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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.

March 26, 2021 at 12:18am
March 26, 2021 at 12:18am
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10 p.m. and I'm yawning. Not a good sign.

Recent poems:

"Þimbleberries Þieves (Thimbleberry Thieves) [178.4] Open in new Window.
"What cannot die survives [5zm]Open in new Window.
"Fifty years later her wrinkles still laugh [6]Open in new Window.

But I'm toast when it comes to doing anything beyond cooking, eating, washing dishes. Right now that's my whole life.

I shared elsewhere: "I'd love to sit down with all the lovely people I once knew.

I think some of my friends would consider me intelligent ... but I know better! There are many types of intelligence I lack.

I've cut back on the book of faces. Still check in but I needed a break. It'll be more important when I travel.

My traveler friends care little about my writing.
My writer friends care little about my travels.

The people I know where I live care little about either.
My family cares even less.

39 degrees at 11:30 and warming? Not that one can tell... The heavens must've heard ... a minute of sunshine.

Beverly Clearly (1916-2021) died, age 104.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/beverly-cleary-legendary-children-s-author-who...

Another day of 'not caring'? I don't dare lay back down.

44 degrees at 2 p.m. So far a lost day. Need to write, read, something.

"Not giving in [7]Open in new Window.
"Dwindling [8]Open in new Window.
March 26, 2021 at 12:14am
March 26, 2021 at 12:14am
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PROMPT March 26th

If you asked your friends to describe you
using only three words, what would they say?
And why do you think so?


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When I was a Jayhawk at the University of Kansas (crimson and blue) I was:

Friendly in a talkative way. I met people from around the world for the first time, specifically Hong Kong, Ethiopia, Iran, Germany, Costa Rica, Mexico. It's why I wanted to study abroad.

Innocent in a sweet way. I knew so little about the 'social' world and didn't even know how to learn about it! I transferred so that I could heal from my experiences elsewhere. My roommates were a godsend.

Wide-eyed in a wondrous way. I enjoyed being in a collegiate setting. I thrived in my class work. The campus was beautiful and I've always responded to beauty. And the people were kind. I've always responded well to kindness.

I was 20 when I arrived.

Since then... innocence and sweetness was mostly lost in Costa Rica and later working in an office taught me that kindness and beauty are seldom rewarded. I was still friendly but perhaps too trusting.

Now? People don't know me. We don't interact deeply nor for long periods of time. I don't trust but I still smile. I'm wide-eyed when I travel and respond to kindness and beauty. I've become worldly.

What words now? Maybe moody, withdrawn, old. I'm worn out. My friendliness is considered annoying and I no longer have close friends where I live.

Why? I've changed and become old. And Americans specifically have become meaner, suspicious and paranoid.




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