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Started July 1st 2019 for contests, etc. as other blogs are filling up and have other purposes. ![]() My new new new blog is
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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| 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:
I responded to Annette 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 ~ 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. 3.546 |
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"Forceful Refinding" 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. |