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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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" .
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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.
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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.
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an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

December 11, 2021 at 5:19pm
December 11, 2021 at 5:19pm
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I'm supposed to blog...

I'm at Butterfly Herbs for the first time in a month. I got my Fire-and-Ice (chocolate-cayenne) milkshake from Zack (think Judi Dench in the movie "Chocolat").

I picked up my mail. A merit badge pin from Sum1 and a card from WakeUpAndLive~Petra's Vacay. Both delightful surprises.

I haven't sent a card out in a month; so I should! But... not today.

It's been maybe 5 weeks since I've crossed the river. I seldom go out. Today is a bit flaky (very light) but it is winter. We can go below Zero degrees Faherenheit here in December but nothing below 10 is forecast for the coming week. On the other hand it's 66°F in Maha Sarakham (Thailand) at 4 a.m. with high temps this week 83-92. I wish I were there (not for the heat but because it's the best time to visit; it gets brutal after February).

Checked December 22 / January 19: $1,213 to BKK on American/JAL with horrible layovers and poor legroom but better (33") on the return trip (now showing $1,133!). For $1,856 on United/ANA the legroom on the long flights is excellent (34") but poor legroom coming back. American/European airlines skimp on legroom (personally, I consider that criminal).

Well... need to check alternative dates into BKK and HKT (Phuket).

Found out that I need to stay in a SHA+ hotel for one night... that's doable as there are places available for under $30/night.

There was an hour of sunshine this morning. I can take snow; delight in it, if truth be told; but gloomy skies do not help my mental state.

I'm watching three Thai TV series: Bad Buddy (Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Youth; good chemistry and acting; 8.7 rating), Baker Boys (Genres: Food, Friendship, Thriller, Comedy, Romance; mixed reaction from me... at times it seems silly, 7.6 rating) and 55:15 Never Too Late (Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, 8.1 rating) where the actors are paired up (age 15, age 55) in a very intriguing story line of 'second chances'. The sets of actors look like they are related (doubt it) as the resemblances are uncanny.

Yes, I'm bored.

I added on the Newsfeed:

Busy for some, boring for others. This is the time of year I escape this gloomy dead town. In December 2019 I was in Costa Rica and then in Taiwan for February 2020. Haven't left town since... literally.

Too many people assume that their personal story is like every else's. I see it here as people assume that I'm celebrating Santa-Commercialism or it's secondary holiday, formally know as Christmas.

Maybe more people could ask before assuming? Beyond holidays... with no family locally and with covid-restrictions and closures (two out-of-business, one moved... just in my block) I live in an increasingly ghost-like place.

Busy doesn't apply to me. Depression? Yep. Anxiety? More general than specific. When one does nothing there's nothing to talk about. Hard for me to connect with people with "First World Problems".



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