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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.

April 9, 2020 at 12:17pm
April 9, 2020 at 12:17pm
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            PORTHOLE           



SPRING: 2 Jalal 177 (9 April 2020)
O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink,
and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action...
- Bahá’u’lláh


*Laugh* O PINIONS!

I wish I would've thought of putting Trudeau's malaprop to music. I really think it gets the message across in a way that just another boring answer to a Q&A wouldn't have. Sometimes the wrong word makes a speech/poem/essay stand out. Like Elizabeth Bishop's poem "Man Moth", so much more memorable than it's intended word and title "mammoth".

*Cow* WATT'S GNUS

PM Trudeau misspoke, it was put to music. It's going viral:



*Worry* MY THOUGHTS

At least I wear a mask. Physically I'm fine, but trying not to think ... I could easily get overwhelmed right now.

*Mountains* WEATHER

*Sun* 5°. 10 a.m. in Missoula
*Cloud* 15°. 10 p.m. in Porto
*Sun* 9°. 6 p.m. Oslo
*Cloud* 26°. 10 a.m. Cartago, Costa Rica.

Mornings are typically cold in Montana. It may get up to 20 today around 5 p.m. Porto highs/lows will only vary by a couple degrees some days. The heat of the day in Costa Rica is usually 10-12 noon. April can be bone dry or steamy. Delta flights resume April 30th.

*Baretree* IMAGES

Orange/black butterfly among the purple grape hyacinths. A worn red lounger calling my name. Hard white chairs.

*Chicken* POULTRY


"I live in a place with paper walls,
where ghosts sip oolong tea... most quietly...
while noisy people pace the halls."

Excerpt from: "April 9 prompt: suggest or evoke an interruptionOpen in new Window.

Yesterday's poem: "April 8 prompt: the sound of a bell (Agogô)Open in new Window.

*Pig* PORK

Last night's quick sketch:
 
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Once in Melilla (297 words) Open in new Window. (18+)
<300 words. Prompt: ship, old, beard
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*Reading* READING

"Guardian of the Veil" by Gregory Spencer, page 128.

*AsteriskBr* QUOTE

"In time he feared nothing would be left if the shard were taken away. It had worked its way to the center of his being. So he looked after it. ... He learned it was his most loyal friend." page 127.

*CoffeeO* MY LIFE

My sister called. No good news. I'll post when I figure out what to say.

Life drones on. Lovely day. I ate hamburger casserole, perhaps over-ate. Feeling like a nap. Little motivation. Post another picture of Taiwan on spacebook? Why not ...

*Coffee* SENIOR CENTER and *CoffeeR* COFFEEHOUSE

Picked up two meals. Merry tired to run me over *Laugh* and gave me a bag of goodies to take home. She treats me like she's my older sister. Big-hearted, a bit bossy at times.

*Meh* BLOGVILLE

I mentioned to CJ Author Icon re getting any feedback or support:

1. Not all writers are warm fuzzy people. Many live in caves by choice and rarely venture out. Even the social ones (social partiers by day or night, 9-5 M-F) can be cave dwellers at all other times, not even wanting friends or family to know they write.

2. Montanans are not warm fuzzy people. Writers are not warm fuzzy people. Montana writers are? I feel very isolated from the writing community here. It's all cliques. And what's worse ... I'm not a Montanan.

3. I do a lot of commenting on spacebook and here. I comment more than get back. But then ... people review me and I hardly ever review. So, I can't complain too much.

4. I live in Blogville, a ghost town from WDC '08. I rarely get visitors here from that time. More often on spacebook. People moved on. I'm left behind.

5. Non-writer friends. I write poetry and flash fiction. Give me 5 uninterrupted minutes of your time? Not happening here. People just walk up and interrupt any presentation. And those listening CANNOT focus for 5 minutes.

When you come up with solutions, send me a note. I've tried ...

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