 3.0.


How do you feel about rewriting and editing your work?

Well... it's a chore that needs to be done. Sometimes I enjoy the process but ofttimes I just forget. Contests with deadlines are difficult.

I have to be careful with poetry or anything short as one word added or cut can destroy the original intent, rhythm, rhyme, music. I've been known to maintain the original as a copy in a blog or reduced to grey-scale below the 'final' version.


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