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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.
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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 21, 2019 at 12:36am
December 21, 2019 at 12:36am
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Part 2!

Added after reading hullabaloo22 Author Icon's entry on winter.

"But to reflect on what you have written.

1. I'm happy when I'm happy but the "forced jollity" as you put it doesn't cheer me up. I tends to piss me off when others insist that I HAVE to be happy for them to be happy. I despise coercion.
2. Everything closes. Many places try to make these holidays 4 days off, especially when they fall on a Thursday or Tuesday. This year it's Wednesday and the Senior Center closes for only one day. But... I bet it'll close early on the 24th and 31st like the library (which already means... two writers group meet-ups are cancelled.
3. I can tolerate one day. One of the local cafés or bars or casinos will probably be open on one day or the other. That helps. But... as you say... getting advice or help is difficult if not impossible.
4. My niece's birthday is the 31st. I haven't spoken to her in years. But that's how my family mis-functions. We're not close. So while everyone else does these family things there is nothing for me. Being attached to someone else's family makes it even harder. Last year... was bad.
5. Champagne and fireworks... My New Years Day is in March and doesn't involve champagne. As for fireworks... elsewhere not here. Go out if it's frigid? I don't have a car so walking is an issue. I've spent these days in Costa Rica other years and that's better. Watch it on TV (celebrations, parades, football?). I don't have television.


So yeah, these days are tricky for me as well. But other than these two weeks there's hope for snow and sunshine. *Smile* The farmer's market will be open on Saturdays and I'll get out of town sooner or later."

Part 1! From earlier.

IceSkatingSugarCube Author Icon mentions a quandary about working on her cover for a book that needs to come out January 21st. I'm sure some constructive ideas would be appreciated. It's a touchy situation needing tact. (A virtue for sure but not one that I'm really good at). Entry: "Invalid Entry" Open in new Window.

Robert Waltz Author Icon was not amused with the new Star Wars movie... has anyone else seen it?

runningwolf04 will be facing surgery next month but she appears to be doing much better. A great time to visit her here and support her efforts to become healthy.

hullabaloo22 Author Icon responded to wrapping prompt. I commented: "I kept paper from year to year. Pieces kept getting smaller... but I loved wrapping as a child and as a teenager because it allowed me to be creative. My creativity wasn't really encouraged. My parents and factory town neighbors seldom understood me.

In Costa Rica the posada (manger scene) is still what one finds in homes. Trees? Yes, some, but it's an alien idea. It's the time of year when poinsettias bloom.

I would love to have some pine boughs but it's not like I can clip my neighbors' trees! I'll just have to be happy with incense and geraniums in bloom reaching towards the pale slant of winter-light."

bobturn is having fun with the SCREAMS prompts in his blog: "Invalid Item" Open in new Window.

Very few bloggers seem to be posting. It's almost as if they have better things to do! Can't imagine what that might be... *RollEyes*

I'll need to revisit Robert Waltz Author Icon as he just posted about non-morning people. My sister and mother are morning people. I am NOT*. (*I do better if the sun gets up early; I'm light sensitive; Montana is dark in the winter.)

And yes, it's ghostly here in Blogville. Feels like everyone is in hibernation.


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